Dave’s RV-7A Building Log

Deburred the stiffener holes on the left elevator skin.

Deburred the holes in the elevator stiffeners. Dimpled the holes in the stiffeners. Did I mention there are a lot of stiffeners? I had some help, though.

More fun with stiffeners. I drilled all of the stiffeners to the elevator skins. I also drilled the trim cover plate reinforcement to the skin.

Started on the elevators! Rough cut all of the stiffeners with the band saw (could have used snips, but the band saw is so quick). Cleaned up the cuts with the belt sander and then smoothed all of the edges with the Scotch-brite wheel. There sure are a lot of stiffeners. The picture on the left shows how they start out. Keep in mind that each pile in the right-hand picture is 4 to 7 stiffeners.