Have been working on the h. stab and elevators this afternoon...in the process, have determined that some work will, indeed need to be done to the area where the stab joins the fuse.

The FIRST issue is a rather crazy one...there's not ONE WORD in the instructions about attaching ANY of the tail feathers to the airplane! There's a few pages on BUILDING them...sheeting the stabs, cutting out the elevators/rudder, addings caps and LE/TE strips, etc...and then it says, helpfully, to set the e;evator/rudder aside for sanding and finishing. The instructions then go quite happily on to other aspects of the airplane...and end with some tips on painting and/or covering...there's NOTHING about attaching the tail feathers.

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I mean, the instructions haven't been "stunning" by any means...but they have, at least, discussed each step of construction. I haven't always agreed with their methods, or order of doing things, but at least each subject is covered. Not this time, however.

So...left with only the plans and some scratch-building experience, I've done some examining/plotting/engineering on the tail section...and, best I can tell, Paul's right...they want you to simply glue the stab right to the top of the fuse sides.

Now, there IS a "stab cover" ABS thing...but it looks like that's going to be more aesthetic...extending the turtledeck back, and "molding" around the vert stab....than structural. Since the vert stab doesn't lock into the horiz stab...in fact, it looks like it's held there by nothing more than gluing it to some 3/32 sheeting [X(]...it looks like the only thing holding the horiz stab on is, as Paul said, being glued to the top of the fuse sides.

SO...haven't really decided what's going to happen back there yet, but it's sure not going to be done per the instructions (well, kinda by definition, since there AREN'T any) or plans...as I come up with a workable solution, I'll be sure to detail it pretty extensively with photos, for others' reference.