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Date:  10-3-2015
Number of Hours:  10.00
Manual Reference:  HP Rudder R1
Brief Description:  Rudder fitting 1

I've been working on this simple step the last three days. The left rudder fits but it wasn't perfect with the hinges in place. I've made a flox ramp with some release tape on the hinge and setting it in place. We are probably talking 0.05" or so that needed a little support to let the hinge sit as it should.

Its been a real fiddle to get things just right and quite a lot of thinking, trial fits and paitence. Although its hard to see, Pic1 shows a thin bed of flox that fits the hinge perfectly. I did the bottom one and then the top in separate cure cycles. The middle hinge seemed to sit happily so I let it win the discussion.

I also had more work to do to ensure the bellhorn swings freely and without any chance of binding. I still have the fasteners to fit, but for now its on to the right winglet rudder and I've just done a little bit of flox for the lower hinge. More tomorrow.
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Hinge fitting ramp

Hinge fitting ramp

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All lined up

All lined up

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Lined up and swinging

Lined up and swinging

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