Elevators Finished

I didn't do a good job of keeping this up to date because along with the plane, we've started a massive remodel of our house.  Its pretty much mandatory when you build a plane.  You have to either move 3 times or remodel, is what other builders tell me.

Insides primed all nice:





This is the hole where the trim cable passes through



For the trim tabs, you cut out some foam ribs.  You'd be surprised how rigid this stuff is.



Bending the edges of the trim tabs is pretty tricky.  I'd grade mine average at best.  Went with a trick I found online where you take a flat piece of bar steel and sharpen the end to fit up into the trim tab bend.  Clamp it all down to the bench and bend with the hammer.  It didn't slip, but it didn't get the most crisp edge either.






I did have one GOTCHA.  I riveted the trim tab horns on first, then tried to rivet the bottom skin to the spar.  Nope, won't work.  The tab covers the last rivet hole just enough to make it impossible to set properly.



And done.  My buddy Mike says the elevators are "tricky".  I'd have to agree.