My work schedule picked up a little in the last week, and I haven’t been able to make much progress. After a few sessions of bending and forming, I was able to cleco the bottom section of the rudder leading edge, and tonight I riveted all 3 leading edge sections. In the middle of the bottom section I had difficulty getting the holes to line up enough to get the fine tolerance pop rivets in. I made a tool to help support the skins from behind while I worked to align the holes and get the rivets in. This worked out quite well in the end, although the whole process took much longer than I had anticipated.
Clecoed and ready to rivet:
The tool:
Part way through:
The finished product:
With the rudder done, I had to get a picture with it next to Vertical Stabilizer. Once I have the aft fuselage done, I’ll be revisiting these parts and fitting them together.
Well done Neal
I guess now it’s on with the horizontal stabiliser and elevator.