April 25, 2016 – I finished up the parts for the vertical stabilizer.
I took everything apart from the drilling session, and prepped and primed the parts.
I assembled the splice plate to the forward spar.
I put everything back in place and tried the rudder. I had decided to use the internal rudder stop, so I drilled the lower hinge bracket and tried the stop out. Some people put the stop on top of the bracket, some put it in between the two pieces:
I think I’m going to stick with putting it on top.
Here’s the rudder attached to the vertical:
Awesome. It swings effortlessly.
I took the empennage back apart and put everything back into storage. My next step is to drill the wings to the fuselage. To make it easier to move, I put the tailwheel in place for the first time.
Time: 4:15
