Empennage Finished & Stored

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 have to figure out is that I am unable to get the 35 degrees of nose up trim that I’m supposed to get. It only gets to about 31. I tried maxing out the amount I could pull the tab down and just couldn’t get anymore. I’m not sure why that is the case. It has to do with the cables that is for sure. I disconnected the cables from the bellcrank and I still couldn’t get anymore throw out of them even manually. I even maxed out the amount of threads I had inside the trim tab control horn and it didn’t help. Definitely odd but I will work on that when I get towards finishing the plane.

Another thing I’ll continue to work on when I get to finishing the plane is getting all of the fairing transitioned smoothed out. I talked with a gentleman from church who told me I should back the fiberglass with a washer and that I should also sandwich epoxy between the aluminum and the fiberglass when I redo the riveting. I trust his opinion as he does alot of really solid repair work and he is very meticulous about doing things right. He was an inspector for Southwest so I’m going to bet he knows a thing or two LOL

Either way, I got all of the parts packed up on the trailer and put it in storage with the RV. It is off the ground and in an enclosed storage unit with the trailer so it should stay safe. I’ve never seen any water intrusion in there through the roof so fingers crossed. I hate having things away from the house where I don’t know what will happen to it but I trust this more than anything else right now.