Archive for November, 2008

Drill rudder spar

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

Fab R-917 shim.  Match drill rudder spar, lower rib and reinforcement plates.

Rivet rudder stifners

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

Riveted the rudder stiffeners to the skins.

Rudder Primer

Sunday, November 16th, 2008

Cleaned, etched, alodined, and primed the rudder skin and stifners.

Primed rudder skin
Primed stifners

Rudder debur and dimple

Friday, November 14th, 2008

Debured and dimpled the rudder skin and stifners.

Rudder Away

Friday, November 14th, 2008

Hung the vertical stabilizer on the ceiling.

I didn’t take very many pictures building the rudder so these posts will be rather brief.

Cut out and shaped the rudder skin stiffners.