[rebel-builders] 678E update and Thanks!

[Bob and Olga Johnson]

Flex, before you go to all that trouble, please look at the finished
assembly and ask yourself if it really matters strength wise where the
doubler is located. Function wise it may be quite adequate where it is. Some
things are just not all that critical. Bob J

-----Original Message-----
From: mike.davis@dcsol.com [mailto:mike.davis@dcsol.com] On Behalf Of
flex@dcsol.com
Sent: September-27-09 7:34 PM
To: rebel-builders@dcsol.com
Subject: [rebel-builders] 678E update and Thanks!

Michelle and I are still plugging away at our second-hand Elite #678. The
Vertical tail and Rudder are complete! And now it's onto the horizontal
stab.

We cleaned and inspected the horizontal tail today (until it hit over 100deg
F
in our garage in Arizona!). Just like the rudder ant vertical fin, the
horizontal
tail was only rivetted on one side, with the top just being clecoed.

Up to this point, everything has been in accordance with the builder's
manual. But today I found the first mistake. Turns out the previous
builder
put the bottom external doubler (W-326) between the skin and the spar
instead of on top of the skin. So looks like next weekend will be a lot of
rivet
removal to undo this. Wouldn't be to bad except the bottom doubler has the
rear stab mount poking through it, so I'm going to have to remove a metric
butt-load of rivets to slide that thing out of there.

Anyhow, that's where we're at on 678E. Also wanted to thank everybody
again for your help (knowingly or unknowingly). I tend to sift through the
archives on here quite a bit and read the digest daily. Lots of good info!


Blue skies,
~Flex
Elite #678
Tucson, Arizona



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[craig]

Hi Flex,

Welcome to the group! We're building a rebel. We have a friend about 40
miles from us building an elite. He's about 85-90% finished. Bob Johnson's
right about the doubler. After 2 years of building I'm starting to think
like that as well. Pick your battles and then attack! I think if you make
every piece/part an issue you may drive yourself crazy or maybe end up
adding years to your build. Mods are the same way. One mod will generally
lead to some other change or added work.

As far as the 100 degree garage goes, we're at the other end of the
spectrum. I had the heater on today because it was 37 degrees. I lived in
NV for 22 yrs and I sure don't miss that heat. Happy riveting! Craig Walls




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[Dennis Finley]

Hi Flex
Their is something that you mite what to think about,and that is to
shorten your relevator ends by 4 inches each side.the elite has a very
sensitive elevator and by reducing the length it makes it very nice to
fly with out any surprises, and their is a mod to be done on the tail
as well make sure you check it out.





Dennis Finley

Elite amphib C-FDYF






On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 4:34 PM, <flex@dcsol.com> wrote:
[quote]Michelle and I are still plugging away at