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Old 05-05-2014, 06:09 PM
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A not so BIG HONKIN' Rudder
Having had a chance to step back & look at the assembled airframe I'm finding it's raising alarms in my brain's TLAR (that looks about right) center. Even though it's good on paper (the spreadsheet says it'll fly) I'm not happy with her. So we're making a few minor tweaks. First thing is to trim my giant fin down a little...





Added new top & cross pieces, almost looks like I planned it this way...





The fin is still a lot bigger than the tiny stock fin but this clearly looks & feels much better than the monstrosity I had on there yesterday...





This was a painful decision but I think it's the right one. My new wing is clearly too big for this fuselage so I've removed a length from each end of the wing. The total wing-span is still longer than stock but is now more in keeping with the rest of the airframe...





There that looks somewhat less insane...