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Miguel Vidal RV-8
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Date:  8-31-2012
Number of Hours:  2.30
Manual Reference:  8s6r12 6-9
Brief Description:  Preparing the Left Elevator

Clecoed and drilled the E-610PP and E-611PP reinforcement plates and their two corresponding platenuts to the E-702 elevator spar.
Clecoed and drilled the E-703 end rib to the E-704 counterbalance rib, then clecoed and drilled them to E-702 elevator spar, then removed them from the spar.

Placed the E-714 lead counterweight on the fwd end of E-703 and E-704 as shown in View F-F, DWG 5.
Clecoed the E-713 counterbalance skin to E-703 and E-704, overtop of E-714.
Used the two holes in the fwd face of E-713 as a guide and drilled the E-714 lead counterweight to #12 to fit the screws that will hold E-714 in place. Used WD-40 as drill lubricant.

Unclecoed E-713, removed and set aside E-714, re clecoed on E-713 to E-703 and E-704. Then clecoed the E-703, E-704, E-713 subassembly to E-702.

Cleco the E-705 root rib left to E-702 elevator spar.
Final drilled #40, E-705 to E-702.

Clecoed E-701-L elevator skin to the understructure.
Removed the clecos connecting E-705 to the E-702 elevator spar and then clecoed and match-drilled the WD-605-1-L elevator horn to E-702 and E-705.

Clecoed and final drilled E-606PP to E-705 (at the root end of the E-606PP spar).
Match-drilled the E-701-L elevator skin to the understructure.
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Parts clecoed together

Parts clecoed together

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Parts held together for match-drilling

Parts held together for match-drilling

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Match-drilling skin to skeleton

Match-drilling skin to skeleton

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