Category: Elevator

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.

Today, I turned this pile of parts: Into this pile of parts:    Everything is all ready for riveting.

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

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

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

After my little health issue, I was able to put some more time into riveting the elevator. The task was to rivet the elevator skins

The elevators didn’t seem that complicated when I began, but they are really taking a good bit of time! Tonight was spent finishing up the

Tonight was another pro seal night. This is the stuff that I used when building the rudder. Well it’s used to hold everything together in

Got a lot done today. The ProSeal had cured for the trailing edges, so I peeled the elevators off of the angle iron and got

Mark another one off the list. The elevators are done (for the most part.) There was a lot going on today, but between the family