Rudder – Day 20 – 2 hours

Well today was the big day to finish up the rudder trailing edge. The sealant was finally dry. I started by cleaning out any sealant from the dimples and using a razor blade to slice off any that had seeped out of the trailing edge. Then I used a back rivet set to partially set each rivet. Flipped it over and used a mushroom set to drive the rivets the rest of the way. All in all it was pretty straight but, a little bulgy. I checked on this and I think I set some of the rivets a little too tight

This pic shows some of the bulging.

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Factory Head side:

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Shop head side:

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