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Feb 14, 2024 2.5 Elevator counterweights and tip fairings Category: Tail Feathers
Time to get back to completing the elevators! I haven't worked on them in many months.

1. Tightened the counterweight attach hardware in both elevators. (I removed the added counterweight washers from the left elevator, since I'm going to balance the elevators when they are bolted together on the airplane.)
2. Added a bit of filler at the inside overlap between the elevators skins. I think this will allow the seam in the elevator tips to look better once the tips are riveted in place.
3. Used thick flox/micro to bond the foam end pieces in the front ends of the elevator tips. As with the rudder and horizontal stabilizer, I recessed the foam about 1/16" to make room for the sandable filler I'm going to add next.


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