The primer finished drying and I’m now back to riveting. I riveted the elevator tip ribs together and attached the tip rib skins using the pneumatic squeezer. I then attached the reinforcement plates and nut plates to the front spar… Read More »Elevator Riveting
I haven’t worked on the plane much this week so I decided to power through the remaining work on the elevator parts this evening and get them ready for riveting. I started with match drilling the trim tab holes. I… Read More »Elevators Prepped for Riveting
I had one remaining item on the elevator skins which was to mask and scuff the sections where the trailing foam ribs will be attached. I went ahead did this for both the trim tabs and the elevator skins at… Read More »Foam Ribs and Trim Tabs
I washed, etched, and re-labeled the elevator parts and loaded them up into the paint booth. I primed one side of the parts and let them dry for an hour. I then primed the second side of the parts and… Read More »Elevator Parts Priming
I did a final deburring pass on the elevator parts to get things ready for washing, etching, and priming. I also put a slight bend in the trailing edge skins. When I went to use the edge forming tool I… Read More »Prepping Elevator Parts for Priming
I continued deburring and dimpling today to get the elevator parts ready for priming. I started with the dimpling of the forward spars. I then dimpled and countersank the rear spars. The rear spar countersinks coincide with the trim tab… Read More »More Elevator Deburring and Dimpling
I completed a small task this morning by match drilling the trim cable anchor brackets to the trim cable cover plates. I decided to upgrade to the RV10 Billet Trim Brackets from iFlyRV10.com instead of using the stock parts. There… Read More »Trim Cable Anchor Brackets
I finished up with deburring the right elevator skin this morning. I then proceeded to dimple all four of the elevator skins. I also deburred and dimpled the tip rib skins.
I wrapped up the year with a full day of work on the airplane. We started out by match drilling the skin holes on the right elevator. We then deburred and dimpled the trim access panel parts. I also dimpled… Read More »Elevator Drilling, Disassembly, and Deburring
A quick search on the VAF forums provided an answer to my question about the layering of the spar, the elevator skins, the tip ribs, and the tip rib skins. I final sized the holes common to the tip ribs,… Read More »Elevator Match Drilling
