Monthly Archives : October 2020

Prep finally done so there was riveting!


Productive day with no major screw-ups requiring rework. Whew. Finished prepping all the parts; cleco, drill, debur, dimple, countersink. Lots of steps to get to the point of riveting. By late afternoon I pounded some rivets. Should have the rudder finished up in one more work day.

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And so it begins, starting with the rudder


Missing parts for the Vertical Stabilizer, missing parts for the Horizontal Stabilizer. So I started with the Rudder. Went smoothly until I realized that I was missing R-1007 brackets. After searching I figured out they are in a back ordered bag. So I made my own after taking measurements from a completed RV-10. Ugh, slow down already…

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