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Riveted the trailing edge of the rudder. It’s time consuming to keep checking the straightness of the trailing edge, but it’s better to do it right than to redo the whole thing. It’s not perfect, but looks pretty darn good. It’s well within Van’s recommendation of 0.1″. I’d say the trailing edge doesn’t vary more than 0.05″. This picture is kind of fuzzy, but shows what the shop heads look like after being driven into the dimple.
Here are a couple of glory shots with the rudder temporarily pinned to the vertical stabilizer. It swings nice and smooth.
