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Feb 05, 2023 1.5 Work on elevator trim servo mounting Category: Empennage
Not too much to log, just managed to get the trim servo mount mocked up and the attach holes located and drilled. Used the recommended dimension to place the Z brackets and that worked well. With that done, those parts need to be prepped and made ready for primer, so set them aside for now.

The other task for the night was to figure out how to mount the nut plates to the support bracket. I had already countersunk the holes for the nutplates just needed to dimple the screw holes that lead into the nutplates. That was easy enough with a small yoke squeezer. With that done it was time to rivet the nutplates in place. HERE'S A FREE TIP. Do this step BEFORE you rivet the support bracket in place for the left elevator. So way back in the first instructions for this side elevator, after you back rivet the stiffeners in place and BEFORE you rivet the support plate in place, you can skip ahead and attach these nutplates, it will be much easier to do.

Oh well, live and learn. I was able to squeeze all but one of the nutplate rivets. I just can't get to it with any sized yoke that I currently have. So that one will have to wait for a bucking bar when I rivet the other parts together.

That leaves the prepping of the parts for primer left to do for this step.


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