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Elevator balance weights and Riveting

April 11, 2016 by admin Leave a Comment

Tonight I had a bit of time to do some quick riveting on some elevator parts. I started with finishing the elevator trim motor cover plate by riveting on the Z-channels.

Next I riveted right elevator E-703 and E-704 tip ribs together to form their assembly.

I then moved on to riveting the E-709 rib to the elevator spar. These are flush rivets to allow the WD-605-R-1 elevator horn to sit flush against this rib and the spar.

Now that the easy jobs have been taken care of it’s time to move on to cutting the E-714 counterweights. The plans are easy to follow for the layout and cutting instructions. Below is a picture of the weight with the layout lines.

The next photo is after the weight has been cut.  Oops…It looks like I cut the wrong side. Time to source out another weight…luckily for me my buddy Garet had an extra!

When cutting the lead weight, I just used a hacksaw for the rough cutting. By adding a little BoeLube to the saw blade it easily cut through the lead.

Okay, now that I have my head screwed back on straight, I went and attacked the other weight. This time things worked out much better.

 

Please comment, I love to hear from my readers.  Thanks again for coming along for this ride, you make my work worthwhile.

Filed Under: Elevators, Empennage, Right Elevator Tagged With: Counterweights, E-703, E-704, Elevator, Empennage, Riveting

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