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| Subject: | RE: [VAF Mailing List] elevator |
--> RV7-List message posted by: "David Figgins" <2004nospam@earthlink.net>
Thanks everyone for the input (nice to know I am not alone 8>) ) I have
decided to go the cap rib route for the elevator and the tab
Dave
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From: David Brand [mailto:dbrandx@yahoo.com]
Subject: Re: [VAF Mailing List] elevator
Dave,
I`ve always thought a separate little rib there, as you`ve mentioned,
is a good idea. I managed to finesse mine into a pretty fair rendition of
"per the plans", although for me the tricky part was trimming the bent
down flange so that the inner one didn`t bottom out on the skin surface.
It would be nice if Van provided a max dimension here. I don`t know, maybe
he does, now. Not when my plans were drawn in late `96. If you look at
enough RVs at the different fly-ins, you`ll eventually come across
examples of the rib method. I`ve seen a couple three over the years. In
fact, I think "Franklinstein" (the RV-8 prototype) is one example.
Dave
Brand 80254 N254LF
--- David Figgins
<dbfigginsweb@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> I am just finishing the left elevator and last night bent the tabs at
> the
> cutout where the trim tab fits, the bend does not look very good as I
> could
> not position the wood blocks properly due to the stiffeners, the net
> result
> is the bend is not sharp an not quite at 90 degrees to the trailing
> edge.
> Not sure what I can do apart from buying new skin and stiffeners and
> starting over. I thought about cutting this area out and making an end
> cap
> rib and riveting it in position.
> Anyone else screwed this area up and fixed it?
> Strikes me this would have been easier to do first before the stiffeners
> were installed and the sharp skin bend made but I was following the
> directions.
>
> Dave (irritated on last elevator waiting for wings)
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