Starting the Left Elevator December 2nd, 2006
The left elevator has been coming along. I haven’t been spending much time on this lately, but I finally got the whole assembly clecloed and drilled tonight. Drilling the lead counterweights went MUCH easier this time, using drilling lubricant and turning the drill very slow.
I also spent a lot more time fluting ribs, and using a carpenter’s square to make sure the flanges were at 90 degrees from the webs. I think this elevator will turn out cosmetically better than the left one.
This time I decided to drill everything first and deburr the spar, ribs, etc, later. So, off to deburr!