Category: Elevators
Left Elevator Bending and Trim Tab Work
Well, with the stiffeners completed, I could either go back to the spar, or bend the elevator and start working on the trim tab. I…
Left Elevator Stiffener Riveting
I didn’t take a lot of pictures today, but I did manage to bang out a few rivets. With the stiffeners prepped, it was time…
Left Elevator Stiffener Prep
After a long week of travel, I managed to sneak in the shop tonight just before bedtime. First up, finish prepping the reinforcement plate. I’m…
Left Elevator Stiffener Matchdrilling
Today, a short hour in the shop matchdriling the left elevator stiffeners to the left elevator skin. The rest of that process is boring, but…
Left Elevator Devinyling
After dinner, I managed to get back out to the garage for some more work. Time to get organized for the left elevator. Due to…
Almost Finished Right Elevator
Tonight, I rolled the right elevator leading edges and got them blind riveted, then hung the right elevator on the wall of VICTORY! I didn’t…
Right Elevator Skin Riveting
Well, today I was able to knock out the right elevator skin riveting. I ended up bucking 99% of these, with the last few on…
Right Elevator Spar Riveting
Well, it was quite the productive hour in the garage tonight. After a few days of drilling, disassembly, deburring, dimpling, countersinking, scuffing, cleaning, priming, etc.,…
Right Elevator Stiffener Riveting and Matchdrilling
This weekend, I had the right elevator stiffeners and skin prepped for backriveting but no good time to be loud. So, in between dropping the…
More Right Elevator Stiffeners
Over lunch today I got a few more things done on the right elevator stiffeners. As they sit now, I have top and bottom right…