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Old 09-10-2018, 09:01 AM
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Default Mistakes Made & Corrected.

I glued the tailplane trailing ege to the brace & left it to set overnight. This morning I dry fitted the ribs as per the manual, DONG!!!, they didn't fit after much head scratching, plan & manual perusing I discovered I had glues the TP brace upside down The manual states in bold the rib notches are opposite not inline, however the picture is dark & hard to distinguish the correct way, Dry fitting everything would have highlighted the mistake, however, I had committed the balsa to glue. I spent a fraught 1/2 hour separating the parts, then glued them together correctly. Luckily it was my turn for the laundry, this gave time for the PVA to set. I then followed the manual meticulously & pinned the ribs & tailplane trailing edge, tweaking here & there to ensure correct alignment. Tomorrow the cyno is supposed to arrive, so I can proceed. The pictures tell the story.