The 72 hour cure time completed and the results were a bit better than the trim tab. I used too much clamping force on the trim tab and you could see where the outline of the ribs are on the skin. I used much less clamp up force this time and the rib locations are not obvious.
I used the safety pin tool from Cleaveland Tools on the squeezer to rivet the TE. I followed the recommended riveting sequence and the results were great. Closed out the sides with pop rivets and the elevator TE is complete.
Left elevator TE closeout complete. TE is dead straight with 0.010 in. variance
I riveted every tenth or so rivet alternating back and forth. Seems to work well to get a straight TE.
