Empennage

Today I started preparing the right elevator, actually I worked on both the left and right. I clecoed and drilled the E-601PP and E-611PP reinforcement plates and corresponding platenuts to the E-702 Spar. Then I prepared the E-703 end ribs and E-704 counterbalance ribs by fluting and edge finishing them. Next step was to cleco and drill the E-703 end rib to the E-704 counterbalance rib and then cleco and drill them to the E-702 Spar. After I got that done I had to remove the ribs from the spar. Next, I placed the E-714 counterweight on the forward end of the E-703 and E-704 as shown on the drawing 5, view F-F. I clecoed the E-713 counterbalance skin to the E-703 and E-704 overtop of the E-714 counterweight. My last action today was to drill the two #12 holes in the forward face of E-713 through the counterweight and the E-703 and E-704 ribs. Of course, this was all done on both the left and right elevators.

3 Hours

Total hours on project = 125