Lower Rudder tip 1

20 Sep 2004 Lower Rudder tip 1

The trickiest tip on the empennage is the rudder bottom. The reason it is so difficult is that the horns that stick out for the rudder cables interfere with the fiberglass tip. I made a couple of cutouts on there to get it to fit.
Here I am trying to figure out which way is up.

Marking out where I will cut it based on measurements.

Cut it with the wife’s dremel tool. That thing cuts like a momo fofo. The bottom is good, but in order to get the thing on, I had to cut more from the side.

This will need some trimming, I’m sure. I’ve seen others cut this down all the way flush with the rudder horns. I’ll try to leave as much as possible on there.

I went too far on the bottom as you can see here, but the side is very nice. Can’t have it all, and get the thing on the rudder. I’ll try to fill it in with some fiberglass, once I get the holes for the lights done.

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