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Category: Elevator

Beginning the Elevator

March 30, 2012March 30, 2012 Ed 2 Comments Elevator, Empennage, RV10 Build

The elevator. The thing that moves when you pull the stick back. It’s what makes the plane go up and down. And I am now

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Putting elevator parts together

March 31, 2012April 1, 2012 Ed 0 Comment Elevator, Empennage, RV10 Build
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Today is one of those days I really enjoy. A day when you start with just a pile of parts, and quickly they come together

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Elevators taking shape

April 1, 2012April 2, 2012 Ed 2 Comments Elevator, Empennage, RV10 Build
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I started off the day fixing a mistake I made yesterday. Luckily, it was a very small mistake that was very easy to fix with very

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Final drilling elevator skins, part 1

April 2, 2012April 2, 2012 Ed 0 Comment Elevator, Empennage, RV10 Build
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Tonight started out with cutting down to size the extruded aluminum wedge that gives the trailing edge strength. Then I drilled the holes in the

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Elevator skins, day 2

April 4, 2012April 4, 2012 Ed 1 Comment Elevator, Empennage, RV10 Build

Just a quick post for a quick nights work. Only an hour tonight, but I got half of the second elevator final drilled. Should be

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Back down to a big pile of parts

April 5, 2012April 5, 2012 Ed 1 Comment Elevator, Empennage, RV10 Build
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Tonight, I finished final drilling the elevator skins. Nothing new here, just the same as the other 3 skins. After that, I measured out and

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Long day, short post

April 7, 2012April 8, 2012 Ed 1 Comment Elevator, Empennage, RV10 Build

Today I got all the deburring and scuffing done on all the elevator parts. 6 hours worth. It was one of those “just sit down

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Dimpling: Done

April 8, 2012April 8, 2012 Ed 1 Comment Elevator, Empennage, RV10 Build
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Another good day of progress on the -10! There are a whole lotta holes in the elevators on this plane, and most of them are

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Woodworking for an aluminum airplane?

April 9, 2012April 9, 2012 Ed 2 Comments Elevator, Empennage, RV10 Build
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  I had to bust out my non-existent woodworking skills tonight. They were needed to build the clamp/jogs for the trim tabs. The trim tab on

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Building the trim tabs

April 11, 2012April 11, 2012 Ed 4 Comments Elevator, Empennage, RV10 Build
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Got back in the shop tonight and managed to knock out most of the fabrication of the elevator trim tabs. There isn’t much to them.

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Trim tab deburring & dimpling

April 13, 2012April 13, 2012 Ed 0 Comment Elevator, Empennage, RV10 Build

Another few hours spent on the -10, this time deburring all the holes in the trim tab parts. Then there was some dimpling and countersinking.

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Elevator parts all primed

April 15, 2012April 15, 2012 Ed 0 Comment Elevator, Empennage, RV10 Build
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Today, I turned this pile of parts: Into this pile of parts:    Everything is all ready for riveting.

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Final elevator assembly begins (and another OOPS)

April 16, 2012April 16, 2012 Ed 2 Comments Elevator, Empennage, RV10 Build
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Tonight, I was able to begin riveting the piles of elevator parts together! I began by assembling the tip ribs and their skins. This was

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Elevator riveting, day 2

April 17, 2012April 17, 2012 Ed 2 Comments Elevator, Empennage, RV10 Build
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More riveting on the elevators tonight. Going into this project, I always thought about how much time all this riveting was going to take… but

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A different kind of night

April 18, 2012April 18, 2012 Ed 0 Comment Elevator, Empennage, RV10 Build
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I decided to try something new tonight. I had a Google “Hang Out” going while I was working on the elevators. Google Hangout is basically

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