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Fin assembly 9

Sanded the area around the main spar near the stabilizer hinge. Sprayed (lightly) a couple pieces o…

Fin assembly 8

Sanded the fore/aft edges of the skins to trim the excess.

Fin assembly 7

Attached masking tape to the leading/trailing edges of the right skin (already glued to the structu…

Fin assembly 6

Traced the outline of the fin skeleton on the plywood blanks. The top line of the skins (specifical…

Fin assembly 5

Sanded the aft ends of the ribs to get a straight line for the rear spar. Glued the rear spar with …

Fin assembly 4

Sanded the front ribs to contour using the plywood rib doublers as guides. Sanded the butt ends of…

Fin assembly 3

Sanded the front ends of all forward ribs to get a straight line for the leading edge spar. Had to …

Fin assembly 2

Trimmed/sanded the edges of the ply/foam sandwich ribs, to ready them for gluing to the spar. Marke…

Fin assembly 1

I studied the plans and the manual some more, deciding whether to work on the stabilizer or the fin…

Rudder assembly 10

Sanded the hardened "dry micro" off the trailing edge. Came out nice. Although the TE is …

Rudder assembly 9

Sanded the leading edge fiberglass (D-box). Feathered the edges of the fiberglass layup after remo…

Rudder assembly 8

Masked off the area beyond ~10mm near the foam LE block, to avoid getting epoxy beyond that line. T…

Rudder assembly 7

Made a long sanding block from the 1.5x1.5 aluminum angle and a strip of sandpaper cut from a sandi…

Rudder assembly 6

Trimmed and sanded the edges of the second skin. Prepared the semi-round leading edge foam piece - …

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