Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Empennage, Elevator (Part 3)

Yesterday, we clecoed the left and right Elevator Horns to the Root Ribs and Spars.  We started today by Final-Drilling #30 the six holes common to the Elevator Horns and Front Spars and the six holes common to the Elevator Horns and the Root Ribs.  Here are the left and right Rudder Horns clecoed in place.
 
 

We marked all the pieces, so they can be reassembled in the same position.  Then, we completely disassembled both sides of the Elevator.  Now, all the holes and unfinished edges get deburred....YEAH!  Several hours of deburring; however, the pain was lessened with my Stepdad helping.....THANKS ROGER!!

I didn't take any pictures of the deburring, but you can enjoy the sweet time lapse video.....if you want!

After ALL the deburring was completed, we started dimpling.  We were able to finish the upper and lower Skins of the right Elevator and the Counterweight Skin before we threw in the towel for the night.  We will continue dimpling the remaining pieces tomorrow.