Elevators

The elevator fun begins. Lots of small parts. Here the elevators are about half assembled for match drilling.

Here are the ribs and spars about 1/3 of the way
through the elevator assembly. All parts have beeen sanded at this point, assembled, match drilled, deburred, and dimpled. Here they are primed with labels to ensure all the parts are reassembled exactly in the correct position.

Zu is helping here back-rivet the ribs in place.













Stefan is helping glue the trailing edge wedge and the small trailing edge ribs. He's gone through about 5 pairs of gloves at this point. Where's your mask!

I'm preparing the trailing edge wedge for final installation. Stefan is gluing the ribs of the trim tab.

The hinged trim tabs were not easy. Make sure to hinge along the entire length of the breaking board to avoid waves in the metal and don't use a hand seemer to crease the edge. Also, make sure your blocks are tight when you are folding the edges. I know from experience and 5 total trim tab skins! I'm glad these guys are done.