Title: 7-11 & 7-12: Rudder finish up
I felt a little better about my trailing edge after sleeping on it and reading the forums. Today's big task was rolling the leading edge. I was just about to head to Lowe's to procure a 1 1/4” pipe when I noticed one of my pool cleaning poles laying around. I measured it and sure enough it is exactly 1.25” OD. Perfect. With pipe in hand I proceeded with the leading edge roll. This gave me a lot of trouble on the practice kits so I was a bit anxious. It went great. Top and bottom sections are perfect and the middle has just small amount of pillowing between the rivets. Very acceptable though. Leading edge done and proceeded to the counter balance. This is a lot of work for the amount of area you're working in. Got the skins bent around the weight. It was a little tight at first so I shaved just a little off the corners of the weight with a utility knife. Pulled the skins tight around the nose of the counterbalance and marked them from the back side per plans. Then pilot drilled and final drilled for the #8 screws. All came out well, but somewhere along the way I lost one of the two screws. I guess I'll have to stop just short of rudder completion but it is 99% there. Laid the rudder and VS on the bench together for the first time. Looking good. Purchases: ACS misc nuts & bolts, AN bolt gauge


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