Got2Fly
Active Member
Came up w/ a way to use my pneumatic squeezer on the AEX trailing edge of my -10 rudder, so thought I'd share it.
Simply, I took a yoke and found a suitable bolt to go through the hole, then used a die grinder to adjust the head of the bolt to have a flat angle matching the angle of the rudder.
An pic of the tool:
The tool in action:
So, how did the rudder come out? Well take a look at the edge:
Simply, I took a yoke and found a suitable bolt to go through the hole, then used a die grinder to adjust the head of the bolt to have a flat angle matching the angle of the rudder.
An pic of the tool:
![edgerivet.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fhome.comcast.net%2F%7Ekenbpeck%2Fedgerivet.jpg&hash=2a63a1e894a15a5d1f643735937450ff)
The tool in action:
![rivetact.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fhome.comcast.net%2F%7Ekenbpeck%2Frivetact.jpg&hash=5a5561f938aeed0729913087600c3144)
So, how did the rudder come out? Well take a look at the edge:
![rudderedge.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fhome.comcast.net%2F%7Ekenbpeck%2Frudderedge.jpg&hash=0212abe59bf60bffc2beffbddc847cdc)