royal_chris

Elevator in the making, it's all Balsa wood. All pieces including trailing edge are included to the kit. No need to cut Balsa filling blocks in between the ribs. All pieces intersect, self adjusting 90°.

Christopher

royal_chris

The hinges are delivered as all control horns, rudder connectors etc. The material is 3mm phenol resin, which has a very glossy surface, so I sand the bonding areas with medium grid 100. They are glued with thickened epoxy to their ribs, the trailing edge has slots to stick them through while finishing the stabilizer. Partial sheeting is the final step.

Christopher

royal_chris

Before glueing the hinges, I usually enlarge the center hole and put some brass guiding in there. Along with the 2mm steel wire, the axis has zero play then.
Afterwards I use thick epoxy to glue them while the axis is always inserted to avoid twist and surprisings after everything has hardened.

royal_chris

The elevator control unit looks like this, all parts are delivered with the kit:



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Meanwhile I started working on the elevator rudder. The torsion wire is usually stick into place, when parts are glued.

royal_chris

Upside done apart from sanding the le which I start when the bottom side is sheeted as well. Since the elevator is done with a rather thick symmetrical Naca 00xx airfoil, you might select the better looking side for the top one 😁