Elevators 09-18 to 09-26
The elevator marathon continues. The rear spar and riveting has been passed by my inspector and the now the root and tip ribs have been riveted. Front spar riveted along with shear clips and stiffeners….
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Elevators 09-14 to 09-18
All prepping and priming is now complete and it is time to start some satisfying construction. The first task is to rivet the counterbalance ribs back to back and attach to the forward spars. All…
Elevators – prep and priming
Not my favourite part of the build but it has to be done. The prep is slightly more onerous for the elevators as allowance has to be made for where the foam ribs are stuck…
Elevators 0910 – 0914
The elevators and trim tab are proving to be a bit of a marathon. Since the last enthralling episode I have been mainly deburring, countersinking and dimpling. I received the modified male dimple and reduced…
Elevators – 0901 to 0909
Quite a lot of parts in the elevators! It's like Vans have been ramping you up to this and suddenly each page has about 10 instructions instead of a couple like before. The trailing edge…
Horizontal Stabiliser – 0812 to 0813 finished
Inspector gave the go ahead for fitting the rear spar. An easy riveting job with blind rivets onto the in spar ribs and the used the squeezer to attach the skins to the spar. Some…
Horizontal Stabiliser – 0808 to 0812
Skins riveted on to stringers, forward spar and inspar ribs. Some awkward rivets in the leading edge. Waiting for inspection and then rear spar to be riveted in place.
Horizontal Stabiliser – preparation
Lots to do with the HS much of which involves deburring, match drilling and deburring. This is the first time that it has been difficult to follow the plans as you need to do a…
Rudder 07-10 to 07-13
Rudder is finished! Counterbalance attached and top rib riveted in. Lots of other builders have used Pro Seal on the stiff nuts for the counterbalance but I decided it probably wasn’t necessary. I did give…
Rudder 07-06 to 07-09
Inner skins primed and masked for tape in trailing edge. Started to back rivet the stiffeners to the skins. Back riveting should be fairly straightforward unless you slip off the plate and dent the skin…