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Elevator Stiffeners

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I'm getting better at back riveting now. It went a lot faster. Plus, I avoided scratching the inside of the skin with the rivet gun by putting electrical tape on the parts of the gun that make contact with the skin. Next step is to bend the trailing edge.

Right Elevator

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Here you can see the trailing edge bent, skin match drilling, and skeleton.

Right Elevator Completion

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My skills are still improving and the leading edge bend could have gone a bit better, but it is definitely air worthy...

Left Elevator

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On the left you can see Jenna helping me dimple the left elevator skin. To the right are the pictures of the left elevator being match drilled along with it's skeleton.

Left Elevator Trim Tab and Servo

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Complete Elevators attached to the Horizontal Stabilizer

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It is getting real now, this looks like a piece of an airplane...