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26/05/2013 - Beautiful Day :-), bank holiday and I have renewed my PPL for another 2 years.

 

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Drill the elevator horn attach point

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Drill the elevator to push rod connection point

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Fit vertical stabiliser and final drill/ream holes, and horn stops

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Fit all fibre glass

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Fit the exterior trim

 

It was a simple task to rivet on the attachment plate that holds the front of the vertical stabiliser.

 

I had already drilled the holes to 3/16ths on the rear spar but I noticed on the plans that call out was for the 7A and the bolts needed to be #4 so had to be drilled out to slightly undersized 1/4" holes, well reamed really.  Several passes with increasing size drills and the a final pass through with an undersize reamer got the job done

 

 

Picture from the inside.

 

 

Next job was drilling the elevator stop to the fuselage and rear spar of the stabiliser.  Placing this for hole distance is critical and don't forget the little washer on the port side between the spar and bracket to allow for the stabiliser offset.

 

 

Bolts all done.  I just need to rivet the three holes you can see in the picture

 

 

 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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