This is a pretty short update. Since I didn’t do the best job cleaning up the tank sealant on the trailing edge of the rudder I had a bit of work to remove the sealant that seeped out. I went ahead and finished up the steps on Page 7-10 (even if I was a bit out of order on a few of them). For the trailing edge double flush rivets, I decided alternate the shop heads of my rivets. Not sure if that will be a cause of concern in the future, but honestly I think it’s fine.
Before I roll the forward edges of my rudder, I had a minor accident that left some creases on the top of my rudder. Basically I had the rudder standing up on its end and a nice gust of wind knocked it over. At the time it happened, I felt like this was the end of the world. I’m finally calming down and think that it’s mostly cosmetic and something I can fix. I honestly was thinking I would have to scrap the whole thing, but think I can correct the damage. Hopefully at worst I will have to remove the top rib and use some wood blocks to try to flatten out the skin a little bit? I’m absolutely following up with a note to VANS, but in the grand scheme of things this isn’t a big deal.
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I’m expecting some help in the shop this weekend, and plan to finish up the Rudder (Chapter 7) and possibly make a good dent on the Horizontal Stabilizer.