May 2017

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…


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…