Started Rudder Final Assembly (12/3/09)
1.4 Hours - My order from onlinemetals.com finally arrived yesterday. The two pieces of metal I received were a 5 foot long piece of aluminum angle and a 6×2 inch piece of 3/16” cold rolled steel....
View ArticleContinued Rudder Assembly (12/5/09)
5.3 Hours - My girlfriend and I will be moving in a couple of weeks. The good news is that I’ll soon have a two-car airplane factory. The bad news is that I’m scrambling to get the rudder to a stage...
View ArticleMore Rudder Final Assembly (12/6/09)
1.0 Hours - I was able to get a little more work in on the rudder today. I finished setting all the rivets I could in both ribs. I tried the back riveting method in the EAA videos (use a thin bucking...
View Article0.1 Hours Worked Is Still Worth a Log Entry (12/7/09)
0.1 Hours - My first of two orders from Van’s arrived today. This one contained a bunch of LP4-3 pop rivets and 1 ounce of tank sealant. I really only needed one rivet to finish the rudder, but I...
View ArticleFour More Rivets In The Rudder (12/9/09)
0.1 Hours - My second order of rivets arrived from Van’s today. I love their quick service on these small orders…and their prices are descent too. This order contained twenty MK-319-BS blind rivets....
View ArticleBlack Death (12/30/09)
1.8 Hours - Finally, I was able to get back to work on the RV today. First, I quickly fixed a bad blind rivet in the rudder. I noticed this rivet was standing proud of the rib prior to moving, but...
View ArticleRudder Finished…Finally! (1/9/10)
3.8 Hours - This morning, in San Antonio, we woke up to a temperature of 15 degrees! I had to go to work briefly, and, by the time I went into the garage, it had warmed up to a toasty 32. Despite the...
View ArticleTop Rudder Tip Installed (4/3/10)
1.5 Hours - For my third tip, I decided to install the top rudder tip. I’m avoiding the horizontal and vertical stabilizer tips for as long as I can because those have to be closed before they can be...
View ArticleInternal Rudder Stop
Rudder stops are another one of those RV things where you can ask 5 people and get 10 different opinions. After reading as much as I could about the pros and cons of internal vs. external stops, I...
View ArticleRudder Stop Installed (5/25/10)
0.5 Hours - With very little left to do on the empennage, I went ahead and installed my internal rudder stop. Nothing complicated…just clamp it in place and use the holes in the rudder stop to drill...
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