Day 22 - Rudder Complete

Posted on May 8th, 2007 by Patrick.
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Due to a myriad of distractions, there has not been much time to update the blog. Also, there were a few days with no progress while waiting for the pro-seal sealant in the trailing edge of the rudder to cure. I will try to add a post with summaries of the days prior to day 22. But today, I was finally able to wrap up the rudder. Photos are up.

Rudder turned out very nice. The second time going through the alodine and priming process was much much better. The most time consuming step so far seems to be deburring the edges of larger parts like spars. Thankfully, the trailing edge turned out perfectly straight with no bumps, bows, waves, or ripples.

There are a few photos of the rudder hung on the vertical stabilizer (which is where it will ultimately be attached) in the gallery. Together they are pretty big and I am starting to get an idea of just how large the plane is going to get before it’s done.

I have to get busy building. The wing and fuselage kits will be delivered sometime from Sunday to Tuesday. Expect some interesting photos when they arrive. Next order of business on the empennage kit is the horizontal stabilizer which is somewhat large compared to the vertical stabilizer and rudder.

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