Peeled the bag and did a basic cleanup of the rudder and put it on the scale and it currently weighs 69.6 Lbs., the original standard rudder was 75 Lbs. I would only give myself a C- for my vacuum bag skills. The trailing edge is needing rework and more glass. I suspect that somewhere in the handling and flipping I messed it up. For sure more hands would have made the whole thing go faster and made the flipping much easier. It would also make it easier to blame the flaws on someone else, besides myself. I also checked the finished thickness with the brackets and it is right on the money, maybe 1/16th inch undersized. I could either add another layer of cloth under the brackets,or just leave it as is. I think this project is going to get put away for the time being, because what is next is a little bit of glass work and then a bunch fairing also known as sanding.
