Empennage Attach 11-8-6 (redo) to 11-9-4
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I received the replacement trim mount bracket from Van's, and this time decided to dimple the nutplate attach holes that I had previously countersunk. Dimpling was far easier and I did not have to worry about removing too much material, none at all in fact! Dimpled nutplate attach holes I deburred all holes and edges in the trim mount bracket in preparation for priming it. Trim mount bracket ready for priming After priming the trim mount, I dimpled the attach holes on 4 nutplates, and set the nutplate attach rivets using the squeezer. I also squeezed rivets to attach the trim servo spacer and trim cable anchor brackets as well as the holes in the close out flanges. To attach the trim bellcrank brackets, I switched to bucking the rivets as I couldn't quite fit the squeezer yoke over the trim mount flange. Bucking the rivets was easy in this location though! All parts riveted to the trim mount bracket The trim mount bracket flange can present an issue for squeezing rivets if no