Sunday, October 5, 2014

And on to the elevators - 4 hours



Well it seems my cold is worse today. I really didn't feel like working on the plane but I somehow managed to drag myself to do a little bit. My whole goal is to move all the empennage along so that I can prime as much of the pieces as possible in one shot. I decided to move on to the elevators.

I cut up the stiffeners and marked them all out. It was a bit of a pain to figure out what was what, but after working through it they all fell into place.  I first did all the major cuts on the bandsaw. Then trimmed everything down with the sanding station, and then cleaned up and rounded every edge with the 3M wheels.


I then cut and cleaned up the edges on the hinge doublers. Cleco'd them to the E-702 spars. 


 I then worked on the E-703/704 ribs. Flutted, checked, and good to go. I also marked out the right lead counterweight. I have some concerns with cutting the lead weight and also fine tuning the balancing. I guess I have a lot of research to do in the coming days.

P.S. having a 3 year old hang out with me slows down the build, but it is a lot of fun watching him and the joy he has in trying to help....I really want to foster his spirit!! 

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