Trimming the rudder brace and pedals - 2 hours

Little work to be done to the assembly. I need to trim the rudder brace as it is a bit long, however since I drilled the 1" lightening hole I cannot trim as much material as I would like. Some other build logs have suggested trimming 1" in from the aft end. But as you can see the 1" line is a bit close to the hole for my liking. I then drew a 3/4" line and that looks a bit better.

I trimmed at the 3/4" line as well as the bottom of the brace according to the dimensions on the plans. (The part comes a bit bigger/deeper).


Lots of material there for the most aft mounting position. As you can see, the 1" lightning hole is much more aft than needed, hence why in retrospect I shouldn't have cut that hole.

Next, I need to trim the rudder pedals to help lighten them. This is fairly straight forward.