Stage 8
Stage 9
Stage 10
10
FITTING THE HORZONTAL STABILIZER
To install the stabilizers to the fuselage you will need.
- Fuselage (with pre-installed vertical stabilizer and
rudder)
- Horizontal stabilizer with pre-installed elevator
Horizontal stabilizer with pre-installed elevator
The completed fuselage with pre-installed vertical
stabilizer and rudder.
Check the fit of the horizontal stabilizer in its slot. The horizontal stabilizer should be set for
0 degrees incidence. Please see the incidence diagram on page 19 and sand the seating
area on the top of the vertical stabilizer order to ensure 0 degrees incidence on the horizontal
stabilizer. Work in small steps and check frequently. Use an incidence meter if possible.
Once you have the incidence correct, make sure the horizontal stabilizer is square and cen-
tred to the fuellage as show in the diagram below. DO NOT GLUE ANYTHING YET.
Equal
distance
Equal distance
90
0
9.1 Trial fit the horizontal stabilizer in its slot
With the horizontal stabilizer correctly aligned, mark the shape of the fuselage on
the bottom of the tailplane using a water solublenon-permanent felt-tip pen as
shown here.
10.1 Mark the bottom of the horizontal
stabilizer
10.2 Marked lines on horizontal stabilizer
9.2 90 degree angle between the horizontal and
vertical stabilizer
