RE: Composite-ARF Integral, kinda build thread
Okay, thanks to a tip from my good buddy Bob Satalino from Chicago, I went out and bought a laser leveling device, and I've been using it to check out my new Integral. This is what I've found.
It looks like the front chin line crease on the front of this model is pretty close to the yelllow / white line, and the purple / white line at the back of the fuse. Take a look at my pictures to see what I mean.
On this model both stab halves are about 0.3 degrees negative to this line, and the left & right wings are 0.3, & 0.4 degrees positive to this line respectively, which makes the wing an average of about 0.65 degrees positive to the stab. The nose is 2.0 degrees negative to this line, which is 1.7 degrees negative to the stab.
The wing is pretty much perpendicular to the tail fin of the fuse, but the rudder is about 2mm off relative to the wing and the tail fin.
The stab is perpendicular to the rudder, but it's off relative to the wing, and the tail fin.There's about 3mm of height difference from one stab tip to the other stab tip when the wings are level.
So, based on what I see so far, things are a lot better than my last Integral. The wings are with 0.1 degrees of each other, probably not worth worrying about right now, and the stab & rudder are not exactly perpendicular to the fuse and the wing. I think I can fix the stab, although I haven't got it completely figured out yet, and I'm looking into remounting the rudder to the fuselage tail fin. I'm not completely sure how I'm going to do that either, but I'm thinking on it.