Minggu, 12 April 2009

Rudder Ready for Button Up

I finished all the prep work for the Rudder and now it's time to button it up. Here's the view of the inside of the rudder that won't be seen after riveting on the other side skin.



Here's the front of the rudder at the bottom. The hole is where the hinge rod will be screwed. On the right side you can see a couple of manufactured heads of rivets. I'm proud of those as the plans call for optional pop-rivets if you can't get a good structural rivet in there. With the help of my trusty tungsten bucking bar, no problem!



Here are some of the stiffeners that I got help riveting (see the video several posts back). The specs are dust that I'll blow off before sealing it up.