RE: G&L Hobbies 1/5 Super Chipmunk Build (short kit)
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt">Progress.</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt">Tail feathers.</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt">I went ahead and tried out the hinge line that I want to do on all the control surfaces. I used the ruder as a test and sample of the covered hinge line. I rounded the ruder by hand being it is tapered. I mark the radiuses’ top and bottom and a line down the middle and on each side to give me a reference point.</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt">After getting the ruder nice and rounded I glued in two triangle pieces of balsa on the receiving end of the fin. I applied some stick on 220 sand paper to the ruder and used this to shape the fin receptacle, this gives you a perfect tapered fit.</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt">Being the center is embedded in the radiuses you have to notch the radius for the range of motion you want. I will be adding more turning on the ruder then the recommended, like to have as much ruder as I can. All in all this worked out great and I will do the same on the rest of the hinge lines</div>