<font face="Verdana">I have recovered from my misstep from last weekend and made a small but critical step forward this weekend by getting the Stab and Fin glued onto the Fuselage. I have included a few shots of the dry fit up step before my epoxy fiasco from last weekend. </font><font face="Verdana">In order to get a good wood to wood bonding surface between the fin and stab, I glued a small scrap of balsa to the bottom rib of the fin. In hindsight, I wish</font><font face="Verdana"> I had thought to drill holes in the the fin and stab ribs to save a little weight.</font>
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I convinced myself that my problem from last week was not a bad mix of hardener into the epoxy, but rather that the temperature in my basement workshop was just too cool. My small space heater only gets the temperature up to about 55-57 deg. F in the winter. Comfortable enough to work in, but 15 deg. below the recommended minimum cure temperature for the epoxy I am using. So this weekend, I moved upstairs and set up on the dining room table (with plenty of newspaper). All went well, and the epoxy kicked over just as expected.</font></p><font face="Verdana">

<font face="Verdana">The postman showed up with a few goodies this week too!</font></p></font>