{"id":336,"date":"2005-01-01T11:07:59","date_gmt":"2005-01-01T16:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wordpress\/?p=336"},"modified":"2012-10-15T11:10:13","modified_gmt":"2012-10-15T15:10:13","slug":"and-the-leading-edge-is-finished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/?p=336","title":{"rendered":"And the leading edge is finished"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_337\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/rud_le_finished_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-337\" class=\"size-full wp-image-337\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/rud_le_finished_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/rud_le_finished_1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/rud_le_finished_1-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-337\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Got bent!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And the leading edge is finished. Closing the middle and lower sections was a four-handed operation; I squeezed the leading edges together while Ellen inserted clecos. The process was repeated after final-drilling the holes to #30 and deburring them.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_338\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/rud_finished_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-338\" class=\"size-full wp-image-338\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/rud_finished_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/rud_finished_1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/rud_finished_1-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-338\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Done!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And with the leading edge finished, the rudder is finished. After all the hassle with rivet guns and the tedium of setting trailing edge rivets, I&#8217;m pretty happy with the results.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_339\" style=\"width: 309px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/rud_dave_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-339\" class=\"size-full wp-image-339\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/rud_dave_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/rud_dave_1.jpg 299w, https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/rud_dave_1-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-339\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Done!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Gotta have at least one picture of me and a finished product. Look close and you&#8217;ll see Ellen in a reflection from the rudder skin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And the leading edge is finished. Closing the middle and lower sections was a four-handed operation; I squeezed the leading edges together while Ellen inserted clecos. The process was repeated after final-drilling the holes to #30 and deburring them. 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