Elevator Almost There

Tonight saw the assembly of the left elevator. I started by putting some red RTV (in case I fly really close to the sun or an active volcano) into the space between the elevator stiffeners (4 of them) to help minimize cracking, according to other builders and supposedly Van's. Although, I've not seen the RTV in the stiffener area referenced in any of the Van's documentation. It can't hurt putting the RTV in, so I did. However, I forgot to put it in on the right side!! Maybe I haven't combed through all the material enough. The reference to the red RTV and the sun is that the red RTV is for applications in the 300° category. 

After the application of the RTV, I proceeded to install the elevator skeleton into the skin then cleco'd it into place. I then riveted about 98% of this section. I still have 2 trailing edge rivets to creatively buck. I took my dimpling bar and tapered the opposite end a couple weeks ago and used it to buck the same rivets on the right elevator. I'll do the same here on the left side. No pictures tonight as this is almost identical to the right elevator assembly. It was getting too late to pull out the rivet gun and buck them so I'll finish those next, followed by putting the E-606PP trim spar in place then riveting it.

Until then, Take Care and Thanks For Reading!

Day Total: 2.3 hrs   HOBBS Meter - 130.3 hrs