Oi, leave the glue blobs out of this I had to rummage around to find the plans as the tailplane had already been built months ago, just have never been happy with the way it fitted.

Yes it is for a turbine, so lots of heat just below the servo. There will be plenty of thermal insulation around that section.

I am slightly concerned, as a few of these kits have lost their tailplanes in flight, no one really knows why either. Another simply nose dived in to the tarmac! Not wishing that to happen to mine, I was suspicious about the connection and the whole teatering tailplane idea.

So, would it be better to have the tailplane hinge point/pivot along the red line, as opposed to the design shown on the sketch? It would certainly make a much stronger hinge point as the thick ply cross bearers could be used as opposed to the thin 1/8th inch ply plates supplied.