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 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

After finishing up the horizontal stabilizer I got back to assembling the elevators. I had already prepped and deburred most of the elevator parts so I made good progress this afternoon on assembly and final drilling. I started with bending… Read More »Assembling the Elevators