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Category: Rudder

Beginning Rudder Construction

February 27, 2012March 6, 2012 Ed 1 Comment Empennage, Rudder, RV10 Build
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Since I can’t proceed with the VS final assemble until I the primer arrives, I put the VS parts away and began on the rudder.

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Rudder Construction – cont.

February 28, 2012February 29, 2012 Ed 2 Comments Empennage, Rudder, RV10 Build
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After the initial prep of most of the rudder parts yesterday, today was the initial assembly. This involved building the stiffiners, working the rudder horn,

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Rudder: More deburring, a little counter-sinking, and a little slip up

March 1, 2012March 2, 2012 Ed 0 Comment Empennage, Rudder, RV10 Build
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Colleen was nice enough to come out to the airplane factory and help me do some deburring tonight. Just like all the other parts before,

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Rudder: Last bit of prep

March 2, 2012March 2, 2012 Ed 0 Comment Empennage, Rudder, RV10 Build
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Today was the first day my father was able to come out and help get us closer to having a flying plane! It isn’t the

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Baby got back (riveting)

March 5, 2012March 5, 2012 Ed 1 Comment Empennage, Rudder, RV10 Build
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Got a lot done in a fairly short amount of time tonight. I got all the rudder stiffeners back riveted in. They are shot in

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Short but sticky: It’s rudder Pro-Seal time!

March 6, 2012March 6, 2012 Ed 0 Comment Empennage, Rudder, RV10 Build
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Tonight was a quick one at only one hour, but that was because we were time limited with one of the materials we were working

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The rudder is done!

March 8, 2012March 9, 2012 Ed 2 Comments Empennage, Rudder, RV10 Build
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I almost didn’t go out to work on the plane tonight because I was pretty nervous about messing up the rudder trailing edge. If it’s

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