Project: Whammdyne1     -     Entry

May 01, 2021 2.3 Rudder - completed Category: Empennage
Riveted the trailing edge, rolled the leading edge and riveted, and then installed the counter weight. As with most of the sections, the majority of time and effort is spent on the preparation - which can be a bit repetitious and monotonous, but the rest of the assembly is enjoyable to me.

I worked hard to ensure no variations on my trailing edge and the end result is that it's nearly flush with a straight edge. The biggest variation is where installed the trim tab (I back-riveted vice squeezed due to not being able to get a yoke with the angled set around the tab), which was less than 0.020" over 6", so well within the tolerance of 0.100" per 1-2".

It's definitely not perfect. I had a couple rivets I redid, but it's structurally sound and I'm satisfied with it.


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