With the airplane at the hangar, I took some time today to visit and do the final install of the horizontal stabilizer and elevators. The most time consuming g apart was finding the right hardware, and I found I was short one bolt. I’m installing the tail section with all new hardware, as these prices have been installed and uninstalled a number of times.
Without all of my tools at the hangar, I ran into what will probably become a frequent problem – the tool(s) I need are not there when I need them. I need to file off some aluminum to allow the elevator horns to make their full range of travel. The elevators need to deflect 30 degrees up and 25 down, and right now it’s 25 up and 23 down. I’ll have to tackle this next time.
It was fun to get the pushrods connected and be able to move the elevators with the stick for the first time!
