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INSTALLING THE HORIZONTAL
STABILIZER.
1) Using a ruler and a pen, locate the cen-
terline of the horizontal stabilizer, at the
trailing edge, and place a mark. Use a tri-
angle and extend this mark, from back to
front, across the top of the stabilizer. Also
extend this mark down the back of the
trailing edge of the stabilizer.
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2) Using a modeling knife, carefully re-
move the covering at mounting slot of
horizontal stabilizer ( both side of fuse-
lage).
Draw center line
4) With the horizontal stabilizer centered
and held firmly in place, temporarily in-
stall the vertical stabilizer and use a pen
to draw lines onto the stabilizer where it
and the fuselage sides meet. Do this on
both the right and left sides and top and
bottom of the stabilizer.
5) Remove the stabilizer. Using the lines
you just drew as a guide, carefully remove
the covering from between them using a
modeling knife.
Pen
Trim and cut
3) Place the stabilizer on the stabilizer
mounting platform at the rear of the fu-
selage.
When cutting through the covering
to remove it, cut with only enough pressure
to only cut through the covering itself. Cut-
ting into the balsa structure may weaken
it.
