Progress has been slow during the last week or so. Too much work stuff getting in the way of building, and we’re struggling to get the Archer’s annual completed. Unfortunately, we’ve decided that it’s time to sell the Archer – we just can’t afford to keep it and finish the RV. Plus, we’re starting to consider buying a house and we need to put aside money for a down payment. But selling the Archer will hurt…it seems like we’re losing a member of the family.

I ordered a new left elevator root rib from Van’s. Their advice on the previous part (see my 12 March post) was just to reshape the flange with a hand seamer. A new part was easier to work with. I reassembled the elevator with the new part, then match-drilled the whole structure.