Sidney Mayeux - Experimental Aircraft Builder's Log

Sid & Houston Mayeux Project


Date: 1-4-2011
Number of Hours: 2.00
Manual Reference: Rudder
Brief Description: Trimming the stiffiners

Rudder! Each rudder skin is reinforced by 8 stiffiners riveted inside the skin. These stiffiners are made by bisecting 8 identical angle pieces, each trimmed on an end into a wedge shape, and the trim cut smoothed out with the Scotchbrite wheel.

Houston measures and marks the trim line

Cutting the trim line

smoothing out the line

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