Sunday, August 13, 2017

Rudder (finished, again)

I had a few parts on order to re-do the rudder skeleton.  They came in, and I replaced the messed up parts (the spar, most ribs (I was able to salvage a couple), upper hinge and doubler the plate).  Rather than rehash everything here, I took a proof video of the skelton:


Skinning the rudder was easy.. especially after having skinned all the other tail feathers.  Some guys did an edge-break on the leading edge of the skin.  The plans didn't call for that.. and the skins sat completely flat with each other anyway.  


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