RE: Byron Wedell Williams Racer Build
Spent a good bit of time in the shop with TS Fay dumping rain on us [&o]
Shaping the Rudder took a fair bit of time to get it right and allow the 2 1/2 in throw needed. Taped the fuse to protect it then rough sanded the Rudder then fine sanding with a T bar. The Rudder trailing edge is thicker than the plans call for to give it a better scale look. I tried to have a nice rounded LE but to get 2 1/2 inches of throw calls for a sharper V cut. Even with the V cut I was still over 1/2 in short. The instructions suggest you may need to remove the 1/8 in fiberglass that hides the Rudder hinge gap to get enough throw. Instead I took some 1/16 balsa as a filler and sanded the fiberglass down to it giving 1/16 to hide the hinge line. After much trial and sanding we got the throw needed and it looks good.
Pete