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Originally Posted by ecurington
I mounted my elevators to the horizontal stabilizer last night. With the counter balances clamped in the trail position, the trailing edges of the left and right elevator sides do not align. One side is about ½” higher than the other at the trailing edge. Has anyone had this problem? If so what was the fix?
I read another post that indicated that the elevators may be warped. However, I can not visually tell that there is any warping until I mount the elevators. I do not see how you can warp the elevators unless the pre punched holes are off. My trailing edges are straight.
Eulice Curington
RV-10 Empennage Serial # 40596
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Hi Eulice-
Trailing edges can be straight and have twist in them at the same time. It is also quite possible to have a twisted trailing edge with the pre-punched stuff. (One of my flaps has a 1/4" warp or twist to it--might have to rebuild if I can't live with the cosmetics.)
One way to figure out if this is true in your case is by running a piece of fish line from outboard corner trailing edge of one elevator to outboard corner trailing edge of the other elevator. If your trailing edges are warp free, you should be able to line them both up on the fish line.
When building, even withthe prepunched stuff, you MUST have a perfectly flat surface and MUST weigh everything down while drilling and riveting.
Good luck.