Tuesday, October 30, 2018

More elevator skeleton prep....

 Match reamed this little gusset on both left and right root ribs to the rear spar.
Left side.
 Right side.

 Then I cleco'ed on the outboard shear clip on both sides.

 Next the counterbalance rib assemblies go on both sides.  This is a tight fit up near the front spar.  Lots of intersecting parts.  It can only go together one way.

 Then I match reamed the counterbalance rib assemblies to the rear spars.

 Then the front spars.

 More front spar to counterbalance rib assembly holes...

  Next the top skins on both sides get cleco'ed on.

 Marking the AEX trailing edge wedge for cutting.

 Cutting the AEX trailing edge wedge with the bandsaw.

 Clecoing the trailing edge wedge.


 Next is match drilling the folded tabs.  The top skin overlaps the bottom and has a locator hole that gets drilled into the bottom skin.

 Then I match drilled the remaining two holes using the shear clip as a locator for the holes.

 Next I cleco'ed on the elevator horns on both elevators.

 And match drilled them to full #30 size using the horn as a guide.  There are two extra holes aft of the horn web that I have no idea why they are there??? There not the usual tooling holes.  It is a mystery!

Two horns all match drilled and cleco'ed on.

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