Monthly Archives: April 2021

After thinking about the mess I made of the left rudder skin, I decided to just buy another one and give it another shot. The skin itself was only $43 and change. I also needed 8 stiffeners at $5.09 per … Continue reading →

Today we planned to rivet in the stiffeners on the rudder skins, then start the assembly of the rudder skeleton. We used the back-rivet set to attach them. This involves placing a line of rivets and holding them in place … Continue reading →

This last weekend we brought out the Monster (DRD2 dimpler) and carefully dimpled the skins and stiffeners for the rudder. The rudder skin is really thin (0.016″), so we had to dimple gingerly. No issues, fortunately. After dimpling we brought … Continue reading →

Was a gorgeous day today. Cooler than the previous couple days, which made it into the 80’s! Today the temperature leveled out around 70, and so we headed to the hangar to pick up work on the rudder. Today we … Continue reading →