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 Read more
Putting elevator parts together March 31, 2012April 1, 2012 Ed 0 Comment Elevator, Empennage, RV10 Build 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 Read more
Elevators taking shape April 1, 2012April 2, 2012 Ed 2 Comments Elevator, Empennage, RV10 Build 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 Read more
Final drilling elevator skins, part 1 April 2, 2012April 2, 2012 Ed 0 Comment Elevator, Empennage, RV10 Build 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 Read more
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 Read more
Back down to a big pile of parts April 5, 2012April 5, 2012 Ed 1 Comment Elevator, Empennage, RV10 Build 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 Read more
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 Read more
Dimpling: Done April 8, 2012April 8, 2012 Ed 1 Comment Elevator, Empennage, RV10 Build 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 Read more
Woodworking for an aluminum airplane? April 9, 2012April 9, 2012 Ed 2 Comments Elevator, Empennage, RV10 Build 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 Read more
Building the trim tabs April 11, 2012April 11, 2012 Ed 4 Comments Elevator, Empennage, RV10 Build 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. Read more
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. Read more
Elevator parts all primed April 15, 2012April 15, 2012 Ed 0 Comment Elevator, Empennage, RV10 Build Today, I turned this pile of parts: Into this pile of parts: Everything is all ready for riveting. Read more
Final elevator assembly begins (and another OOPS) April 16, 2012April 16, 2012 Ed 2 Comments Elevator, Empennage, RV10 Build 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 Read more
Elevator riveting, day 2 April 17, 2012April 17, 2012 Ed 2 Comments Elevator, Empennage, RV10 Build 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 Read more
A different kind of night April 18, 2012April 18, 2012 Ed 0 Comment Elevator, Empennage, RV10 Build 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 Read more