Fabricated hinge pin keeper from one segment of an old hinge. Riveted trim tab spar to root rib. Used Steve Langdon’s no-hole squeezer yoke. Began bending trailing edge. Trimmed away excess material on tab “ears,” then filed, sanded and re-primed them. Finished trailing edge bend. Fitted skin into jig, then fitted elevator skeleton inside. Hand-formed and fitted counterbalance skin and clecoed entire assembly. Clecoed trim tab hinge in place. Cut and marked new hinge pin for bending. Bent hinge pin.
One section of hinge will be fastened to the skin to act as a hinge pin "keeper."
