I managed to get all the stiffeners and trim servo access panel/stiffener riveted onto the left skin. The aft most rivets were a pain. You can get to them with the rivet gun, but you really need 3 hands. One extra to peel the skin back. I clamped the skin to the table, put both…
Finally, got back to work on the project today after a brief hiatus. Today, Leza and I dimpled the elevator skins.
No work on the plane, but I did order the wings.
Wrapped up the rudder today (except the fiberglass tips and bearings to connect to Vertical Stab). All that was left today was to roll leading edge skins. This was done by taking a 5′ steel 3/4″ pipe and duct taping it along the edge and rolling it. A lot of force is applied down and…
I have reached the point where I totally screwed up rudder #1. I’m determined to do this right. Riveted trailing edge today. Took my time a lot more. Went very slow and checked straightness constantly. The result, a very straight trailing edge and no cracked rivets. Van’s gives a tolerance of 0.1″ deviation from straight.…
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