Blain
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Need opinions;
Folded the rudder skin per instructions. I understand the need for a flat surface and not bulge. Didn't get a bulge but do have a "bow" at a couple of the stiffeners. Trailing edge is otherwise straight.
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I straightened the stiffeners after dimpling by fluting then they went the other way after back riveting. I'm thinking I would have broke even if I had left them alone.
Pass or fail?
Blain
Folded the rudder skin per instructions. I understand the need for a flat surface and not bulge. Didn't get a bulge but do have a "bow" at a couple of the stiffeners. Trailing edge is otherwise straight.
![IMAG0747.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi265.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fii232%2FBStumpf%2FIMAG0747.jpg&hash=c45811e02974ad7b09ee08d60964bb86)
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi265.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fii232%2FBStumpf%2FIMAG0737.jpg&hash=666b693151b543481a45e693e342f3ae)
I straightened the stiffeners after dimpling by fluting then they went the other way after back riveting. I'm thinking I would have broke even if I had left them alone.
Pass or fail?
Blain
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