Feb 16, 2002     Rudder - (2.1 hours)       Category: Tail Feathers

Aligned and drilled R-410 horn brace into assembly. I should have waited to do this -- the manual was confusing on this point. It probably won't matter much. Straightened R-803 rib. Clamped and drilled counterbalance skin to it, then drilled rib to spar. Clecoed skin to skeleton to check initial alignments. I intentionally did this in a different, easier order than the manual said to.

My R-404 rib is misaligned about 1/16” to the left on the spar because I was a bonehead and didn't use “skin-simulator” strips when aligning rib to spar. Thought about ordering new rudder horn, brace, and rib.

Trimmed .032 spacer to fit. Again. Disassembled, deburred, polished edges, roughed, cleaned and primed all components except nutplates.