Spent the last couple days working on the trim tab. Yesterday was pretty easy, just matchdrilled the two trim tab horns to the trim tab and trimmed them according to the plans for electric trim.
Then it was time to tackle the actual trim tab hinge which from everything I've read can be a bit tricky. So I decided to retire for the night and do some research. Fast forward to the next day and I still wasn't real sure on what exactly the directions wanted you to do. The goal is pretty obvious, attach the trim tab and elevator edges to the hinge and then join them together. What's not as obvious is the best way to go about this. The plans here leave a lot to be desired. I hear it gets worse lol....
Anyhow I watched a few videos, read a few build logs and finally was ready to do some fitting. First I needed to trim a bit off of the length of hinge as it's a bit too long. So a couple quick snips with the tin snips and then I tried to fit the hinge together..... Only to realize that I had trimmed the wrong end of one of the hinge halves. @#$% dang it! Well crap, now I've shot myself in the foot as there isn't enough length of the hinge left to fix this. I have extra hinge sections but none are long enough to use. So I will have to order another one. Vans sells them in lengths of 6" or 6'. Nothing in between. They must cut them to length for the kits from the 6 foot lengths. Aircraft Spruce is out of stock in all 5 of their locations, yikes. I can get one but the other vendors only sell them in 6' lengths and charge a extra fee to ship such a small thing in such a long tube. So sigh..... Such a simple thing and not paying attention will cost me several days and about $30 or more in payola...
So with the screw up I can either sit idle or work on something else, the fiberglass ends or roll the leading edges. Hmmm....neither of those sound real appealing to be honest. I guess I'll start rolling the leading edges of this elevator and the right side one if I have time this week. Better to get something done than nothing I guess.