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Traci and Tom's RV-7A
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Date:  11-5-2013
Number of Hours:  0.50
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Brief Description:  Some fine tuning the elevator tab bends.

I wasn't happy with how the tabs were bent, I had some uneven folding in the bend of the tabs. I asked a few questions on Van's Air Force forum and got a mix of replies. I was kind of scared of messing with it more and risk cracking it or something, but I thought about it a lot and had to fix it.
I put the wedge of wood back in the fold with tape to hold it tight. I then took another block of wood and used it to "aim" at the parts that I wanted to straighten out. Riveter air way down at about 12 psi and carfeully tapped it down.
It worked out very well! The folds evened out and I won't feel bad when pre-flighting the plane and seeing that every time.
There was a few minor touch-ups I did with a very slow and careful 90 psi riveter blasts.
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Before.  I hated the look of this.

Before. I hated the look of this.

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After.  Some careful riveter hammering through wood.

After. Some careful riveter hammering through wood.

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Nice even fold.

Nice even fold.

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