Tail
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Tail Installation – Part 4
Placed newly rebuilt elevator onto horizontal stabilizer to check fitment; fit checked good with overall width not changing. Reinstalled elevator hinge pins then reinstalled vertical tail and rudder. Checked elevator travel and verified 23 degrees up travel and 24 degrees down travel limited by stops on elevator horn. Hours Worked: 2.82
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Elevator Horn Re-do – Part 3
Verified flatness and squareness of elevator assembly on workbench then final drilled inboard elevator ribs using existing holes in elevator skin. Disassembled, deburred, then riveted elevators together. Hours Worked: 1.27
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Elevator Horn Re-do – Part 2
Located new inboard elevator ribs onto elevator horn per B model plans; made sure horn was all the way forward on ribs to increase uptravel limits. Drilled new holes in ribs from existing elevator horn. Disassembled and debuted holes in elevator ribs. Located and transfered holes for trim cable bracket to new rib (even though…
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Elevator Horn Re-do – Part 1
After some reflection on the slight shortcoming of up elevator travel, it was decided that the elevator horn should be removed and repositioned slightly forward to enable more up-travel. While the existing elevator horn will be retained the inboard elevator ribs will be removed and replaces so that the horn can be located more forward…
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Tail Installation – Part 3
Mocked up ELT location on rear shear web and marked vertical stabilizer on where skin needs to be trimmed. Removed vertical stabilizer and marked out mounting hole location on shear web. Trimmed vertical stabilizer skin and riveted ELT mount and clamps to fuselage. Painted elevator horn with spray paint. Reattached vertical stabilizer with AN3 and…
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Tail Installation – Part 2
Mocked up vertical stabilizer into place and noticed elevator horn was impacting vertical stabilizer skin and preventing full motion. Removed vertical stabilizer and trimmed skin at base. Continued to file elevator horn to ensure full 25 degrees of pitch up. Inserted elevator pushrod into fuselage before getting too far. Set elevator hinge pins all the…
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Tail Installation – Part 1
Began tail surface installation by moving tail surfaces from house to hangar. Discovered that horizontal stabilizer skins were installed upside down and that the bottom skins would need to be trimmed to fit around fuselage tail cone. Using the top side skin as a reference, trimmed bottom skin to clear fuselage tail cone. Will need…
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Elevator Trim Tab
Finished task by safety wiring trim tab hinge pin Hours Worked: 0.17
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Vertical Stabilizer Tips – Part 2
Finished riveting left side tip rib, and tip doubler along with rough fiberglass work. Created right side tip doubler and did rough fiberglass work. T02 complete other than final hinge installation and cotter pin installation Hours Worked: 6.32
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Vertical Stabilizer Tips – Part 1
Replacement of left vert stabilizer tip and fiberglass work Hours Worked: 3.00
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Rudder Rebuild – Part 7
Finish creation of vertical tip mounting flange and final riveting of vert stabilizer assembly. Hours Worked: 4.10
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Rudder Rebuild – Part 6
Finished riveting upper hinge half and began test fitting fiberglass tip and making extra flange for removable tip. Planning on getting tip rough fitted and fasteners made and then doing final fiberglass work later down the road Hours Worked: 6.00