Monday, April 13, 2009

elevator stiffeners and horn

Riveted on the stiffeners to the right elevator skin.




Started fitting the elevator horn and went straight into problems again. The elevator horn has pre punched holes. The problem is that the inner most holes are punched at least 3-4/16 too far in, so they interfere with flange of the E-409 rib. I didn't notice that before the spar and rib already was riveted together. Had to drill the rivets out and file 3/16 off the flange, and rivet together again. From the drawings and manual it is obvious that the horn originally was not pre-punched. Not a big deal, but still.





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