Tag: Empennage

Empennage, elevator progress

Left elevator tip fairing drilled in place.

Left elevator tip fairing drilled up to final hole size.

Left elevator tip fairing riveting in progress.

Left elevator tip fairing riveted in place and ready for flight!

Right elevator tip fairing drilling in progress.

Right elevator tip fairing drilled up to final hole size.

Right elevator tip fairing riveting in progress.

Right elevator tip fairing riveted in place and ready for flight!

Empennage, rudder installation

Rudder bottom fairing doubler drilled and clecoed in place.

Rudder bottom fairing doubler center hole cut.

Rudder bottom fairing doubler floxed and riveted in place.

Rudder bottom fairing doubler cleaned of squeezed out flox.

Rudder tip fairing drilled and clecoed in place.

Rudder tip fairing drilled up to final hole size.

Rudder tip fairing riveted in place and ready for flight!

Empennage fairing set in place for an initial fitting. It actually looks quite good – better than expected and much better than the last one I installed back in 2001.

Fuselage, empennage, rudder continued…

Control sticks temporarily installed, mostly for convenience (leverage while adjusting elevator displacement).

Rudder bottom fairing in progress. This is the result of just over an hour’s progressive trimming.

Rudder bottom fairing in progress. This is the result of just over an hour’s progressive trimming.