Tonight we spent another 2 hours working on the rudder. We assembled the skeleton,manufactured the necessary shims and match drilled the spars, ribs and plates. We also match drilled the counter-balance skin. Finally we clecoed the skins to the rudder and installed the wedge for the leading edge. At this point we called it a night.
Some of the pieces and tools laid out at the start of the evening.
Darren deburring one of the pieces.
Scott fluting one of the ribs.
The basic skeleton cleco'd together waiting for the attachment of the skin.
One side of the skin cleco'd to the skeleton.
The other side of the skin cleco'd into place.
There is still a lot of work to do on this component, but is always nice to pause for a picture or two when you end up with a piece of aluminum that looks like a piece of airplane.
Scott holding up the rudder.
Darren posing for a picture with the rudder.
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