April 9, 2004 - Rudder |
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The Rudder Trailing Edge wedge is clecoed to this board in preparation for countersinking. You can see the countersink bit in the drill. |
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At first I was a little nervous about the countersinking.
But after the first 20 or so, you get pretty good at it and the nervousness
goes away.
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| The big thing with the rudder trailing edge is to keep it straight. In preparation for this, I fashioned brackets, made out of aluminum angle, that will keep the trailing edge straight while epoxying together and riveting. This image shows me match-drilling holes in the angle using the wedge as a guide. | ||||
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| Now we're finally starting the fun part: riveting the rudder together. First step is to rivet the rectangular reinforcement pieces to the rudder spar. I like using the Main Squeeze to rivet: the rivets always come out great! It's not always that way with the rivet gun and bucking bar. | ||||
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