A little snowy work

Finally I beat a stomach bug ... four inches of snow meant staying inside and getting a little work done on Goat.

These are the aft control line guides from G4T14. I have yet to put in the 1/4" spacers, instead simply using a washer to give just enough space for the temporary control line. I think they look pretty slick :-)

I also worked a tad on the rudder, evening up the control throw stops so now the rudder pedals feel more balanced. I'm a bit taken back at the short stroke of the pedal for full ~30deg of rudder deflection. An easy fix will be to lengthen the control arm on the rudder to suit. What should a "normal" stroke for the pedal be (let's say measured at my toes)?

So what's next?
* 8' of 1/4" x 0.035" tubing for the vertical tail internal struts
* peel ply for horizontal stabilizer rib LE and TE wraps for securing the ribs
* redo the bolt hole in the upper vertical tail tube (one hole is out of line with the other, hmmm)
* elevator linkage for inside the vertical tail
* finally do the two cabane replacement tubes
* measure the nose keel bend, make a jig, and bend a new keel without kinks
* 1-1/8" x 0.058" x 20" and 1" x 0.035" x 20" to redo the main structural member from G4N1
(ouch) ... the holes for the cabane pins are not orthogonal as one expects from View D G4N2.