HS spar lower flange

HS flanges trimmed

Here’s the cutout on the HS spar lower flange. The plans don’t call out any specific dimensions, so I cut the flange to accomodate the elevator control horns with a 1/8″ clearance on both outboard sides. The flanges were trimmed forward until they were just about flush with the spar stiffeners.

With this cutout, elevator down-travel more than meets Vans’ requirements. Next step…drilling elevator control horns to the HS center bearing.