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Old 07-24-2011 | 08:39 AM
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Default RE: .60 size Pattern Tiporare Build

Good job Jim!

I can relate to the difficulty in aligning and installing the stab - just did it myself this past week. It took me three days in all to reach satisfaction. The first day I spent just measuring things about 25 times to "discover" where discrepancies come from. The second I adjusted according to my findings and tack glued with CA (my joint was glass/wood so the tack gluing is a little more forgiving). I aligned the "anhedral drop" using the floor as a reference as I don't have a table large enough to permit measurement of an assembled 60 size classic. The only problem is that floors in old houses like mine can be 1/8" off when they report being flat... At that point, I came back the third day and once elevated and sighted from a good 15 feet away, things become more evident. I was able to "crack" the tack gluing on one side and correct - I was about 3/32" too low on the left. My joint is now symmetric, level and square to the fuse.

I'd venture that installing an anhedral stab in a classic such as the Tipo is perhaps the most complex and hardest part of the build. I feel like I've overcome a major obstacle, now it's on to getting the rudder hinged, sanded to shape and the fin tip glued in place and glassed.

You're getting close to priming!

David.