We've had 2 good work days only in the last little while but have most of the right elevator ready to be riveted to the spar.
Yesterday we did all the rivets for the spar, skin stiffeners, nut-plates,etc. The out-board rib to spar rivets gave us some grief. They just wouldn't set straight. So we fussed with that for over an hour i think. So basically we have the Skeleton together and is ready for the skin. We decided to stop there and tackle riveting the skin on a fresh day. We've read and heard it can be tricky to do... or maybe just time consuming as it will be tough to get in there to buck the rivets. We'll see.
Of course in Canada we have pre-close inspections so we'll go as far as possible but all trailing edges will be left open. I hope by mid-may we'll be ready for those inspections and then we'll be over one hurdle.
Right Elevator Spar - Nut-plates riveted on.
Right Elevator Inward Rib - Flush rivets used as control horn covers this.
