ORIGINAL: 33willys
I'm building an Elder 40 and have just discovered a slight twist to the rear of the fuselage. The Longerons are 1/4'' square Basswood with vertical Basswood braces. The stab does not sit square with the wing and I don't want to sand the longeron to compensate. Can the longerons be wet, tweeked and clamped until dry or do I need to remove the braces, then square up the longerons and reinsert the braces?</p>
Sand where the stab mounts making sure it matches the wing, and if you have to adjust the wing saddle, so be it. All fuses are twisted, just try to match up the horizontal planes between the stab and the wing.