Rudder & Primer Prep

 We started today by finishing the rudder.  The mantra of "cleco, drill, disassemble, debur, dimple" is becoming very familiar already.

At the lower end of the rudder is a rudder horn cover plate that needed to have the wings cut per plans, then fitted and match drilled to the skins.

I didn't get a picture of it, but we also fabricated two strips to match drill to the lower rib and skin.  These attachment strips are put in place for the fiberglass tips (installed later on).

The last build step today was the fitting of the lead counterweight.  This goes inside of the front counterweight rib at the top of the rudder.

The weather looks like it might be favorable for priming tomorrow, so we made a quick run to Home Depot to pick up acetone.  Fingers crossed that we'll be able to start and finish priming tomorrow.  That's the next big step before being able to start riveting.