CDBridgesRV7A
Active Member
Good Morning All,
I am currently working on my right elevator. Last night I clecoed the right skin to the skeleton. As I was doing that little warning bells were going off in my head but I pressed on. What the warning bells were for was that I have read in other builders logs about bending the trailing edge of the elevators so that they are straight, with no bulges nor run off from the radius. After I finished clecoing the skin on I went back into the house to verify this. Sure enough the 2 logs I went to had this step in there.
Is it OK to bend the trailing edge prior to riveting the skin on, or should it be done now prior to me final drilling the holes on the skin?
Why does Vans not put this step in the build manual? Is it a necessary step in the build process or is it more estetics? As I go through each step of the building process I put a check mark in the box next to each paragraph as I complete that step, so I know I haven't missed this step. I'm more curious than anything about why this is not in the builders plans.
As always, thanks for your advice and input.
Cheers
Chris
I am currently working on my right elevator. Last night I clecoed the right skin to the skeleton. As I was doing that little warning bells were going off in my head but I pressed on. What the warning bells were for was that I have read in other builders logs about bending the trailing edge of the elevators so that they are straight, with no bulges nor run off from the radius. After I finished clecoing the skin on I went back into the house to verify this. Sure enough the 2 logs I went to had this step in there.
Is it OK to bend the trailing edge prior to riveting the skin on, or should it be done now prior to me final drilling the holes on the skin?
Why does Vans not put this step in the build manual? Is it a necessary step in the build process or is it more estetics? As I go through each step of the building process I put a check mark in the box next to each paragraph as I complete that step, so I know I haven't missed this step. I'm more curious than anything about why this is not in the builders plans.
As always, thanks for your advice and input.
Cheers
Chris