The past few build sessions have been slowed down due to the fact that I have had to work two weeks straight with no day off. It is maintenance shutdown week at work and they are trying to kill me. Lots going on and I have been going wide open all week!
Started tonight by cleco'ing together the elevator counterbalance ribs. These parts are provided with no blue film, pre-fluted and they already have the tail ends of the long rib dimpled. At first I thought Van's had shipped me some pre-used parts but after closer inspection, they did this work in the factory. Not sure why.
Match reamed these front three big holes to #12
Then I match reamed all the #30 holes.
Then I match reamed all these #40 holes.
That was a bunch of holes for two simple parts!
Marked the bend line on the tabs that get bent up or down on the elevator skins.
Next I bent the tabs up and down on the elevator skins. Used the same blocks of wood I used on the rudder counterbalance skin folding.
And just like that I have all four tabs bent. This locks in the position of the skins since now they are directional.
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