RE: MY KADET LT-40 BUILD
I know I am getting ahead of myself here, but now is as good a time to ask.
Many builders of the Kadet LT-40 recommend gluing a piece of triangle stock to both sides of the fin where it mounts the stabilizer (see photo 1). I don't want the aggravation of trying to cover around those supports when the time comes. Also I don't like the looks of them. I like the basic square connection of fin to stabilizer.
MY QUESTION IS: Instead of the tri-stock supporting the fin is it possible for me to drill 3/16" holes into the first upright 5/16" square balsa piece of the fin and the 5/16" X 1/2" balsa trailing edge of the fin and insert 1/2 of a 1" piece of 3/16" dowel in these holes and the other end of the dowels going into 3/16" holes in the fuselage/stabilizer? (see photo 2)
I would much prefer to have the dowel supports over the triangle stock supports as the dowels would be buried into the parts and hidden from view and I can have the added support and the basic square connection of fin to stabilizer that I like.