I am going on a skitrip friday morning, so I decided to finish the left elevator tonight.

First I wanted to install the trim servo. It gets installed on the inside of the trim access cover by 2 brackets.
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After removing the panel, I taped the aft surface for marking the position of the servo brackets.
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Then I matchdrilled the brackets to the cover.
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I had to trim a tiny bit of the outboard bracket…
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The 2 aft rivets have very little clearance, since the servo is tilted. There is not enough room here for dimpling, so I decided to do like Mike Nipp, and install NAS 1097 rivets here.
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Here the brackets have been riveted to the cover.
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Finally I installed the servo in the brackets, and the whole thing into the elevator. I had to extend the servo with a 9volt battery to get it to fit.
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Then it was time to roll the leading edges. I pretty much got a system down for doing this. Using the pipe wrench really helps a lot, furthermore using the wrench in the slot between my tables, allows the elevator to rest flat on the table.
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Thats it!!! The left elevator is done, so is the empenage. Well, still need the fairings, but I will do all those later on. Next thing is the wings…
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