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Kupe's Zodiac 650B
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Date: 2-6-2013
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Number of Hours: 2.00
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Manual Reference: 6-T-2A & B, 6-T-3A
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Brief Description: Final Prep, Elevator Start
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Did the final prep for the stabilizor which involved a little disassembly, deburing, and anti-corrosion painting of the tip ribs and hinge areas.
While I was waiting for the Cortec to dry on the stab parts, I started on the elevator by prepping the 2 middle elevator ribs to hold the elevator center channel. This was accomplished by cutting, filing, drilling, then cleco-fastening a custom fit "L" bracket to one side of each of the two ribs. The "L" brackets came from what was once the 4 foot-long piece of "L" bracket that was also used to attach the tip ribs to the stab spars. After adding these to brackets to the elevator ribs, I still have over 2.5 feet of "L" bracket remaining. Hopefully that's enough for whatever future use I'll have for it.
I then clamped, drilled, and cleco fastened the elevator center channel to the ribs via those custom "L" brackets and set it aside...
...because the Cortec had dried, so I reassembled the stab to be all ready for riveting tomorrow.
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Horizontal stabilizer, all reassembled and ready for riveting.
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The first couple of rivets were pulled by the Builder in Training.
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First task for the elevator - mounting the center channel onto the center ribs.
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