Match drilled the spar to the reinforcement plates, rudder horn, shim, and bottom rib. Radiused the forward corners and fluted the counterbalance rib and top rib.
Trimmed, drilled, and deburred rudder skins. Match drilled the top rib and counterbalance rib to the spar.
Match drilled the counterbalance to the counterbalance rib. Dimpled the counterbalance rib and machine countersunk the counterbalance.
All of my back ordered parts from Van’s Aircraft arrived today.
Hopefully all of the replacement VS parts I ordered will arrive tomorrow and I can prep them for priming along with all the rudder parts over the weekend.
| Today’s Time (hours): | 2.5 |
| Empennage Time (hours): | 20.5 |
| Total Time (hours): | 20.5 |
Ron's RV-14A Build Log 