Got the tail and rudder sanded, trial fitted the hinges and ready for covering...



When capping the end of a long piece, it works nicely to tack a piece of covering on to the end and then stand it on end on a cutting board to trim it up with a straight edge razor to get it ready to cover...



Covered tip...



Before covering the stabilzer or the fin, I poked holes in the cross members so air can flow between the different covered areas... (saw this in the RCU thread linked above)...



Covered fin and rudder w/ hinges installed...



To drill the holes for the rudder servo horn mount, I put everything in place to see where the horn landed on the rudder and then marked the holes vs referencing the drawing. Figured this would yield the best placement...



Servo horn mounted on the rudder(angled due to control rod path of travel...



I epoxied the fin to the fuselage and got a nice consistent bead along all edges of the joint.



Control rod assembled and mounted on servo horn... (tape left in place after gluing of fin/fuselage joint)



Control rod mounted on rudder...



Really starting to look like a plane!



One question I had was regarding the placement of the Rx antenna given this taildragger setup. Was planning to drill a hole right below the Rx placement which is right in front of the main gear and then run it back along the bottom of the fuselage per the manual but I am wondering if there will be any issues caused by the main gear metal?

Total build time: 70 hours

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