Rudder horn riveting
Riveted on the rudder horn. I’m not too proud to use pop rivets. This is not an area where it matters, and it’s very difficult to get a yoke in there.
Riveted on the counterweight skin with the handy thin nose yoke. (It’s out of focus, but there is also some overspray contributing to the fuzziness. I primed the outside of the skin where it is overlapped by the rudder skins.)
Attached the lead weight. Had to do some minor trimming of the weight in order to make it fit around the rivet heads that are now present.
I also screwed up using the torque wrench. The bolts holding on the counterweights are AN509’s, so I stupidly used the torque value for AN5 bolts. They’re actually AN3 sized “structural screws.” After way over-torquing these bolts, I’m going to order some new ones. That puts a halt on further rudder progress for a while. Bummer. At least it should be a cheap part to replace.