Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Elevator internal brace loose #97

Whilst washing my a/c the starboard elevator 'clanged' !

I found the bracing strut loose inside it.  Consulting the Rans build book, it is only pushed into position after the fabric is on & remains wedged in position over a couple of studs.  Thus no need to remove much, but it made reassembly much easier with the elevator completely taken off the a/c.


Checking the strut was straight, not bent, and the end cut away was O.K.
I managed. A long stick aided by a bit of masking tape poked through a regular gap in the fabric got it onto the rear stud & lined up. Then with a quick blow from a handy steel rod got it popped back in position.
Then fitted the elevator back on & duplicate inspected.

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