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Old 12-27-2006 | 07:57 AM
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Default #2 - Tech Question: ARF Build, 3D Plane

I asked this question in the 3D forum. Please forgive me if you've already read it there. I'd like some other opinions.

(From the other forum, I got a suggestion to bow the fuselage enough to true it up, then reheat the covering and see if that will hold. If this doesn't work, I'd like more answers to the questions below.)

Thanks


I am assembling a 40 size Hangar 9 Twist. While the horizontal stab is centered in the fuselage, the measurement between the wings outside rear edge and the horizontal stabs out side rear edge is off by 3/8 inch from one side to the other. The fuselage is the problem, it's not quite straight. I've checked the distance from fuselage to out side wing edge on both sides, it is the same. The problem is the fuselage appears to be slightly bowed.

OK, now for my question.

Measuring this distance squares the horizontal stab to the wing.

Would it be preferred:

A) to square the horizontal stab to the wing?
B) to square the horizontal stab to the fuselage?
C) to split the difference between the two?


Thanks
bbell