Author: Andrew
Horizontal Stabilizer Tips and Travel
Another really fun night in the shop. With the elevators, vertical, and rudder tips done (oops, not the rudder bottom), I decided to get the…
Attaching Some Empennage Tips with Screws
Whoa, today was a fun day in the shop. After yesterdays matchdrilling of the elevator tips to the elevators, I decided to keep pressing ahead…
Started Fiberglass Elevator Tips
With not much left in the empennage, I decided to start in on the fiberglass tips. I skipped this part of the RV-7 build, so…
Elevator Trim Tab Rigging
After a long week at work and a busy saturday, it was a pleasure to get back to the airplane, especially since one of the…
Electric Elevator Trim Tab Redux
With the spare trim cover arriving yesterday, I decided to get the tab motor (and brackets) installed correctly today. If you remember from this post,…
Consoles and Panel Nutplates
Well, today I got an order from Van’s that wasn’t really part of the planned build process. A few weeks back I was dreaming about…
Fixed Elevator Trailing Edge Bends
Tonight, a quick night in the shop just to start knocking off last items off the empennage checklist. I wasn’t happy with the trailing edge…
The First Elevator Mounting
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,…
Almost Finished Left Elevator
Well, it’s been a few days since I was in the shop, but I got a lot done today in just 1.5 hours. First up,…
Elevator Trim Tab
Well, I spent a solid 2.5 hours in the garage today working on the left elevator trim tab. First step, let’s find all the pieces…