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…
I spent some time today getting these parts deburred, dimpled, and primed so that I can start riveting when I get back after the funeral tomorrow. Luckily these were final sized hole pieces which made it much quicker in getting back to where I was before the rudder fell.
I finally got some time to cut the new rudder ribs and sheer clips as well as rivet them to the new skin I had ordered. I went ahead and put the entire rudder together again just to see how it looked, fit, etc. I was short on table space Read more…
I spent a good 2 hours getting the new rudder skin deburred, dimpled and riveting the stiffeners on. I am kind of at a stand still now as I’m waiting for parts to come in which might be a bit longer with all of the snow going on here. Crazy Read more…
I wanted to get the rudder ready to assemble while I wait for the tank sealant to show up to finish it up. I got all of the rest of the parts attached to the rudder skins and I went ahead and just put them together just to make sure Read more…
I got the bottom section of the rudder as well as the reinforcement ribs along the inside of the rudder skin done. Not too bad, but I did learn a little bit on the backriveting. Even with a rivet that is of the correct length you can still have it Read more…
September 28th, 2020 I didn’t do too much work today as I was trying to determine if I could fix the trailing edge of the rudder skin or if I should reorder it. I put the rudder back together to check fitment after doing the dimpling and the rudder trailing Read more…