{"id":202,"date":"2005-06-08T19:57:52","date_gmt":"2005-06-08T23:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wordpress\/?p=202"},"modified":"2013-04-04T19:59:53","modified_gmt":"2013-04-04T23:59:53","slug":"sketchy-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/?p=202","title":{"rendered":"Sketchy plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/hs_skin_trim_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-203 aligncenter\" alt=\"HS skin trimming\" src=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/hs_skin_trim_1.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/hs_skin_trim_1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/hs_skin_trim_1-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The plans are kinda sketchy on how to check elevator fitment on the HS. After some web surfing and questioning other builders, I came to the conclusion that the elevators seem to be fitting ok. The elevator counterweight arms are parallel to the HS skins, and there doesn&#8217;t appear to be any binding &#8211; yet. With the counterweight arms clamped to the HS, the elevators also appear to be aligned in trail. The control horns don&#8217;t quite line up with each other, but from what I can determine from VAFWWW and the Matronics list, they don&#8217;t have to.<\/p>\n<p>After the HS skins were trimmed sufficiently to allow the elevators to swing freely, I used a digital level to check elevator range of motion. Looks like the elevators have a few degrees&#8217; margin of up-travel before they contact the HS skins, and according to Van&#8217;s there is no minimum spacing requirement between the elevator skins and HS. So as long as they swing freely, I think I&#8217;m good to go. If you&#8217;re reading this and know something different, please don&#8217;t hesitate to email me!<\/p>\n<p>The next step is to trim some HS flange material away to allow the elevator control arms to reach maximum down-travel. I debated doing this before riveting the HS spar together, and now wish that I had. Some substantial care will now be required to avoid damaging the spar stiffeners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The plans are kinda sketchy on how to check elevator fitment on the HS. After some web surfing and questioning other builders, I came to the conclusion that the elevators seem to be fitting ok. The elevator counterweight arms are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/?p=202\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":203,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-horizontal-stabilizer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=202"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2064,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202\/revisions\/2064"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}