Brief Description: Fitting elevators to horizantial stabilizer
Today I set out to finish attaching the fiberglass tips on both of the elvevators using blind rivets. Then I sanded the tips around the counterbalance weight. The finish was very nice but will require a small amount of filler. I used my dreel tool to cut our part of the HS606 spar where the elevator horns travel through. I then mounted the elevators to the horizantial stabilizer and checked the deflection and both elevators had free travel. I then used the drill guide that my buddy Danny Armstrong made for me (1/4 inch ODx3?32ID) to drill the #40 pilot hole in the elevator horn. Once both elevators were pilot drilled, I took the elevators off and final drilled the elevator horns to #12. I then used scotch brite pads to scuff the surfaces of both elevators and the horizantial stabilizer in preparation for priming. In the next session I will work on the horizantial stabilizer tips that will require some fiberglass work. I'm looking forward to getting to work on those.
Elevator locked down and drilling hole in the elevator horn using the drilling guide
