Brief Description: Elevator stiffeners, bend TE and right elevator as
I took a second "practice retirement" day and spent most of it at the hangar before leaving for the lake for a 4-day Memorial Day weekend. I got the left elevator skin and stiffeners dimpled and got all the stiffeners riveted to the skin. Then I riveted the trim access plate to the skin.
The next step, completing the bend on the trailing edges was one I was wary of. The instructions have you build a brake to help with this. I altered from the plans a bit and used a 2x8 hinged to my workbench as the brake, and used adjustable clamps as handles. This worked well and I was able to make a nice tight bend around the 3/16" dowel to the inside of the bend.
After working the bends until satisfied with them, I assembled the skeleton for the right elevator, wich included drilling the lead counterweight that goes in the end.
I left almost ready to do final drilling, but I do want to go back and use the fluting pliers to get the holes in the counterbalance rib to line up with the holes in the skin more perfectly before I do.
