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Rudder Hinge Reinforcing Plates

May 16, 2014 by admin Leave a Comment

Today I began to work on one of the F1 Rocket mods that are needed on the standard RV-8 tail kit, which are to add additional reinforcing plates.  These plates are the same as the ones supplied with the kit, and for these I managed to get some of these extra parts off my buddy Garet as he had some […]

Rudder Stiffener Riveting

May 5, 2014 by admin Leave a Comment

Today I started off by prepping the rudder frame parts for priming, and then of course, getting them primed. Pretty simple, nothing I haven’t covered elsewhere.   While the parts were drying, I thought I would be productive and start riveting some stringers onto the rudder skin.  The first few rivets set perfectly. And then…tragedy […]

Rudder Frame Trial Assembly

April 28, 2014 by admin Leave a Comment

This evening I was able to begin the assembly of the rudder structural frame. I began by fitting the Rudder Horn (R-405PD) onto the rudder spar and bottom rib.     Here is a picture as viewed from the bottom. Once you have the Rudder Horn Brace (R-710) in place, you will want to mark […]

Rudder Skin Dimpling

April 14, 2014 by admin Leave a Comment

Not too much excitement to report on this evening. My time was spent dimpling the rudder skin.  As you can see in the picture, I have the DRDT-2 dimpling machine.  I cannot say enough good things about this.  Once you have it set up properly for the thickness of material you are dimpling, you get nice, crisp, […]

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