Saturday, January 1, 2011

Rudder, well kinda sorta...........

 So now it's on to the rudder.  Greg' technical advisor, Ernie, has inspected the vertical stabilizer and told Greg he has done a great job and now he doesn't need to have Ernie back until the entire tail section is done.  Hopefully, it will only be a few months before we see Ernie back here!
 More parts.
 Same story, different pieces...drilling
 Cleeko-ing and more drilling.....
Sanding and smoothing......next phots will the completed rudder!

Vertical stabilizer

 Here are the pictures of the first finished piece of the tail.  The vertical stabilizer has passed inspection and Greg's pretty happy with that!
 Cleeko-ing the skin to the ribs....
 Our friend, Dennis, helped out with the riveting.  Unfortunately, I was working so I didn't get to rivet on this piece.  Next time, though!!
 Riveting away!
The finished product....well, almost....there is a small piece that is later attached so it gets placed now (temporarily) until the rudder is done..