Some of you might remember (yeah, who am I kidding about that) I made a mistake in a flaperon by measuring the control horn placement from the wrong point. I’ve had the replacement horn and rib for some time now and with the elevator done for now I thought I would kill a little...
So that makes three kits out of five completed!! Except that there are some fixes in each one of the flaperons needs a new tip installed one of the slats has a mounting bracket in slightly the wrong place one of the nose elevators isn’t tight enough and I suspect it will need to...
All that was left to do for the elevator was install the trim tab and finish riveting the control horn brackets. Not forgetting to connect the servo rod to the trim tab When attached it looks like I have the servo rod too short inside the skin, I shall detach the trim tab and...
The big push to get the elevator finished. I started by adding corrosion protectant to the spar where the skins will touch and then reassembled the rear skins onto the spar, clecoed in place and then riveted both sides. I made this video: and here are some closer pictures of the skin where the...