Sugar Dunkerton
Member
Hello all, I have been lurking here for over a year and have been getting through much of my RV-9 taildragger empennage.
I had some trouble fitting the WD-605 elevator control horn to the E-902 elevator spar and E-906 rib. It seems the bend in the flange on the rib is not quite right, and the holes in the spar don't line up with the control horn when clecoing it together. Per previous posts by other members, I massaged it together, clecoed and drilled it, but the holes on the spar side are elongated. The widest part of the hole measures .152"
I figure I could:
A: Rivet it together as is.
B: Use #5 size rivets.
C: Fabricate a doubler plate and use longer #4 rivets.
I've also emailed support at Vans, but was wondering what solutions the forums would produce.
First post and photo test, thanks for reading.
I had some trouble fitting the WD-605 elevator control horn to the E-902 elevator spar and E-906 rib. It seems the bend in the flange on the rib is not quite right, and the holes in the spar don't line up with the control horn when clecoing it together. Per previous posts by other members, I massaged it together, clecoed and drilled it, but the holes on the spar side are elongated. The widest part of the hole measures .152"
I figure I could:
A: Rivet it together as is.
B: Use #5 size rivets.
C: Fabricate a doubler plate and use longer #4 rivets.
I've also emailed support at Vans, but was wondering what solutions the forums would produce.
First post and photo test, thanks for reading.