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Date:  8-30-2007
Number of Hours:  2.00
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Brief Description:  RD: Bend Trailing edge

Bent the rudder trailing edge using the bending break. I actually ended up re-building the bending break as I wasn't getting sufficient bend from it. After cranking down on it as hard as I possibly could (i.e. two sides touching), the spring back would always be to about 3 x spar width. I then "re-built" the bending break to remove the gap which I originally left in it to facilitate the correct radius. After the rebuild, the bend was orders of magnitude better... it really made a huge difference for me!

After geeting a good crisp trailing edge, I cleco'd the newly bent skin to the under structure and clamped the bottom tip attachment strips in place and called it a night!
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Cranking down on the bending break

Cranking down on the bending break

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Clamping the bottom attachment strips in place

Clamping the bottom attachment strips in place

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Skin and under structure all cleco's and clamped

Skin and under structure all cleco's and clamped

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