I'm in the process of putting my rudder together on my L320 fastbuild.  As those of you who have been through this know, the spar, ribs, and foam blocks are installed into one side.  The builder is required to contour these to fit the closeout side.  The manual is not really clear whether to fabricate capstrips on the spar and ribs prior to closeout.  It does NOT require capstrips when closing out the vertical stab.  My question to the group is what have you all done?

Structurally, I would think it would not require the capstrips.  Additionally, it looks rather difficult to get the underside BID installed at the trailing edge where the skins come together.  And finally, I would think the additional weight would cause balance issues, requiring more lead than called out in the manual.

Steve,

 

My entire slow-build 320 was built before the cap strip concept was extant.  It has not come apart, including the rudder. 

 

De-core ribs edges, clean, over fill with flox, press release taped skin to fit, cure, take apart, clean up flox, remove tape, clean and sand every thing, bond together.  Oops, except for trailing edge - micro install a small foam dam about 3/4" from the trailing edge with everything clean and sanded.  After smearing bond material mound up flox on the trailing edge aft of the dam and when use squeeze everything together for the final time, the flox will ooze out of the  TE and not back into the rudder because the dam stopped that from happening.