I continued compressing Test Rudder 2 today. The first thing I did was to take everything off and see if the rudder had taken a permanent deformation. Here is that picture.
It looks like it bent about halfway. I didn't think about taking any measurements until later (of course). Here is the after picture where I am going to let this rest for 24 hours.
Besides some fumbling with the clamps there were no real problems, the gap started at 20mm over the spar and I stopped at 10mm over. There was some fumbling with the clamps. I think I may use the wedges at least to hold the rudder compressed while epoxy is applied.
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