I decided to take the rest of Labor Day after finishing the empennage attach section to start working on the fairing. I focused on the left elevator since it was more easily accessible. A large majority of the time as dealt with shaping the fairing, both the surface of it as well as the depth of the flange. It looks good and I’ll start on the right elevator fairing tomorrow.
I finally got everything put back together and checked all of the control throws and everything looked great! The elevator goes a few degrees beyond the expected amount. The one odd part I’m going to Read more…
I decided to go back and fix a mistake I made with the elevator trim bellcrank mounts. I was off when I drilled them and the elevator trim was not within specifications. I drilled out Read more…
I did quite a bit of filler and sanding and I’m about as far as I want to get with it at this point. I’ll come back when the plane is nearing completing to get Read more…
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