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Jeff Mitchell's RV8 project
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Date:  4-30-2007
Number of Hours:  2.50
Manual Reference:  6-8, 6-9
Brief Description:  Preparing the right and left elevators.

I have to wait until I get help with bucking 11 rivets closest to the elevator skin trailing edges before I can bend them so I continued with preparing the elevators instead.

I am building the left and right hand elevators concurrently to save time on tool setups etc. I clecoed both tip assemblies together and marked where the two #12 counterweight holes will go. I removed the weights and drilled them out on my drill press then countersunk them. I used plenty of lubricating oil and took my time to get them just right.

Then I match drilled the tip assemblies to both of the elevator understructures.

Next up is to bend the trailing elevator edges (as soon as I get some help to buck the last few stiffener rivets).
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Drilling the elevator counterweight holes

Drilling the elevator counterweight holes

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#12 holes drilled and countersunk

#12 holes drilled and countersunk

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Root tip, rib and c/w skin assembly

Root tip, rib and c/w skin assembly

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