Empennage – Page 13 – RV-14A

Rudder Skeleton Progress

Rudder components ready for priming.

Rudder components primed.

Rudder skeleton initial assembly.

Rudder Underway!

Rudder construction begins, like much of the airplane’s various components, with fitting and assembly of the skeleton or sub-structure.

Rudder skeleton components laid out for initial assembly. Ribs have already been trimmed and deburred.

Rudder spar in process…

Vertical Stabilizer Completed!

It took a few days, but the vertical stabilizer is finally done. Onward!

Vertical stabilizer skin riveted to skeleton.

Vertical stabilizer rear spar clecoed in place.

Hard at work riveting the rear spar to the rest of the structure.

The pause that refreshes…

Vertical stabilizer complete!

One happy builder holding the project’s first completed assembly.

Vertical Stabilizer Assembly Begins…

The riveting has commenced!

Rear spar is riveting underway…

Rear spar progressing…

Rear spar components fully riveted.

Vertical stabilizer skin and skeleton clecoed together and ready for riveting.