I took a small step back. I've been reading on the Forums
about attaching the rudder counterweight. Some have suggested using adhesive on
the counterweight when installing. I too think that this makes sense. I've
always been taught to glue and screw with wood work, so this made sense to me. I
unbolted the weight, and put on a thin coat of my 3145 RTV and then
re-bolted/re-torqued the assembly.
I then set to work on riveting the last few items on the HS.
All went well with the exception of one rivet in the front spar that I managed
to keep folding over. I had to drill it out a couple of times, which then prompted
me to use an AD470AD5-8 rivet since the hole got just a tad too big. Unfortunately,
i don't have the proper offset rivet set for this size. Now I need to put
another order in. Oh well...s*%t happens! Grrr
Later my friend Mike came by in the evening and we spent a
few hours on completing the back riveting of his F1 Rocket Elevators (RV8
elevators) and we bent them and the rudder using the wood brake. Worked like a
charm!
