Not too much progress tonight... got the stabilizer mounted on the fuselage...



Used epoxy and a few pins to hold it in place. Towards the back I put one pin up through the bottom of the top surface of the fuselage to pin it together back there. Epoxy seeped out just a touch at 95% of the edge so I think I got good coverage. Was thinking about dropping a few drops of CA into the joint where no seepage occurred. One thing to note, which is a no brainer(and I brainfarted on) is to note where your fin's footprint is so you put pin holes only where it will be covered up. I overshot the footprint and put a pin in a place that will not be covered by the fin. Heated up the exposed pin hole with the iron which relaxed the covering to mostly close the hole but I added a 2mmx2mm patch to seal it up.



One thing I noticed after everything dried and I took the pins out was that the right edge of the stabilizer is 4mm higher than the left. One thing that could have helped ensure a more precise mount was doing some clearance measurements in addition to the pre-fit. Sanding the platform on which the stabilizer sits to level it out relative to the base of the front of the fuselage sitting on the counter woulda helped get a level mount. I trusted my assembly of the pre-cut parts just a little too much.

I'm thinking about adding a list of things I learned during this build to the final posts to hopefully help someone else pondering this built.

Total build time: 65 hours

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