Yes, I split mine when I built the larger tail so either half of the elevator can be removed. Some pictures of it are on my web site at <http://jscott.comlu.com> You'll have to drill down into the KR site, then the tail mods. I used two aluminum plates to box in and capture the spars. I don't recall how many bolts through each spar half now. but from looking at the photos, it looks like a total of 8 AN3 bolts through the spar plates capturing the two spar halves. The elevator bellcrank is also mounted to the two bolts that go through the center between the two spar halves. I have roughly 370 hours flight time with this configuration.
Jeff Scott Los Alamos, NM ----- Original Message ----- From: Martin Pearce Sent: 12/22/11 02:09 AM To: kr...@mylist.net Subject: KR> dividing the elevator As I have some major rework to do on the fin and sternpost, I was wondering about dividing the elevator into two halves and using, say, two L shaped metal pieces bridging the now divided spar so they form a box around the spar and bolted with two bolts (3/8?) o9n each side. This would make it easy to remove for maintenance / painting ...... Comments would be appreciated. Has this been done before? Can't find anything in the archives .... Cheers Martin Pearce rocketdri...@optusnet.com.au
