Tonight I finished a plywood bracket to hold the Horizontal Stabilizer, then rigged everything up and hoisted it onto the ceiling in the garage. There’s just enough clearance on the storage cupboard doors, but I added some small bits of foam to the leading edge just in case.
Then I started on the Elevators, completing the first few steps. I cut out the ribs and sheer clips, fluted and straightened the outside ribs, and clecoed a bunch of stuff together ready for drilling, hopefully tomorrow.
Here are all the elevator parts, except the foam blocks and rudder skins. With this out on the workbench, the storage cupboards are starting to look empty.
Separating the ribs with tin snips:
Clecoed parts ready for drilling:
