Hello all,
I'm at the emp stage of my RV-7; after the stabs and rudder went together surprisingly issue-free, I'm having a bit of a problem with my elevators.
When I've folded them (using the usual hinged 8x2s), I've ended up with these unsightly and stress-raisery (I know that's not a word) looking bumps in the skin beyond the end of each stiffener.
I was interested in knowing if anyone had had similar issues and what the problem turned out to be?
Van's said I needed to trim down the end of my stiffeners more but having gone as far as squashing the elevator flat there isn't any interference between the ends of the stiffeners which makes me think it might not be that?
Anyway, some pics attached. Any input much appreciated.
Cheers
P.S. I know that rear most rivet has a horrible step on it. The rest of them are all much better!
I'm at the emp stage of my RV-7; after the stabs and rudder went together surprisingly issue-free, I'm having a bit of a problem with my elevators.
When I've folded them (using the usual hinged 8x2s), I've ended up with these unsightly and stress-raisery (I know that's not a word) looking bumps in the skin beyond the end of each stiffener.
I was interested in knowing if anyone had had similar issues and what the problem turned out to be?
Van's said I needed to trim down the end of my stiffeners more but having gone as far as squashing the elevator flat there isn't any interference between the ends of the stiffeners which makes me think it might not be that?
Anyway, some pics attached. Any input much appreciated.
Cheers
P.S. I know that rear most rivet has a horrible step on it. The rest of them are all much better!