Saturday, August 13, 2016

Empennage

Empennage Fairings ( 2 hrs )

Started Sect 12-02 Empennage Fairings by trimming Rudder Bottom Fairing.  Used 3" cut off wheel in die grinder (just purchased at Harbor Freight for $13....so I have a cheap one to avoid using oil to not contaminate fiberglass pieces).  Use dremel for some details.   Hand sanding edges to get good finish up to the molded in trim line.   Discovered opening for Rudder Horn needed to increase almost 5mm to 38mm wide - surprised trim line wasn't more accurate.   Real challenging to insure how much to take off forward vs aft side...but worked out entire 5mm was needed removed from forward side after measuring several different ways (measure 3 times, cut once !).