"Like Working in a Convection Oven"
A Visit from the EAA Chapter: Last week saw a visit from the local EAA chapter, after the morning's meeting. I did a little show-and-tell, explaining to some of the members what was going on, what various contraptions were used for what. To my benefit, some of the other builders in the club took a look over my work thus far. They pointed out that I should prime the final-drilled hinge bracket attach holes as the brackets themselves are steel, and will corrode if not treated. Not a big deal, I'm going to be priming the skeleton of the rudder next week, so I'll drill out the brackets and touch them up then. Starting the Rudder With the newfound confidence of (mostly) finishing my first actual airplane part, I finally got along to starting the rudder. Having read ahead in the instructions, it looks like the riveted trailing edge will present the biggest hurdle. Lucky me, I've practiced once on the preview kit, and did alright. This one ...