I’m almost finished with assemby of the left elevator. It’s a bit more complicated than the right one since the left one has a trim tab and houses the trim servo. The skin is riveted to the skeleton and the final step is to close the leading edge of the elevator. To do that I need to roll the skins so they meet and can be riveted together. Rolling is done by attaching the skin along it’s edge to a dowel (a broom handle works well). You use duct tape along the edge of the skin to attach it to the broom handle, then you use the broom to create a nice rolled bend to the skin.
You can see the rolled edge ready to river together in the above picture. In the next photo you can see the opening in the botom of the elevator where the trim servo will mount and the notch in the trailing edge is where the trim tab will fit. More on this when I start bending the trim tab and fitting the servo.
