The three shear clips (E-1022) have been deburred. There are three shear clips that will be used and the fourth one on the end that you see here is set aside. Van's has you draw guide lines from the top of the clip and angled down to the base of the clip on the pre-stamped metal.

Since I already had the bandsaw out I decided to cut out the four shear clips.

Twenty three ribs will be used and one E-1008B will be set aside. The ribs are now deburred and the top half is labeled E-1008B and the bottom half is labeled E-1008A. I don't cut to the line but only close and then using a small file I trim the remaining excess material exactly to the line, that I way I have more control and don't overcut anything.ĭeburring the elevator ribs with a small file. Once the lines have been drawn it's over to the bandsaw to cut out the two separate elevator ribs. The top half will become E-1008B and the bottom half will become E-1008A. Then this will become two separate ribs after being cut out on the bandsaw. Using a sharpie pen I first drew guide lines by connecting the edges of the factory drilled guide holes. Just like every time before I start working on parts the protective blue vinyl needs to come off. Van's provides the ribs in one pre-stamped piece and they want you to separate this piece into two separate parts. The first thing the plans have you work on is the elevator ribs E-1008. These are all of the parts except for the four elevator top and bottom skins that are needed.

I pulled the individual parts from the inventory that are needed to assemble the left and right elevators and trim tab section. The forth item to work on according to the builder's plans is the Elevators and Trim Tab. Van's Aircraft does not provide a 'QuickBuild' option for the empennage.īasically, the empennage kit includes everything aft of the canopy and is about half of the total fuselage.

I ordered the Empennage/Tailcone Kit to build first in the RV14A project.

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