Priming day for the rudder parts. - 6.8 man hours
Scrubbed and acid etched all the rudder parts today.
Hung them up to dry.
Primed all the interior parts.
The EkoPoxy is working out great!
Ready for assembly a few hours later.
The rib at the upper hinge gets riveted to the spar and spar caps.
Used the squeezer for all these rivets.
Next the rivets for the hinge brackets get riveted to the spar caps and the spar.
Then the spar caps get riveted to the rear spar. All of these are solid round head rivets. I put the manufactured head on the thinner material unless otherwise specified.
All done!
The rear side.
Next the rib gets riveted to the rudder horn weldment.
Due to the angle of the horn, blind rivets are called out for the two closest to the flange of the horn. It took all my strength not to put solid rivets in here because I have the yokes that could do it. Van's has the builder use blind here. Since I am going E-SLA, I can't just do my own thing....
Next the horn gets riveted to the aft spar.
Manufactured head rivets on the thinner material.
Had to switch to one of my modified yokes from past projects to get these close to the flange. Due to the angles, the longeron yoke won't work.
Next the remaining ribs get riveted on the spar.
These get blind rivets.
Next the stub spar gets riveted in. Pay attention to the orientation.
And then the skeleton is cleco'ed into the skin.
Rivets
Rivets
All done!
Then the front skin overlaps get closed up.
Riveting done...
The trim tab gets riveted. Apparently this used to be optional. Now it is standard.
Finished product!
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