Decided to go with T-88 since it's listed as an option in the plans, is cheaper, by all accounts a good epoxy, and I could get it at Woodcraft. I didn't want to waste 6 ounces of proseal on the trailing edge.
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Glued in the AEX wedge Sunday. Here's what it looked like epoxied up and clecoed to a big piece of angle to hold it all straight while it cures.
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Riveted it up Monday evening after letting the epoxy cure for 24 hours. Came out really straight, but I'm not wild about a gap I have in the trailing edge.
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Here's the gap. It's about 3/32 at it's widest. Talked to Jeff about it Wednesday. I'll run it out to CPK. He's pretty sure we can clean it up so no one will know. Aerodynamically and structurally it's great. Just not as pleasing to the eye as I'd like.
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Wednesday I finished up the rudder leading edge, the put the whole thing together just so I could see it all. The balance is incredible. Light as a feather.
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Just for grins I stuck it on the horizontal stab on a couple of sawhorses so I could see the whole thing.
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