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Old 11-06-2008 | 10:46 AM
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Default alignment of wing, fuselage and tail surfaces?

Skyraider MKI high wing trainer. I've just finished rebuilding the fuse after I snapped it of right behind the wing.

The fuse appears to be as straight as I can measure it? when I mount the wing (I had to rebuild the wing hold down blocks), I measure from the tip of the wings back to the center of the tail of the fuse. (the tail surfaces are removed) THE MEASUREMENT TO THE RIGHT WING TIP IS 1/8" TO 3/16" LONGER THAN THE SAME MEASUREMENT TO THE LEFT WING TIP.

For the elevator the instructions show to measure from the nose of the fuse back to the outer tips of the elevator.
So both of these measurements would square the wing and elevator to the fuselage.
If the wing is off slightly as I indicated, would I be better to align the elevator square with the fuselage or should I make it parallel to the wing?

Am I worrying to much? is this amount not going to make a difference on a trainer?

Do you check these measurements? If so, what kind of results do you get with ARFs?

Thanks

Steve