{"id":463,"date":"2021-04-13T17:28:46","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T01:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/?p=463"},"modified":"2021-04-13T17:31:01","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T01:31:01","slug":"dimpling-and-priming-rudder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/2021\/04\/13\/dimpling-and-priming-rudder\/","title":{"rendered":"Dimpling and priming rudder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/IMG_0607.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/IMG_0607.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/IMG_0607-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/IMG_0607-768x432.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption>Dimples!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>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&#8243;), so we had to dimple gingerly. No issues, fortunately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/?attachment_id=465\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"675\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/IMG_0605-675x1200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"465\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/IMG_0605.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/?attachment_id=465\" class=\"wp-image-465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/IMG_0605-675x1200.jpeg 675w, https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/IMG_0605-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/IMG_0605.jpeg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/?attachment_id=466\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/IMG_0606.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"466\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/IMG_0606.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/?attachment_id=466\" class=\"wp-image-466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/IMG_0606.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/IMG_0606-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/IMG_0606-768x432.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/?attachment_id=467\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/IMG_0609.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"467\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/IMG_0609.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/?attachment_id=467\" class=\"wp-image-467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/IMG_0609.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/IMG_0609-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/IMG_0609-768x432.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After dimpling we brought all the parts home, along with the compressor, for another round of priming using the super-awesome AZCO. I mixed up <em>just enough<\/em> primer to paint everything. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/?attachment_id=468\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/IMG_0610.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"468\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/IMG_0610.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/?attachment_id=468\" class=\"wp-image-468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/IMG_0610.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/IMG_0610-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/IMG_0610-768x432.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/?attachment_id=469\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/IMG_0611.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"469\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/IMG_0611.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/?attachment_id=469\" class=\"wp-image-469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/IMG_0611.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/IMG_0611-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/IMG_0611-768x432.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/?attachment_id=470\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/IMG_0612.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"470\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/IMG_0612.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/?attachment_id=470\" class=\"wp-image-470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/IMG_0612.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/IMG_0612-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/IMG_0612-768x432.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Next up is back riveting the stiffeners to the rudder skins, then moving on to the rudder &#8220;skeleton&#8221;, which includes the giant lead counterweight (think big fishing line weight), and the challenging trailing edge and curling the leading edge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8243;), so we had to dimple gingerly. No issues, fortunately. After dimpling we brought &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/2021\/04\/13\/dimpling-and-priming-rudder\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=463"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":473,"href":"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463\/revisions\/473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.aviate.org\/rv7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}