RE: Balsa USA Smoothie Build
OK, I got a little more work done on the tail section tonight... First I rounded the leading edges of the horizontal and vertical stabs. I didn't care too much for the squared look of the rudder, so I rounded the top aft portion of the rudder to match the vertical stab and the bottom of the rudder. Then I beveled the leading edges of the rudder and elevator and rounded the trailing edges. Once that was done I mounted a tail wheel bracket and bent up the tail wheel wire (I'm not using any of the supplied landing gear). I drilled pilot holes for the main gear, which came off a Stinger 40. Then I assembled the tail section for some pics. Everything that was done was pretty standard to building a kit and no problems were encountered. The tail section is only being held together by the hinges because I want to get it covered before final assembly. Things are comming together pretty good... I can't wait to sat it's ready for covering.
Take care, Jerry