abufletcher

I usually try to do the rigging in a specific order. I'll start with the forward landing wires to set the dihedral (on the ground), then I'll do the cross-bracing wire going from the top of the forward strut to the base of the rear strut. This sets the incidence. Next is the other strut cross-bracing wire (bottom-front to top-rear) which locks in the geometry of the struts as a unit. After that I'll do the forward flying wires, then the rear flying wires, then the rear landing wires.

Then I tension the wires such that the landing wires are taut on the ground but a bit loose when I suspend the model from the upper wing at which time the flying wires should be taut.