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Finishing left elevator

I finished riveting the left elevator. The trim tab ended up with an unacceptable bulge, so I will remake it later. We then started...

Trim Tab Riveting and Attachment

Today I fit the trim tab to the left elevator. I struggled with how to clamp the hinge in place while match drilling the elevator side...

Trim Tab Work and Some Odds and Ends

I continued getting the trim tab ready to rivet. It looks like it will be challenging to rivet some of these without a longeron yoke. I...

Elevator Structure

I assembled the bent skin onto the structure and drilled the counterbalance weight. One of the hotels got close to the run web, but Vans...

Deburring and Dimples

I was able to spend some time this weekend working on the elevator. But not until after being stung by a bunch of yellow jackets in the...

Match Drilling

I match drilled the stiffeners to the left elevator skin. Something I knew going in to this, but this small amount of work has...

Left elevator progress

I was able to make some more progress getting the shop organized and getting closer to start doing some real work on the elevator. I...

Actual airplane building work

Today, I sorted through the remaining elevator parts, and started labeling them. Then I had some help pulling some of the remaining blue...

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