VS prepared and Rudder begun
Work has continued, but there isn’t much of interest to see. Just a whole lot of parts preparation for priming.
In the past week, the vertical stabilizer parts were all completed (drill, de-burr, dimple) and the rudder was begun. I cut all of the stiffeners for the rudder skins using snips and de-burred the edges. That was a boring process that took a couple of days. This past weekend, between Christmas parties and other stuff, I only got a few hours of build time in. I got the rudder skin stiffeners match drilled and ready for hole de-burring. I also worked on the rudder skeleton, trimming parts, match drilling, fitting, and fabricating some parts. Tanya spent a couple of hours carefully removing blue plastic from the skins. I believe that her help in such tasks will keep this from being a four year project.
Still not much to see, just a pile of parts. I suspect after I get all this stuff primed, riveting will go pretty quick and, poof, we’ll have stuff that looks like aircraft parts. I’m holding off on priming so long, not because I’m apprehensive about it, but because I am well aware of the mess and cleanup required.
We’re planning on ordering the wing kit in a couple of weeks.