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…
February 1, 2021 Page 8-5: Step 1 & 2 This took alot of time doing these steps. Alot of deburring due to the lightening holes in the spar and a ton of drilling due to the length of these spar caps. But it looks and feels great! Glad to have Read more…
January 31, 2021 Page 8-3: Step 3, Page 8-4: Step 1 While I’m waiting on some rivets to show up as well as a torque wrench for the low end torque ranges to show up, I decided to soldier on. I started with step 3 of page 8-3. I started Read more…
January 30th, 2021 Page 8-2: Steps 5-6, Page 8-3: Steps 1-2 I had time to speak with one of our local EAA Technical Advisors, Stephen Muehlberg. He gave me a ton of awesome tips and advice on how to continue working and improving my quality. It really spurred me on Read more…
I finally buttoned up the VS! I made a few mistakes while building this but they weren’t things that couldn’t be fixed. It was a great learning experience and I’m stoked to keep going, learning, and perfecting my technique! I thought my attention to detail was pretty high, but oh Read more…