I've been working on making a carbon fiber rudder (RV-8 drop-in replacement) for a little while now and finally have a little bit of progress to share. I just fabricated the skins this past week while I was home from school for spring break. This project is primarily for my own education with designing/fabricating composite parts, and I'm quite happy with how the skins came out. The look is a bit different than the stock RV-8 rudder, with some influences from the GB1 Gamebird.
I'll try to include some pictures on here, but I have a lot more pictures and a fairly detailed write up on my website: https://sites.google.com/view/adamaviation/composite-rudder?authuser=0
Let me know what you think!
I'll try to include some pictures on here, but I have a lot more pictures and a fairly detailed write up on my website: https://sites.google.com/view/adamaviation/composite-rudder?authuser=0
Let me know what you think!
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