The first elevator mounting. Now that you know how it ends, let’s look at how it starts.

After I almost finished the left elevator yesterday, I “mounted” it into the hinges using some AN3 bolts, but nested the elevator counterbalance horn into the horizontal skin so I could carefully mark (and then trim) the horizontal stabilizer skin.

<insert HS flipping noises here>

After an initial trim….

After two (three?) more identical trims, I mounted both elevators to the HS. Wow.

After about 10 minutes of just staring at it smiling, I looked around at anything else I could accomplish in the few minutes I had before bedtime.

Oh yeah, the center hinge bracket. Time to get this thing riveted and bolted to the HS Rear Spar.

Then 6 quick universal head rivets.

Then another ten minutes of admiring the HS assembly on the rolling workbench.

Finally, this is the only picture you get of me bolting the center hinge bracket to the HS rear spar. Here I am verifying that a #12 hole is correct for an AN3 bolt.

2.0 hours, 6 rivets.