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Fix Rudder or Rebuild....

My rudder is twisted, somewhere along the line it wasn't flat on the beams (in fact the beams themselves weren't flat - see my forum post) and so the final product won't lay flat.



Zentih think the twist is in the bottom ribs so I will start at the bottom and drill out upwards until it lies flat. Depending how far I get I will re-rivet. Or I will get another kit. Coming with no experience of any of the tools and techniques needed for this endeavour, I've learned so much and if this… Continue

Added by Paul Sanders on September 25, 2010 at 2:30pm — 6 Comments

My First Mistake

I haven't even skinned a rudder yet and have made a mistake, I'm so mad!! After riveting the skeleton I could not get the tip rib to line up with the holes, my skeleton was too short.



No amount of turning and moving would fix it so I turned to fellow builder Mike Daniels on this site for advice and after some helpful suggestions I worked out what was wrong. I had riveted the…

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Added by Paul Sanders on August 16, 2010 at 8:00pm — 8 Comments

First Post

Thought I'd write a little something to get my profile started. I'm a Brit living in the Imperial Valley out east of San Diego, I work for a major Japanese video game manufacturer (and no it's not Nintendo), got my Private certificate in 2002 and my IFR rating 2 years later.


I'd always thought about building my own plane but really didn't think it was possible. My wife and I celebrate when I put up a shelf that stays up more than a week, and no one lost a finger during the…
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Added by Paul Sanders on August 10, 2010 at 11:16am — 6 Comments

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