Anti-Servo tabs

Since the rudder is on hold for a little while.. We'll proceed to the next item which is the Anti-Servo Tab.

The AST is a trim tab for the stabilator.  Its a small part.. smaller than the rudder :

As you can see, its pretty straightforward.  There are two of them, one for the left stabilator and one for the right.  There are 4 ribs, a piano hinge and a control horn.  The left and the right ones are mirrors of each other.  I was able to get as far as getting the ribs in place, match drilling some holes.

Unfortunately, the piano hinge was a part that was lost in the shipping disaster of July.  Speaking of which, my replacement parts arrived at the local Old Dominion terminal on Tuesday and I scheduled delivery for Friday between 8AM - 1PM.  1 PM rolled around, but I didn't call them up until 5PM -- delivery guys are usually late.  Well, OD informed me that they ran out of room on the truck and it wasn't even loaded on today.  Nice of them to call me and tell me that.

So the AST is on HOLD until my replacement parts delivery is re-scheduled.