The horizontal stabilizer portion of the build continues with its positioning in the fiberglass fuselage and the preparation and installation of the structure I designed to secure the stabilizer in place.

The first step was the careful positioning and marking of the fuselage openings for the stabilizer. The opening profile and location were transferred from the plans, and the stabilizer incidence was also marked according to the drawings. The openings were then cut using a combination of Dremel bits and cutting discs.










Since the original fuselage design is all balsa, I considered the thin fiberglass walls alone to be insufficient to properly support and retain the stabilizer. To address this, I fabricated upper and lower hard balsa reinforcement strips, which were sandwiched between the fiberglass fuselage walls. The stabilizer airfoil profile was cut into these strips prior to installation. Once glued in place, they were carefully sanded until a precise fit was achieved.








The fit was intentionally not made overly tight, allowing sufficient clearance for epoxy when final bonding is carried out later, after the stabilizer is covered and the fuselage is painted.