Today I had a visit from Sean and Diana; some friends who are building an RV-7. After explaining how I did my trailing edge riveting and seeing them off, it was time actually do it to the other elevator. It came out just as great as the first one, Then I moved on to match-drilling and installing the trim tab hinge. I've heard of people having issues getting the hinge wire in after riveting, and having problems with the trim tabs binding. However, after receiving some tips on this process from Sean, I was able to do it with ease.
A straight trailing edge is a beautiful thing.
Match-drilling the trim tab hinge.
All drilled and ready to be disassembled and deburred.
