ORIGINAL: abufletcher
ORIGINAL: Lucky Dog
Not to second guess the more learned and experienced, but I'm curious as to why the sheeting method won out over perhaps using a carbon fiber tube leading edge (and perhaps spar) on the stab? It seems like it would be lighter.
I does seem like a bit of a ''quick-fix'' solution to the problem discovered during the first test flight. It was something that could be added immediately to have the model flying again the next week. Going the CF tube route would probably have meant re-designing the entire stab.
Basically it was quick and easy and I had all the materials on hand.......well if wasn't actually quick as nothing is quick for me - I'm just sayin'........