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FIFTY ONE
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Step 39 - Stab/Elevator
Tape the horizontal stab / elevator plan and a fresh piece of waxed
paper on your building board.
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Step 40 - Stab/Elevator - E1
Locate E1 from BP1. Pin it in
place, making sure it is straight
along it's entire length.
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Step 41 - Stab/Elevator - E2
Locate E2 from BP1. Glue it in
place, making sure it's tab is
fully inserted into E1 and it is flat
against the building board.
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Step 42 - Stab/Elevator - E3
Locate both E3s from BP1. These are
glued in place to each end of E1 to form
the tips. Make sure their tabs are fully
inserted into E1 and they are both flat
against the building board.
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Step 43 - Stab/Elevator - E4, E5 & E6
Locate both E4s, both E5s and both
E6s from BP1. These are glued in place,
again making sure the tabs are inserted
fully and everything is flat and flush.
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Step 44 - Stab/Elevator - E7, E9 & E10
Locate both E7s, both E8s, both
E9s, and both E10s from BP1. Pin
E7 in place first, then glue F8 in
place, then E9 and E10. Make
sure all tabs are fully inserted and
everything is flat and flush.
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Step 45 - Stab/Elevator - ES1, ES2
Locate both ES1s and ES2s from
BP10. Remove any pins from
the framework, lightly sand and
then glue ES1 on top of the stab
framework, and one ES3 on top
of each elevator half frame.
When the glue has cured, remove these
assemblies and flip them over and lightly
sand the framework to prep for the lower
sheeting.
When those sides are prepped, glue the other ES1 on to the open
stab framework and the ES2s to the open elevator frameworks.
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Step 46 - Stab/Elevator - Elevator joiner
Locate the pre-bent elevator
joiner from the hardware bag.
Make sure that this piece is
perfectly flat as it can twist a bit
with temperature changes.
Temporarily tape the elevator
halves in position on the stab.
Now place the elevator joiner on top of the elevator halves and
mark where holes will need to be drilled.
Remove each elevator half and carefully drill a hole at these
marked locations with a 1/8” drill bit. The hole should be roughly
3/4” deep and straight into the wood. Take care to not drill in at an
angle or you risk the chance of the bit cutting through the surface
of the piece.
Do not glue this in place, as it will need to be removable to install
later on in the build. Set these pieces aside for now.
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Step 47 - Fin/Rudder
Tape the vertical fin / rudder plan and a fresh piece of waxed paper
on your building board.
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Step 48 - Fin/Rudder - VF1
Locate VF1 from BP2. Pin it in place,
making sure it is straight along it's
entire length.
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Step 49 - Fin/Rudder - VF2
Locate VF2 from BP2. Glue it in place
making sure it is fully inserted into VF1 and
it is flat against the building board.
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Step 50 - Fin/Rudder - VF3
Locate VF3 from BP2. Glue it in place to
VF1 and VF2, again flat and flush.
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Step 51 - Fin/Rudder - VF4, VF5
Locate VF4, VF5 from BP2. Glue them in
place between VF1 and VF3, again flat
and flush.
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Step 52 - Fin/Rudder - VF6
Locate VF6 from BP2. Pin it in place.
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Step 53 - Fin/Rudder - VF7-VF10
Locate VF7 from BP3, as well as VF8,
VF9, and VF10 from BP2. Glue it to VF7,
with it's tabs fully inserted. Also flat and
flush with the board.
Then glue VF8, VF9 and VF10 in place
- again making sure they are all flat and
flush.
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Step 54 - Fin/Rudder - VFS1-VFS3
Locate both VFS1s and VFS2s from
BP11, and both VFS3s from BP12.
Glue a VFS1 to a VFS2 as shown
here, making two completed