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Rudder Spar Hinge Nutplate Mounting

May 22, 2011 by Mike Leave a Comment

My work on the rudder spar is continuing today with mounting the hinge nutplate assemblies.  In the picture below I have started to mark where the hinge brackets need to attach and I have identified these with a Red Sharpie marker.  The hinges on the S-51 rudder are bolted on and as the internal faces […]

Stewart 51 Rudder Spar

May 15, 2011 by Mike 3 Comments

Now that the rudder has been disassembled, tonight I’m going start the initial work on the rudder spar.  This will include layout for where the brackets, hinges and ribs are located.  This is important because it’s so easy to get confused and mis-drill a few holes, or totally miss something else that you should have […]

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