Search:
Assembling rudder skeleton
9.0 Hours
Fitting rudder horn to spar full size
Started cleco'ing the rudder skeleton together. First I fit the lower rib to the spar, then attached the rudder horn and final drilled the holes. Then I fabricated the shim that goes underneath the horn, fit and drilled it.
Counterbalance skin and tip rib full size
Next was to fit and drill the 3 doublers at the hinge points. Then attach the tip rib, counterbalance rib, and fit the counberbalance skin and drill the attachment holes
Left skin cleco'd to skeleton full size
Next I attached the skins and cleco'd them into place and match drilled the skin holes
Rudder horn brace full size
Cut the rudder horn brace as shown on the plans, then fit that to the skeleton. Match drilled the holes.
Assembled rudder full size
Here is where I quit for the day. Only parts left to assemble are the lower attach strips