Installation of stab and wing - initial alignment

Before you get too far along, it is a good idea to install the firewall bulkhead to stiffen the nose of the plane and to support the fiberglass front pipe floor.

The hardest part of this phase is deciding what is a good reference point. I set the plane 0-0 reference line with the stab reference dots. It took 3/8" of shim at the tail wheel support with the bottom of the chin cowl bulkhead resting on the table. Both stabs are set at 0 deg. Then I set the wing at 0.3 deg positive. I use the robart incidence jigs and a digital level. Here I have rough sanded the bevel on the LE of both the stabs and wings. Once everything is aligned, I epoxy in the stab anti rotation pin socket (yes I have a removable 1/8" aluminum anti-rotation pin). I also glue in the wing bolt fuse bearing plates.

The final alignment and wing adjustors will be completed after I finish sanding with wings and stabs and monokote them. I hold off on installing the wing adjustors until I have painted the airplane. The wing adjustors get in the way during final fues sanding and surface prep.