25 Sep 2005 - 3.75hrs
I'm skipping ahead and assembling the trim tab first.



26 Sep 2005 - 1.3hrs
Sections 61-71 do not mention drilling out the hinge line holes or the trailing edge holes, but near the end it says to rivet the trailing edge. Up to now the instructions basically lead you by the hand, but the trim tab instructions could be improved. Fortunately it is not a difficult part, but even so...
27 Sep 2005 - 1.15hrs
22 Oct 2005 - 1.0hrs
Did you know that blind "pop" rivets come in the flush variety? I didn't, and there are a few places that you can't use a driven rivet. Someone mentioned the flush blind rivets at the EAA Regional flyin in VA, so I spent some time tracking them down. Most of them are 120 degree, not 100 degree. After trying for several days to find 100 degree, I gave up, ordered the 120 degree, and a simple 120 degree dimpler that works in a pop rivet gun.
03 Nov 2005 - 1.5hrs
04 Nov 2005 - 1.5hrs
05 Nov 2005 - 0.6hrs
Finished up the trim tab. I used structural blind rivets for most of the rib rivets, and a squeezer with driven rivets for the rest. The epoxy trick and clamping the trailing edge to a piece of angle iron worked well here, as it did on the rudder. Nice straight trailing edge.


05 Nov 2005 - 1.5hrs
Cleanup the work bench and start the elevator. Deburring...


12 Nov 2005 - 4.25hrs
Prepare the spar doublers and cleco to the spar. Fabricate the Rib A and Rib B stiffeners from aluminum stock. Cleco to the ribs.


14 Nov 2005 - 2.5hrs
Worked on the elevator control horn.


15 Nov 2005 - 1.5hrs
16 Nov 2005 - 1.75hrs
Worked on the trim cable bracket.


23 Nov 2005 - 5hrs
24 Nov 2005 - 3hrs
26 Nov 2005 - 2.5hrs
Elevator Assembly.


26 Mar 2006
I've decided to go with the electric trim option. Fortunately the only thing I had to re-do was the cutout for the trim cable since the electric trim control arm is in a different spot. I'll probably build a small cover to close up the hole in the skin where the manual trim cable was supposed to pass through the bottom of the elevator.

26 Mar 2006 - 5.5hrs
28 Mar 2006 - 2hrs
Cut-out for electric trim option. Top skins on the elevator. Finished up the tip ribs, and marked the cutout in the top skin for the electric trim servo.


29 Mar 2006 - 3.25hrs
31 Mar 2006 - 2hrs
14 Apr 2006 - 0.75hrs
15 Apr 2006 - 6.25hrs
16 Apr 2006 - 8hrs
Clean, deburr, dimple, prime, assemble elevator framework and upper skins.
I had already started installing the manual trim system, and made the cutouts in the bottom skins for the cables. Since the cut-out for the electric trim system is different (smaller), I decided to make a small plate to cover up the excess. You can see it in the first picture here.



25 Apr 2006 - 2.3hrs
Rivet skin, clamp trailing edge. I had some help...


26 Apr 2006 - 2hrs
Rivet trailing edge.

29 Apr 2006 - 6.5hrs
Dimple, rivet spar and bottom skin. Start hinge mounting.


05 May 2006 - 1hr
Try to figure out the hinge mounting to the horiz stab. Unfortunately the hinge is simply too small on the horiz stab side to allow for adequate edge margins for the rivets and also for proper movement of the elevator.


07 May 2006 - 6.5hrs
Contacted Glasair Aviation technical support about the hinge issue via e-mail. Decided to move on to the trim tab mounting while waiting to hear back from them.
Mounted trim tab onto elevator, started electric trim servo mounting.


11 May 2006
Heard back from GA technical support, asking for more information. I sent them a reply with the info they asked for. I was surprised that it took 4 days to hear back from them. Looks like I can use the larger hinge if necessary.

26 May 2006 - 2.4hrs
Mount trim servo and nutplates.

04 Jun 2006 - 6.3hrs
Trim servo wiring, elevator hinge.


05 Jun 2006 - 1hrs
07 Jun 2006 - 2.5hrs
10 Jun 2006 - 3hrs
Finish up tail section, except for the alighnment pin access panel (per the ANOR).


29 Jan 2007 - 2hrs
30 Jan 2007 - 2.5hrs
Hinge pin retainers for the elevator trim tab, and the horizontal stabilizer.