On Friday I took advantage of my EAA chapter having a bandsaw and decided to make the foam ribs for the trailing edge of my elevator. Van's provides some nice templates and once I verified the scale I cut them out and spray glued them to the foam blocks. Then it was pretty easy to cut them out with a band saw and finish shaping them with a belt sander.

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With enough patience at the sander, I am very pleased at how these ribs turned out. It isn't super obvious as to their function so I included a highlighted area on the elevator overview showing where the wedges will live. They have to be bonded to the aluminum with a sealant so that step will be coming later.

(done)