ORIGINAL: SCALECRAFT

A pic of the rudder.

Pretty good fit but, since CMP put a radius on the rudder LE, I thought I would do what CMP has done with the other control surfaces but neglected to do on the fuse V-stab.



So I opened up the back of the V-stab, sanded the filler down and fit the rudder to the fuse in a more scale like method. The rudder even fits better with the V-stab. I also noticed that the rudders shape was wrong for this version of the 109, so I sanded the bottom corner to a softer radius. Also, I will cover the all the fabric surfaces with Solartex. It has a fabric weave look to it. I will also use aluminum tape patterned with a "pounce"(?) wheel. It will give the look of stitched fabric on a rib.

The rudder will be anchored will a balsa rudder post, countersunk to give the rudder a faired look.

The V-stab is a bit fat and symetrical. I may correct that to the a-symetrical airfoil as in scale, along with the rudder. Our small 109 is a-symetrical. I don't know if it helps in flight, but it gets comments about not being symetrical. It make a good conversation issue.

I will also use hidden control linkage. The model is big next to my small one and the small one has hidden elevator linkage.

Steve