Time: 6 hrs
Finished up the elevator. The last of the empannage parts. The hardest part of this piece was the composite end pieces. When I did the test fit a few days ago it seemed like they were going to fit really well. But after riveting was finished as I fit the end pieces it seemed that no matter what I did the pieces just weren’t long enough. I ended up pushing then as far forward (lead end of elevator) as I could and then filling the trailing edge with epoxy to extend them an extra 1/8-1/4″.
I made a mold out of tape and balsa… just something easy to sand off or remove.
Mixed some 2 part epoxy and poured it into the gap.
After a little sanding
Some primer to check if it looked OK. Still a little filling needed, but the extension seems to work.
All done!!!!
OK now on the ordering the fuselage kit
