(9-14 steps 11 & 12):
Ahhh, its good to be back… way too long away from
building! First up, lets get some more done on these
elevators. I removed the clecoes from the trailing edges and then
took a drill bit to clean the excess proseal out of the holes. I
then followed that up with a countersink bit to get the last bit around
the edges of the dimples. After that it was time to start
riveting the trailing edes. I inserted a rivet into every other
hole, covered them with rivet tape, flipped the elevator over, and then
3/4 set the rivets in a more or less random order. After that, I
flipped the elevator back over, removed the tape, and then used a
couple of small wood blocks I had laying around to clamp the trailing
edge down firmly to the back riveting plate. I then final set the
rivet between the two blocks, and the ones exposed on either end
only. I would then unclamp, reposition and repeat. All in
all, it provided a relatively straight trailing edge. No
complaints here!
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