
Rudder Rebuild – Part 3
Continued to work on rudder skin pre-drilling. 2 of 3 ribs pre-drilled and test fitted. Rudder horn rib remaining Hours Worked: 2.71
Build Log for Sonex 0849B

Continued to work on rudder skin pre-drilling. 2 of 3 ribs pre-drilled and test fitted. Rudder horn rib remaining Hours Worked: 2.71

Creation of doubler to account for edge violations in forward Spar. Decided that drilling out and replacing forward Spar would be too much work so created doubler to go on back side Hours Worked: 1.70

Manufacture of replacement parts -04 and -06 Hours Worked: 1.18

Inspection of previous work and removal of tip ribs for surface tip installation. Hole issues found in forward Spar and tip Rib. Will need to replace rib tip and create doubler for spar Hours Worked: 1.80

Inspection of previous work Hours Worked: 0.28

Inspection of previous work Hours Worked: 0.13

Inspection of previous work Hours Worked: 0.10

Inspection of previous work Hours Worked: 0.23

Inspection of previous work. Hours Worked: 0.84

Removal of top rib to attach tip doubler and installation of T14-04 rib. Temp clecoed pending rudder installation Hours Worked: 2.47

Manufacture -03 and inspect existing work. Resulted in assemblies -01 and -02 Hours Worked: 0.94