Category: Empennage
Rudder Tip Attachment Finished
Well, another short trip to the shop today. With my holes already drilled and the rudder side already dimpled, it was time to attach some…
Rudder Tip Work
I had a moment to sneak out to the garage over lunch today, and started the rudder tip. I had previously matchdrilled the tip to…
Internal Rudder Stop
So a few weeks ago I ordered the internal rudder stop from Flyboys Accessories, and it arrived this week. (Usually, one mounts external stops to…
Rudder Bottom Nutplates and Screws
3 whole days before my hardware package was even supposed to ship from Aircraft Spruce, the dang thing arrived. What does that mean for me?…
Rudder Bottom Fiberglass
The only empennage fiberglass tip I haven’t touched yet is the rudder bottom. Over lunch today, I snuck outside to make some dust. Out of…
Horizontal Stabilizer Tips and Travel
Another really fun night in the shop. With the elevators, vertical, and rudder tips done (oops, not the rudder bottom), I decided to get the…
Attaching Some Empennage Tips with Screws
Whoa, today was a fun day in the shop. After yesterdays matchdrilling of the elevator tips to the elevators, I decided to keep pressing ahead…
Started Fiberglass Elevator Tips
With not much left in the empennage, I decided to start in on the fiberglass tips. I skipped this part of the RV-7 build, so…
Elevator Trim Tab Rigging
After a long week at work and a busy saturday, it was a pleasure to get back to the airplane, especially since one of the…
Electric Elevator Trim Tab Redux
With the spare trim cover arriving yesterday, I decided to get the tab motor (and brackets) installed correctly today. If you remember from this post,…