Elevators complete!

June 15, 2010 – I’m going to call the elevators finished. I have 2 months to wait before I see the wings, and all I really need to do on the elevators is to do a preliminary rig of the elevator trim servo. That’ll be a good job for the hot summer days ahead, since I can bring the left elevator and the associated parts inside.

I trimmed the stabilizer skins where they interfered with the elevator counterbalances. Real nice fit now.

I then drilled the holes through the elevator control horns where they attach to the stabilizer hinge bearing. I had a .249-.191 drill bushing from my kit at work. Drilled each side one at a time, then reamed the holes to .250″. I’m not going to drill the holes for the elevator control rod until I reach that point in the fuselage build.

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