Well, good news of sorts. I test shimmed the model last night. It took all the adverse angle out of the tail. And as I was reinstalling the wing to see if I could straighten the tail with shims, the wing actually dropped in the saddle all the way. It was tight, but at least I got a clean look at the situation with the wing all the way seated, without having to shave anything.

So I am going to stop by the hobby shop here in the city (NYC), on my way to the train tonight and buy some balsa. I want to use that for shims. With a little luck, I can get the tail on tonight so that it can dry overnight. After that, it should really start to look like a plane!!


PS. It is amazing how much better you can feel about the model when you see the tail and wing in parallel!! I guess there is a lot of psychology happening here.


PPS. Does anyone have any suggestions for a battery and prop. Like I said, the AUW is about 24-28 oz. I have a E-flite park 450 BL outrunner. The model suggests a 7x4 (I think), but the motor recommends something more like a 9 or 10x??. These seemd to be pretty different sizes. And I have no idea how you guys are figuring out the appropriate combo of watts and amps and volts and whatnot!