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Old 10-18-2005 | 08:13 PM
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Default RE: Midwest Extra 300xs Build

Finally got back to the shop, I had to break for a few days to fly, the weather has been fantastic.

Well I screwed up but "I think" I fixed it right. The first pics are of the horizontal stabs lined up on a straight line and you can see in the first pic that everything seem ok, but wait. The back side has a 1/16" to 1/8" gap. So what I did is took a piece of 1/8" balsa and epoxied an end cap on the stab. Then sanded the end with the proper angle to fill the gap solid. I must have missed the end rib moving while setting the first top spars on the assembly. This looked like the most obvious fix to me, can't think of another way to do this. Any way, after sanding the end cap to fit, they lined up well and no gap. Then pinned one side to the board making sure to center exactly on the line. I glued the two sides together with 30 min epoxy and clamped at the tip to let dry overnight. Next step will be to shape the leading edge and fill and sand the rest of the surface.

Then I took another break to go flying. Be back soon.
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