Rudder

Me with RV14 fin and rudder

Rudder 07-10 to 07-13

Rudder is finished!  Counterbalance attached and top rib riveted in.  Lots of other builders have used Pro Seal on the stiff nuts for the counterbalance but I decided it probably wasn’t necessary. I did give…

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Rudder 07-06 to 07-09

Inner skins primed and masked for tape in trailing edge.  Started to back rivet the stiffeners to the skins.  Back riveting should be fairly straightforward unless you slip off the plate and dent the skin…


Rudder 07-03 to 07-05

Riveted the ribs, reinforcement plates and nut plates to the rudder spar after priming all the parts yesterday.  Awkward rivets again inside the spar flanges.  Rivets that I hit with the assistance of an extra…


Rudder 07-01 to 07-02

Whilst waiting to get on with priming I thought I would crack on with the rudder.  The first couple of stages involve cutting the stiffeners and various other parts.  I don’t have a bandsaw (yet)…