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Category Archives: Elevators
MY FIRST MILESTONE!!!
Sometimes building absolutely sucks… especially when its hot outside, you don’t understand something and are afraid of screwing up a part, AND you have a bunch of holes to debur! BUT!!! It is ALL worth it on nights like this! … Continue reading
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Finished Elevators…
Finished the elevators tonight… man what a good feeling. All I have left to do is the electric trim, which should be no deal… and I’m still needed 3 MK-319-BS blind rivets to finish the elevator but that is no … Continue reading
Final Assembly
So today I got a lot of hassle-free work done… Albeit 104 degrees this afternoon, but I still got alot done. I started with the spar and reinforcing plates with plate nuts… Then, I got the stupid E-704 rib riveted … Continue reading
Parts arrived…
Got the 2 ribs and spar today… not much going on… just the usual match drill, dimple, deburr, prime… I’ll start assembly tomorrow.
Not much new today…
My replacement trim tab showed up today… so atleast I had something to do this evening! I worked on bending the trailing edge, and drilling the trim horns to the tab and spar… primed the inside skins, and left it … Continue reading
Made a ribblet in lieu of bending the tabs…
I dont understand the thought process of Van’s instructions as far as bending the elevator tabs where the trim tab sits… I tried, but what a pain in the ass… very difficult to do correctly without ruining the skin. I … Continue reading
Stuck again…
Been a while since the last update… I have been working on the Left Elevator… Got all the way to the point of riveting the skeleton together… but ran into a problem trying to get E-703 & E-704 riveted to … Continue reading
Closed the Right Elevator
Closed up the Right Elevator tonight. Nothing exciting. Im waiting on an E-702 Elevator Spar from Vans since I messed the other one up in a countersinking mishap. It probably would have been fine to use it, or even repair … Continue reading
Began Final Assymbly on Right Elevator
Today was pretty short and sweet… very humid in the garage, and lots of flooring to do (we’re putting down wood floors in the house!) So today, I took everything apart, deburred, dimpled, primed, and began riveting the spar. Here … Continue reading
Ok, I’ve been slacking…
Been really slacking on my building progress… But now that I have the means of ordering the Wing Kit, I’m going to get back to it. So far, I am done back riveting the stiffeners, bending the trailing edges, and … Continue reading
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