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Old 05-29-2012 | 09:39 PM
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Default RE: Compensator Build

Worked on the plane most of the day, and am feeling good about it. Thank you David for the guidelines to look for on weights, the wings seem inline at 260 grams each with leading and trailing edges bonded and sanded. Of coarse the rails and gear blocks were installed in the cores before I sheeted them. The horizontal stab is 70grams with le and te installed and halves joined. The vertical with rudder is 33. I should be able to join the wing and start building the fuse in the morning. I already prepared the fuse sides, though I plan on redesigning the upper for 1/16 sheeting instead of carved blocks...

Anyone played around with dihedral? Plans state 1" under each tip, which is essentially a flat upper surface... Let me know if it needs tweaking!!

I will try and post some pics in the morning... Right now it's not much to look at though.