Thanks Steve-
                     The shop did the shims on my horizontal stabilizer and the result was the hinge line was off center. I spent a month or two truing the elevator to the stab (different radii top & bottom) only to find that the result was a 'ski jump' between the stab TE and the elevator LE. Had to build cradles and reskin the stab, then redo the LE profile on the elevator. As far as I can tell there was no need to do the shims in the first place and I was told the shop had stopped that practice just before mine- old habits die hard I guess. Could it be they have corrected the LE on the elevator moldings?  -Bill Wade

----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Buller" <sbuller@emmett.org>
To: <lml@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 11:25 PM
Subject: [LML] Re: IV Elevator ends


Bill,
It just came to me what your talking about after reading the response
from Barry.... I have observed the Lancair build shop close out no less
than 8 elevators. Here's the deal.... The ends come fat or the correct
height...(how ever you want to look at it), the main spar is comes low,
in the build shop on the 8 elevators I've seen closed they simply glue a
small wood shim piece Apx every 5" along the spar (they cut up a paint
stir stick to Apx 3/8x3/4x1/8 thick) The epoxy flox was mounded over the
top along with other areas then closed like the plans show.
I did the same thing to mine except I used small cutup pieces of glass
left over from making other parts.
Wont help you Bill but may help others.  I agree with Barry.... Your fix
is a buildup using micro.

Steve Buller
LIVP 650 hrs in build