Title: Back to the Right elevator
Time to get back to the right side elevator and roll the leading edges for this elevator. Really wasn't looking forward to this again but this time the first two sections actually went pretty quickly and without much fuss. So those two are ready for riveting. The final section, which is the middle size of the three on the right elevator, is actually the one giving me fits to end the night. I can't get it any closer than about 3/8" right now. The middle section came together so nicely I wasn't expecting to have any issues with this final and shorter section. I'm convinced now that the initial two rolls are everything in this process. I use a smaller 3/4" OD pipe to do the initial roll to get the edge to roll over so that it will join and sit flat. Then I come back with a 1 1/4" pipe to put a larger radius in the skin. This worked great for the first two sections but not so much for the last. Oh well, lots of massaging ahead. I did go ahead and cleco everything together. This last section still has too much pre-load on it so I will continue to work it.


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