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Old 07-28-2014 | 02:01 PM
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Note the control horns are 1/32" ply laminated in carbon. The stab tube sockets have the false ribs installed top and bottom to connect the sockets to the skins, forming an "I" beam structure.

The adjsuter setscrew detail is shown below. The actual adjsuter is a 1/4" length of phenolic tubing approximately 5/8" outside diameter x 1/4" inside. It is shaped accordingly elongating the inside hole to allow at least 3+/- degrees of adjustment. Simple and functional and most importantly, light and strong

Elevator with its formed LE, 3/32" light balsa.

BTW, the stab skins were treated with laminating epoxy on the outside as well. Each stab half picked up about 3 grams of epoxy using this treatment. It seals the balsa and stiffens the outside surface of the soft, contest grade sheets, making them more ding resistant. Covering is much easier and lighter in the long run. Try it!