<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt"><span style="font-size: 12pt">Dragon, I am planning on doing the stars and stripes scheme, with an added airbrushing of some graphic art.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt"><span style="font-size: 12pt">I</span><span style="font-size: 10pt"> glued the sheathing on the rudder first to see how it all works, never done this before so I wanted to start with something I could easily replace. It turned out great!

So on to more challenging parts, the stabilizer was next. I cut the elevators out and faced the with 3/8 balsa, installed blocks for the torque rod and hinge points. Being this was my first foam wing I have no experience. Some suggested to sheath the wing then cut the ailerons and flaps out after with a band saw, or cut them with a #11 blade.

I chose to prep the elevator and ailerons first so that the facing would be embedded, not face glued. I masked of the surfaces I did not want to get glued and placed it all in the chuck and hoped for the best.

I glued the top first 100lb was just fine. Then I trimmed and glued the bottom on. I used <span style="color: #366388">gorilla glue</span> and put wax paper between the husk and the sheathing.

Now the <span style="color: #366388">moment of truth</span>. I had marked the location to cut on the top before I glued the bottom. I cut the elevator from the center with my dewalt chop saw, and then cut the elevator free with a #11 blade. It worked great.



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