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Monday, November 28, 2016

Elevator Tips

1.5 hrs - this post is about completing the ends of the elevator- not about hints (tips) for building the elevator!  The directions are fairly simple and clear for this step.  Wrap the tip rib (with attached counterweight) with the forward elevator tip skin.  Cleco and rivet.  Then insert the fiberglass composite tip, position inside the aluminum skin, then drill and cleco the tip in place.  Once it's fitted then clean up the holes as needed, insert the rivets and complete the assembly (pull the rivets).  The fit was pretty good, looks like the trailing edge of each tip will need to be faired/filled to match the profile of the elevator aluminum skin better.




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