V-Tail Incidence
Since I don't have much experience setting up V tailed airplanes, I thought I'd check here to see if my procedure is correct.
I bought a NIB Lanier Predator ARF at a swap meet this weekend - cheap, and I thought I'd put it together for 424. From my research, the version I have is the up-dated version of the V1 Predator 500. It has the glassed 3/8" firewall, 1/4" ply wing hold-down plates, 4-40 torque rods.
I'm getting ready to glue the tail on, and set my incidence meter on the wing and zero'ed. I put a bubble level on the V-tail saddle and it's way off (high in the back) which would require down trim to correct (assuming it's off). I have read that the Predator and the Viper both have negative incidence in the tail.
I just want to verify my methodology for checking the incidence before I make any adjustments.