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Assembling Left Elevator
7.0 Hours
Cleco'd spars, ribs, and skin full size
The spar, trim tab spar, inner rib are cleco'd to the skin and match drilled to the skin.
Assembling counterbalance full size
The two outer ribs are made flat, and cleco'd together. Then the counterbalance skin is cleco'd to the ribs. Then all holes are match drilled
Attaching counterbalance assembly full size
The counterbalance assembly is attached to the skin, spar assembly
Another view of elevator assembly full size
After the counterbalance assembly is attached, all holes are match drilled in these parts
Dimpling, deburring elevator parts full size
The whole thing comes back apart and the deburring, dimpling, de-scratching process is started. These are all the parts that were assembled in the last stage