Rebel Elevator
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 2:23 pm
Hi all
Just fitted the right elevator skin to the spar and ribs combination,
Guess what?
Found that the angled inboard rib of the elevator (that allows full
rudder travel) does not extend to the rearmost pre-drilled hole on the
trailing edge of the elevator skin!
The other ribs are fine and reach--because they are perpendicular to the
spar--to the rearmost pre-drilled holes in the trailing edge.
Been told that the structural integrity of the elevators is not effected
and to just put a rivet in the unused holes and press on. But that
leaves and open space between the end of the rib and the trailing edge
of the skin. Unsightly.
Comments on a fix or other observations would be welcome
Thanx all
Brian Breathnach
779R
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Just fitted the right elevator skin to the spar and ribs combination,
Guess what?
Found that the angled inboard rib of the elevator (that allows full
rudder travel) does not extend to the rearmost pre-drilled hole on the
trailing edge of the elevator skin!
The other ribs are fine and reach--because they are perpendicular to the
spar--to the rearmost pre-drilled holes in the trailing edge.
Been told that the structural integrity of the elevators is not effected
and to just put a rivet in the unused holes and press on. But that
leaves and open space between the end of the rib and the trailing edge
of the skin. Unsightly.
Comments on a fix or other observations would be welcome
Thanx all
Brian Breathnach
779R
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