Title: Finishing the right elevator riveting
Riveted the first two sections which were already set to go and then spent a few hours hand massaging and rolling, and hand massaging and rolling, and more massaging and more rolling until I was happy with the fitment of the final inboard rolled section. Drilled to #30 holes (for all of them) and riveted with the called for pop rivets. And so that's it. Without much fanfare, without much celebrating, the construction of the two elevators is essentially finished. Just fiberglass and some trailing edge tweaking to go. So now it's time to start working on the rigging of the two elevators to eventually make them one. Gonna be a few days of getting organized for this final phase of the empennage build. I need a bigger work table for sure. I also need some temporary attach fittings to hold the elevators to the horizontal stab while I check the alignment of both elevators against the stab and each other. So I don't know how I feel right now. I'm not celebrating. So far to go still but now the empennage is entering a different phase. Fiberglass work and other techniques that will be new so of course those are a bit intimidating for sure. We'll see. Still to do: 1-Finish attaching the nuts that hold the counterweights in place and setting the correct torque values 2-Installing the rod end bearings and setting their proper depth 3-Finish fiberglass tip work (optional at this point) 4-Temporarily attach and rig both elevators 5-Drill the through bolt hole for both elevators 6-Secure both elevators together making them one piece


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