Hinge support plates

Drilled the hiinge support plates.

Adjusting rudder hinges

Drilled holes in the rudder spar and started adjusting the holes for the hinge bolts.

R-405

Fabricated the R-405. Piece by piece ...

Fabricated new R-406

Had a 6 by 12 inch 0.063 plate for the wing or fuselage (don't remember exactly what it is going to be used for). Fabricated a new R-406 from that piece. Have to order more 0.063 later, but I will check for some (more) local supplyer of aircraft aluminum. It just doesn't seem right to order every little piece from the other side of the globe.

Dimpling the VS

Let the primer cure over the night and dimpled all the holes in the VS skin and skeleton. Tried it in the jig, just to see if everything fit. I have to wait for the controller person to sign it off before closing the structure with rivets.

Started on the rudder main spar and the reinforcement plates. The reinforcement plates are pre-made from Van's. When trying to position them, something was wrong with the R-406. The main hole was offset 3/16 compared to the hinges, so the whole plate would be pushed 3/16 down. This would make the rivet holes on the edge of the spar, and a bit outside. I thought I had measured wrong, but when looking at the R-406 and compared it with the drawings, I saw that the R-406 was made wrong. The hole for the hinge is 3/16 further up than it is supposed to be. I think I will make a new R-406 myself from another sheet with the same thickness and get Van's to send me a new sheet, so I don't have to wait for shipping.

Fixing up the VS skin

Finished trimming, deburred the skin and skeleton and primed the VS skin.

Trimming etc

Trimmed the trailing edge of the vs skin and removed strips of blue plastic around the holes. Deburring next.