Today I worked on riveting the right and left elevators. As I placed the stiffners in position I decided to cleco the forwad spar on to check the fit. The instructions don't tell you to check this, but I wanted to ensure the stiffners were the correct size. Four of the stiffners needed a little work. Well worth the time and energy to check because it was easier to fix them before getting ready to rivet the spar in place. After riveting the stiffners I built the suggested bending brake to form the trailing edge of each elevator. Building the brake was easy enough but forming the edges took longer than I thought it would. After forming the trailing edge I clecoed the forward spar to check the alignment. It appears to look like the instructions. I guess I will know for sure when I start riveting everything together.
Right elevator ready for back riveting
Me riveting the stiffners on the left elevator
Using the bending brake to form the trailing edge on the right elevator
