Elevator – Part 8

It feels like I have already done this once before.  Now that my left elevator has been primed, I can begin to dimple and begin final assembly.  Since I have already done this once, things go pretty quickly.  I don’t even have any issues riveting the skin to the rear spar this time.

All went great until I got to the point where I was ready to apply the proseal to the trailing edge and trim tabs.  I had ordered the 3.5 Oz ProSeal tube from Vans, just like I did for the rudder.  This time, the proseal came in a 6 oz tube, not the 3.5 oz tube I got the last time.  Only reason this is significant is that I have a SEMCO dispenser gun that came with the smaller retaining clip.  To use the dispenser, I had to transfer the mixed proseal into one of my empty smaller tubes.  (Looking back, the smaller tubes are labeled as 2.5oz.  *shrug*)

Either way, I now own the larger adapter so I don’t have to make more of a mess. I really do like the Dispending gun and the control you have in putting Proseal where you want it.

At this point, I now have to take a break for a while while the Proseal cures before I can finish riveting the trailing edge and attaching the trim tabs to the elevators.

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