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Old 02-26-2002 | 12:57 AM
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Default tail bracing help

Hello,

I'm building a Nosen/A&A 1/4 scale Citabria.
I plan to build the stabilizer as removeable left and right pieces that plug into the fuselage fin fillet area.

Here's my rather wordy question:

Will it be sufficient to use short 3/8" dia dowels at LE and TE of stab that plug into brass tubes going thru the fuse/fin fillet to locate and set stab incidence, while relying on the diagonal wire bracing that runs from bottom of fuse to TE tips of Stab, and up to TE tip of Fin to bear positive and negative lift loads on the tail?

Thanks for any advice!
-Elliot