[22092007] - Empennage

Getting ready to prime the rest of the rudder


	22/09/2007 - Get everything ready for priming I am picking up the skin and rib for the right hand side of the horizontal stabiliser tonight, so I am keen to take some parts along with me and to get then out of way. I had previously sourced some aluminium angle as a jig which could be drilled to the rudder trailing edge so that it stays straight. Later it will be glued and then of course double flush riveted ...without the angle of course ! I sourced the angle from here - www.thealuminiumshop.co.uk - I picked 1/8" thick with 2" flanges Then it was just a matter of drilling the rudder bottom fibreglass attach strips into place. Then I could take it all apart and go through the fairly time consuming job of deburring and dimpling everything that needs it. The last step involves countersinking the wedge for the training edge. Need to go careful here its very easy to oversize the holes if you make the countersink to big. Off to Bobs then !

Nothing more for today...