With the rudder 'hanging' on the hinges and the aft fuselage trimmed, it is now possible to locate the rudder stops and determine cable clearance requirements. Fabricated the stops from 3/4x3/4 .125 AL angle, and cleco-gripped (new verb) them to the fuselage skin. There is a definite interfence when mounted per Dwg#34. It looks good on when the rudder is swung to the stop and the cable is farthest from the stop/fuselage. However, when swung to the opposite side, the cable would chafe as it would bind on the stop. Recommended that the stop be mounted to avoid this which means mounting it a little high (mounting low would have no stopping effect).
Won't drill and rivet (blind) them on until I am sure of all adjustments. Will drill stops (not fuselage) and prime them. They will also be radius'ed to minimize snagging the rudder cable.
The tiedown bracket needed to be trimmed 1/4" on top to sit flush on the F-612 bulkhead. However, some examination of the fiberglass rudder bottom reveals another interference point - the Fwd end of the fiberglass hits the tiedown bracket. Probably have to severely change the fiberglass - later.
