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Old 06-18-2008 | 07:34 AM
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Immaculate, but I feel like I'm missing something, how are the horizontal stabs connected to the fuse? I'm imagining some type of hard wood spar going into each stab, and through the fuse, but wondering what it is laminated to in the fuse are where it passes through. I've seen other airplanes with this general concept of tail area, but have always been too cautious to give it a try because it seems to me that it would be a highly loaded area. I'm probably wrong, but still curious.

Looks great! I really like your spar detail. Eddie Weeks had designed a similar sized spar out of titanium, I was beside myself they were so small. Goes to show in his case and yours how much benefit composites can be in the wing building.