Elevator Construction Begins

With there being so little work to do on the rudder, and waiting for various parts and tools, I decided to go ahead and start work on the elevators. The elevators (right and left) are the final components of the empennage kit. The last couple sessions in the work shop have been spent on trimming the stiffeners, of which there are many. I also finished the edges of the stiffeners and the right elevator skin.



Then I set about match drilling the stiffeners to the right elevator skin. The manual from Van's states that the construction of the elevators is similar to the rudder. This is very true, although I'm glad that the trailing edge of the elevators are a folded edge, rather than a riveted edge.