MIKE HOWE'S RV7 CONSTRUCTION RUDDER
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December 7, 2001

On re assembling the Rudder spar and skin to drill, I realized I had missed a step drilling part of the R-405PD, You need to really look at the plan detail of things like this. See PDF enlargement

 

Drill holes in R-405PD

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December 7, 2001

Drill (2) 3/16" holes in top and (2) 1/8" holes in bottom of the R-405PD. The distance between hole centers is 7"
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Drill R-405PD

December 8, 2001

Saturday Morning,  Jeff Budge is tutoring me in some computer programming so I had him drill some holes on the rudder to show him a little RV building. 

 

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Rudder bottom attachment strips

December 8, 2001

I cut outside the line on the first cut and then trimmed along the line on the second cut, finished with 3M wheel and emery cloth.

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Cut tip attach strips

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December 8, 2001

Decided a clip board with some notes hanging by my jig would be handy to refer to, so I made some notes on the rivets required to rivet the R410PP, R-405  together.

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 Clip board with some notes hanging by my jig

 

 

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