Today was the completion of the rudder leading edge. I made a mistake in bending the lower section first, inhibiting my pipe’s access to the upper portion. The result is a very clean looking lower half, with a less tidy upper half. Its not beautiful, but its functional and airworthy, and I’m moderately happy with it.
Here you can see a couple ripples from poor bending technique on my part in the upper part of the rudder. Still looks pretty good, I think.
My wife and the completed rudder. (Actually its not complete… I still need to do the front two rivets on both of the ribs and one corner rivet that I cannot currently access)