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SE 1 One Year of Building

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Post date July 1, 2023
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A special episode looking back at one year of building.

EP1.12 Building the Elevator Trim Tab

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Post date September 25, 2022
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Trim tab was finished. Uneventful. Piece was measured and attached to elevator. Everything was buttoned up and then… Rolling the edges took hours. I hate it. It is miserable. They didn’t come out how I wanted. But I don’t know that spending more time and energy would fix anything. Likely, it would make it worse. […]

Trim Tab

Trim tab started. Parts clecoed. Tabs on the end bent. (Hard! Looks good!) Hinge created, needs trimming. Almost to prime. Thinking primer pistol? Should have assembled today/tomorrow. [later] Parts primed w/primer pistol. Works well for small batches of parts! East to clead. Will finish up tomorrow. Tonight: read up on finishing the fiberglass tips.

Continuation of Left Elevator

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Post date August 28, 2022
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Left elevator was dimpled. Countersunk trim spar backwards… had to countersink both sides. 🙁 Two more weakened rivet holes. 🙁 SLOW DOWN!! Started mounting trim servo. Some mentioned countersinking on servo plate cover. I dimpled. Seemed to work. Screws tight… Tabs on elevator bent. This was a pain but went well.