I spent a ton of time on the rudder this weekend with very little progress due to my rivet issue. The solution to my rudder issue is mentioned in the previous post. I also discovered that I had not clecoed my rudder shim correctly, so I had to quickly create a new one.
Here’s the old shim. I had only clecoed one hole. When I looked in the middle I though I had forgot to drill that hole, and drilled a new hole without bothering to notice that the shim was off center…
Here’s the skeleton all riveted together!
The start of rolling the leading edge…
I very stupidly started at the bottom. I didn’t take pictures of my final efforts for the night and will post them tomorrow…
