Step 1 on page 7-5: Cleco assembly making rudder "skeleton" (spar, several doublers, etc).
Proceeded to rivet per instructions in Step 2 & 3. About 1/2 done before I needed to quit for the day.
Today I'd scheduled to go flying in the afternoon - and the weather was perfect. Mid 40's and mostly sunny with moderate southerly winds. Fun day in the air.
1 of 3 large K1000-6 platenuts installed in pics above. These mount the swivel bearings "bolts" as part of the rudder hinges.
Waiting on Van's delivery of 6 more - the original inventory was missing (only 1 of seven were in a bag in Empennage Kit discovered during inventoried back in Dec ). They sent last week 6 more platenuts - but they were way too small ! So now they're re-sending the correct size with apologies. Unfortunately, of the 7 page inventory listed for the Empennage Kit, these were needed early in process. Expecting tomorrow or Sat...so I'll work around by assembling the stiffeners. Gotta remember to install before adding skins permanently....since other 2 platenuts will be enclosed !