erans

Following the instruction manual, I started the build with the horizontal stabiliser. The laser cutting was good and the construction progressed quickly. However, one issue that became obvious and was presenting itself throughout this build was the lack of some aspects of engineering consideration in the design, in this case, the lack off allowance for clearances. Do not get me wrong, by using the 3D design some of the engineering achievements within this kit were impressive, however where issues were found it was disappointing considering that all were easily avoidable.

It seems that the design assumed perfect material thickness with no variability and as a result, the airfoils tabs were too long for the thickness of the trailing edge. Since this part is built vertically, the long tabs prevented the airfoil from sitting "all the way in" and all of the airfoils required shortening the tabs to fit properly.








Cheers,
Eran