{"id":1093,"date":"2015-08-09T20:40:09","date_gmt":"2015-08-09T20:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/?page_id=1093"},"modified":"2015-08-12T04:46:52","modified_gmt":"2015-08-12T04:46:52","slug":"august-30-2014","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/?page_id=1093","title":{"rendered":"August 30, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I started off the day by working on the trim tab.\u00a0I bent the tab using the 2X8 bender&#8211;the bender is getting pretty warped and it should be replaced if any serious bending needs to be done in the future.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_5533.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1217\" src=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_5533-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5533\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_5533-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_5533-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I need to replace the trim tab spar because the machine countersunk holes turned out really sloppy.\u00a0Lesson learned: always have a pilot hole drilled in a backing plate when countersinking holes.\u00a0I won&#8217;t be able to finish the trim tab until the new part is delivered.<a href=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_5543.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1218\" src=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_5543-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5543\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_5543-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_5543-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I finished up my custom elevator closeout part. Overall, I think it looks pretty good.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_5547.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1219\" src=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_5547-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5547\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_5547-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_5547-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1220\" src=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_5549-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5549\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_5549-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_5549-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><br \/>\nI made a mistake on the trim tap cutout spar (goes on elevator). I dimpled the holes instead of machine countersinking them. I used my flush dies on the squeezer to flatten all the dimples. After that I was able to countersink the holes. I used some of the self-etching primer to seal the countersinks.<a href=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_5552.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1221\" src=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_5552-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5552\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_5552-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_5552-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I riveted the skeleton to the skin&#8211;the end of the empennage kit is approaching!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_5556.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1222\" src=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_5556-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5556\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_5556-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_5556-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I started off the day by working on the trim tab.\u00a0I bent the tab using the 2X8 bender&#8211;the bender is getting pretty warped and it should be replaced if any serious bending needs to be done in the future.\u00a0 I <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/?page_id=1093\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  August 30, 2014<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-onecolumn.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1093","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1093"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1225,"href":"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1093\/revisions\/1225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}