Well it's been a while since I've been here. The fuse carcass is pretty much finished. The blocks of balsa are going to be next to be attached. I've been working on the stab and rudders for now. And it's true. Nothing is hard when you have the tools to do it. I've been very lucky to have some machine tools to work with. I've noticed that some builders will add a 1/16 inch sheet of balsa on the movable part of the rudder. I mounted the leading edge of the movable rudder in my Bridgeport mill and milled a 1/16 inch trough (0.075 in. deep) down the middle so instead of a butt fitting, I had kind of mortise and tennon fit. Really strong. On the other side of the movable rudder leading edge, I mounted it also in the mill and used my raised panel bit from my woodworking stuff and rounded over the front edge. And you have to do it only half way on one side then round over the opposite side only half way. Then when I was done I discovered a major faux pas. I made the edges mirror images of each other. NOT. When you look on a full size 24, they are duplicates. Most likely so a damaged right rudder can be replaced with a good left rudder if needed, And you don't have to modify anything. Well I hope the judges don't notice. It should fly just fine. The delay has been my Mom. At 92 she's been getting a little dementia but still fairly healthy body wise. Well she was forgetting to eat and last Monday almost passed out on me. So my sisters and me have been attending to her and making sure she eats. And sometimes she can irritate me when she says, "David, God willing if you live this long, you'll look and remember just like me!!!" RATS.

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