05-08-2011: 2.5 hrs
Continued to work on the rudder skeleton, top ribs and counter weight rib and skins are fitted and final drilled. Both left and right skin are fitted to the skeleon and drilled to final size. The rudder horn brace is trimmed and fitted to the rudder just fine, and final drilled. Also, I have attached the tail edge wedge to the rudder structure. There is a slight curve on the trailing edge at this moment. I need to be careful (and possibly using epoxy) to make sure the trailing edge is straight when do final riveting. The bottom attachment strips are fabricated from the 1 1/8 x 40 aluminum strip provided.
The rudder horn has to be trimmed and radiused to fit inside the bottom rib
Skins are fitted to the rudder skeleton
Trailing edge showing slight curve
Rudder horn brace is trimmed using hack saw
Rudder horn brace is fitted to the bottom rib and rudder horn nicely
