Now that I’m done with the rudder, I immediately started back on the horizontal stabilizer again. I pulled all of the parts out and did a ton of drilling, countersinking, deburring, and prep work. I should have documented better during this process but I was just jamming away while doing Read more…
I didn’t take many pictures of the finishing process, but it took me quite a bit of time on Saturday to get it done. I got all of the front edges rolled first. Luckily, the tool that I saw on the internet worked really well. It was just a bedroom Read more…
Before all of the travel we had planned for the Mother’s Day weekend, I decided to button up the trailing edge of the rudder as well as get the spar riveted. I was able to use the squeezer for most of the spar, but there were a few places that Read more…
I finally had enough contiguous time to get the rudder internal stiffeners and sheer clips riveted together and the trailing edge sealed. Now just to wait a few days for it to cure and I can finish the riveting and button this up finally!
I spent most of this weekend getting stuff put together on the rudder to make sure things lined up, etc. I noticed that the trailing edge of the rudder wasn’t super flat so I decided to follow the route that quite a few others have done which is to setup Read more…