stiffener for rudder skin?

8475 · Post by **8475** » Mon Nov 30, 2020 1:22 pm

Hello everyone, take a look at the attached pic of my rudder. You'll note several rows of rivets in the center of the rudder skin. I know from peering into the rudder interior that these rivets are used to attach L-shaped stringers to the skin. I had initially presumed that these stringers were part of the factory design, but after reviewing the Univair bill-of-materials for a new rudder, I don't find any mention of these stringers. I'm now thinking that these were added to my rudder as part of a previous repair. Can anyone comment on this? Were these part of the factory design?

: N76415 rudder right side, nov 2020.jpg (177.88 KiB) Viewed 1954 times

Post by **6643** » Mon Nov 30, 2020 4:00 pm

8475 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 30, 2020 1:22 pmWere these part of the factory design?

No, but I've seen all sorts of "creative" solutions to distorted rudder skins.

meloosifah · Post by **meloosifah** » Mon Nov 30, 2020 9:43 pm

Mine definitely does not have them and it’s a very original 1946 model.

6898 · Post by **6898** » Tue Dec 01, 2020 7:33 am

Looks like a repair the trailing edge should be welds like the leading edge is.

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