Vertical Stabilizer 6-5-3 and 6-6-10

I finally got around to attaching the bottom hinge bracket to the vertical stabilizer after finishing priming the rudder stops. This was fairly straightforward, however I did have to go out to Home Depot and purchase some 1/4" sockets to hold the nuts in place while I tightened the screws.

I torqued the bolts holding the rudder stops in place, and applied torque seal, but only tightened the screws holding the bracket to the spar until they were just snug. I don't currently have a torque screwdriver, but will get one and finish torquing those when I attach the empennage parts together (I have made a note in the plans to do this). So now I can say, the vertical stabilizer is COMPLETE!

Bottom hinge bracket attached to vertical stabilizer spar

My daughter helped peel the rest of the blue film off and put the rudder next to the vertical stabilizer to show the scale of things. Happy with the progress so far!

Time Taken:     0.5 hours

Dates:                September 5 2022

Vertical Stabilizer Total Time:    34.3 hours

RV-10 Build Total Time:              89.9 hours

Priming Total Time:                     8.8 hours (not included in build time totals)