Final Stab Cradle Design
Final design of the stab cradle and paddles. Paddle is two G-10 with CF veil between to maximize T/C of the sandwich. Until the half rear fuselage lay-up occurs I can only measure exterior dims of the closed rear fuse to estimate available interior width. Below...in green, is the virtual fuselage shape representing the area along which the cradle rails are Hycel'd to interior of the fuse permitting cradle to be retained with 6-32 hex head heat treated bolts.
An additional bottom access hatch has to be created to permit adjustment of cradle mounted hardware. If required the entire cradle can be removed through either the existing hatch, or if necessary...through removed rear fuselage.
Last edited by Flite-Metal; 02-14-2022 at 01:34 PM.