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Trimmed and clecoed on rudder brace
The R-710 rudder brace has to have two sides trimmed off in order to fit on the bottom of the rudder. It has small predrilled holes in it used to "connect the dots" for the cutting lines. I cut the excess off leaving half of the original predrilled holes in place. If I would have made the cuts to where the holes where gone, the brace would have been too short for the drilling of the skin holes into the sides of the brace. The plans do not mention the final drilling of the side #40 holes from the skin. However, the drawing shows a larger rivet needed to fasten the skin to the bottom rib and the R-710 rudder brace.

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