I installed the rest of the nutplates today, then countersunk them as required. I sprayed all of the exposed mail with still etching...

I continued on the main spar today adding nutplates. I had some help loading rivets as I went. I also started working on the spacers for...

I started on the right spar by drilling, countersinking, riveting, and then countersinking the nutplates on the top flange of the main...

We sorted through the hardware bags and labeled them for ready access

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

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...

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...

I was able to get a fair amount of time working on the Left Elevator today. I put the RTV onto the stiffeners per the build...

I riveted the elevator substructure together, which included the first non flush -4 rivets, since all of the others had been put in by...

I spent a fair amount of time getting the tabs folded. After I finished, I realized it would have been easier if I had started with a...

I took the time here to assemble the trim servo to the cover. I match drilled the two brackets, then deburred dimpled and riveted as...

I finished deburring, dimpling and countersinking as required on the frame and skin of the elevator. I also installed nutplates around...

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...

I built the elevator bending break from a couple of 2x6 pieces and got to making the final bend in the elevator. This was harder than I...

While back-riveting the most outboard stiffeners, I could not get the last two to stay flat to rivet. For these, I ended up using the...

After peeling the vinyl off of the new skin, I re-drilled and de-burred the skin. Then, I got back to dimpling, being careful not to...

This arrived from Van's today.

While I don't need it yet, I found a wing kit for sale relatively close to me. After about 14 hours round trip worth of driving, it is...

I was hoping to make some good progress dimpling the elevator skin today, but ran into a setback. It's hard to tell from the picture, but...

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...