Chris

Rudder Trailing Edge & Tailcone Drilling

A mixed bag day. First, I riveted up the trailing edge of the rudder. The trailing edge is straight, and

First step today was “using a rubber mallet, strike the longeron firmly near the bend mark.” Yeah, so basically you

Zipped up the left and right rudder skins today. They really do meet just like zipper, just a little more

There is another part I decided to replace… the tie down bar. When I had cut it, the thin bandsaw

My replacement rudder skin arrived. I was wondering how they were going to ship it, expecting a flat box actually,

More parts prep on the tailcone. Started with deburring the four large pieces of the F-1006 bulkhead. This took a

This entry includes 45 minutes of work from Tuesday (12/8). Work continues on the tailcode, primarily the time-consuming task of

I was joking with my hangar neighbor Dave yesterday that with all the backordered brackets, all assemblies in the empennage

I had a chunk of time to spend in the shop today, and I wanted to dig into something new,

Just a little bit of work on the Vertical Stabilizer. I am still blocked waiting for backordered parts… the rudder