I started the day with a phone call to Van's to double check
with the Vertical Stabilizer concern. They assured me all was ok if I used
scotchbrite to remove the scratches to the alclad made by the nose and tip
ribs. As long as I prime the spot all will be good. I ordered the HS front
spars that I messed up and they will arrive by the time I get home from work
tomorrow. When I got home from work started again on the rudder. I enlarged the
hole in the R-904 Bottom rib and then proceeded to cleco all of the assembly
together and then I matched drilled the holes. I see that I have two extra
holes in the R-606PP plate the and the R-405PD horn. The holes don't show up on
the plans, and a quick search on the forums yields nothing. It seems logical
that these are for extra rivets for reinforcement so I match drilled them and
intend to used the specified AN470AD-7 rivets.
Oh Wait....I missed one step. I didn't radius the R-405PD
rudder horn to nest against the R-904 bottom rib. Started to take the assembly
apart and noticed that because I match drilled everything. The holes attaching
the bottom rib to the R-902 spar are oblong. Crap....(I just put in an order to
vans this morning...Crap). Well I checked everything else and the holes for
everything but the bottom rib are spot on. I guess I will have to replace the
bottom rib.
I think from now on its best to work as much as I can on all
the assembly and save up my needed replacement parts and group order them!
I give up for the rest of the night.....Tomorrow is a new
day!
After a couple of hours break....I couldn't help but keep working at it, so I de-vinyled the rudder skins
