Started tonight by rolling the leading edges of both elevators. Not the most fun job but it has to be done. I used the same PVC pipe I used on the 10's rudder and the emp parts of my RV-7 a million years ago. It works! I used fiber reinforced packing tape to tape the pipe to the skins.
Then I twist it while pushing down. I used pliers to rotate the pipe as far as it would go.
Then I moved down to the other sections. Flip it over and do the top side. Then roll the other elevator the same way.
Next I match drilled the #30 holes full size.
All drilled.
Next I put in the pop rivets.
All done. I did the other elevator as well. Van's is really getting skimpy with the hardware. I have 3 of these kind of pop rivets left over.
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