The left and right elevators are airfoils that cause movement of the aircraft around the lateral axis. The left and right elevators are installed on the trailing edge of the horizontal stabilizer.

The elevators have 9 ribs which are held in position by a front spar and trailing-edge spars. Each elevator is attached to the horizontal stabilizer at four locations by elevator hinge fittings. The hinge fittings are made from forged aluminium alloys that are installed on the forward face of the elevator front spar. They have self-aligning bearings for hinge attachment.

Two attachment fittings for the power control unit (PCU) are installed in the inboard end of each elevator between hinge No.1 and hinge No.2. An attachment bracket for the elevator position transmitter is installed on the front spar of each elevator, inboard of hinge No.1.

Two static dischargers are attached to the trailing edge near the outboard end of each elevator.

The skin panels are made of laminations of graphite. Each skin panel extends forward of the front spar but not fully over the elevator leading edge. Ribs installed on the front spar make the skin panels stronger at the leading edge.

The forward edge of the bottom skin panel is cut away from the hinge and actuator attachment points for the installation of three access panels. You can get access to the hinge fittings, the PCU and the attachment points of the elevator position transmitter through the access panels.