Day 10 – VS Skin Reorder and First Day on Rudder

September 23rd, 2020

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After rethinking and reinspecting the holes I had dimpled in the vertical stabilizer skin, I realized there were just a ton of holes that were misshapen. And after some discussion on Facebook, I’ve come to the conclusion that I need to change two things. 1) Speed and 2) Platform. I never built the platform they recommended because I just couldn’t see the need for it. And it as just a recommendation, not a requirement. So I decided to skip on it. I think that was my downfall. I don’t have any one to help me out persay, so holding the skin up while trying to hammer was just a little much.

So I reordered the skin as well as the VS-1015 spar doubler because I didn’t like how the countersinking went. I also built the platform for the C-frame dimpler from the spare wood that I had. I did have to buy some carpet but I think it turned out good!

After that was all said and done I spent alot of time tonight cutting parts for the rudder, deburring, and then doing a few of the first steps of countersinking, match drilling, and clecoing parts together. All in all it was a good day off of work.

September 26th, 2020 – I added 1 hour to this last post as I did more deburring while working on the rudder and realizing a mistake I had made.