Fore to aft is only 2/10 of a degree off. Not too bad.
Laterally, we're even closer.
So far, so good. Looks like there's no twist in the fuselage.
Well, isn't that weird. Maybe there is. Interestingly enough, when we measured this at the very aft end of the plane, it was back to 0.1. Twists and untwists? Weird.
Okay, time to stop playing with the level. This is the hole drilled in the elevator horn that sits farther aft (for ours, this was the left one). Worth being careful here, but no sweat.
Now it gets interesting - here's the aluminum sandwich clamped between the two horns to keep everything parallel. That's a long drill bit in there (backwards) to make sure that everything's going to line up correctly.
Somehow, I forgot to take a picture of the match drilled holes. They're done, and here's the next thing to do on the project: fabricate the elevator stop. It's fabricated, and there it is on the plane.
Match drilling the rivet holes. I think these little cleco c-clamps from Avery are really going to come in handy.
Getting ready to mount the horizontal stab - the Van's directions say that the gap here is supposed to be 3/16, and the easiest way to measure this is with a drill bit.
The Van's directions don't make so much sense here - what I think makes more sense is to tape and clamp the shims, horizontal stab, etc, all at the same time. Van's doesn't suggest you do this because (I'm guessing, here) they want to minimize the risk of the shim moving while you're trying to drill it. That makes sense, but maybe it'll work just as well if we tape it and then clamp it.
