Well I ran into my first big issue in building this kit and wonder if I can get some ideas. I was trying to install the elevator joiner wire and ran into two problems. First, I used my drill to drill a pilot hole (3/32) followed by the regular hole w/ a 1/8 tip. I was unable to drill thru the center and ended up drilling a hole that angled and actually came out thru the bottom of the balsa. Secondly, I must of measured incorrectly, but the other hole was a little too short so that the elevators when joined were a little short.
How do I fix this?? I have a couple of thoughts, remove the angled blockby cutting where it attaches to the TE and part of the LE because the hole goes thru it. Rebuild the block and LE, how will this affect strength? I would have to glue a piece of LE balsa to the remainder of the LE?
Another thought is to somehow make a shallow groove on the upper/lower side of the balsa exposing the canal and then correct it and then create a flap of balsa to glue on to it... It that makes any sense.
Or just rebuild the elevator halves again but this still does not solve the problem on how to drill a centered hole with just a drill... any suggestions?