Hi Guys,

Sorry for taking a while to respond.

Brian:

I first position the fin so that it is perpendicular to my flat building surface. I then adjust the height of my wing supports so that the wing is parallel with the board. I found that when I positioned the wing to the fuselage that the gap was tiny so only a small amount of sanding was required. Distance between building board and trailing edge was perfect when I did it this way. I think it is important you have a setup which keeps things exactly in this position while glue is drying.

Eric:

The horns are the original brown units supplied. I simply roughed them up with 80 grit and then mixed some epoxy and put some 5oz carbon cloth on a sheet of glass treated with release agent. This was left overnight while compressed between another sheet of glass. In the morning I simply cleaned up the edges and presto. I would have used 3-4 oz cloth if I had some on hand.


Jim:

I positioned the fuse that the distance between the front underside of the engine cowl flange and a distance exactly 37mm below the centre line of the tail plane wing tube as being my datum line. I set my jig to hold the fuse in this position. I also had to adjust the front fuse support on the jig to tilt the fuse slightly to get the fin vertical. The tail plane was fairly close to 0-0 at this point but I found the wing anti rotation pins to be way out. I ignored their markings and made my own. I would have had .3degree negative incidence on the wing if I had used their settings.



Eric:

Do you know what reference datum line was used in your model. Secondly, are you carrying any elevator trim and what was your final flying weight?

I cant wait to get mine flying.


Peter