Dasha, mama, grandma and me, we all took part in making progress on our rudder, which now is getting ready for trailing edge riveting.
Monday, September 28, 2015
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Rudder work continues
In the past week and a half, somehow a state of normalcy is feeling stronger and stronger. Dasha is getting used to school, so things calming down.
After visiting Triple Tree Fly in, I've started working of rudder again.
I've primed all parts, riveted stiffeners to the skins, riveted bottom rib and horn, plate nuts. Almost every day I did a little bit, so that today I'm ready to start mixing Proseal to attach rudder edge and rivet it inside.
I managed to break my pop rivet puller today. Although I think I have fixed it, I've lost a retaining spring ring which holds the mechanism in the housing. Tomorrow will need to visit Lowes to get that ring.
When riveting bottom rib to right skin, I could not put a flush rivet in the aft hole. I mean, I could put the rivet in, but there was no way to squeeze it even using thin nose yoke... so I used pop rivet which is called on the left skin. I guess my rudder will have these pop rivets on both sides.
After visiting Triple Tree Fly in, I've started working of rudder again.
I've primed all parts, riveted stiffeners to the skins, riveted bottom rib and horn, plate nuts. Almost every day I did a little bit, so that today I'm ready to start mixing Proseal to attach rudder edge and rivet it inside.
I managed to break my pop rivet puller today. Although I think I have fixed it, I've lost a retaining spring ring which holds the mechanism in the housing. Tomorrow will need to visit Lowes to get that ring.
When riveting bottom rib to right skin, I could not put a flush rivet in the aft hole. I mean, I could put the rivet in, but there was no way to squeeze it even using thin nose yoke... so I used pop rivet which is called on the left skin. I guess my rudder will have these pop rivets on both sides.
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