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Section 6 – Installing the Horizontal Stabilizer
Required Parts
• Wing
• Fuselage
• Horizontal stabilizer
• Carbon fiber tail support rod (2)
Required Tools and Adhesives
• 30-minute epoxy
• Sandpaper
• Hobby knife
• Felt-tipped pen
• Flat blade screwdriver
Step 1
Slide the stab into the fuselage. Center the stab in the
opening by measuring the distance from the fuselage to
each tip. The stab is aligned when both measurements
are identical.
Step 2
Check the distance from each stab tip to each wing tip.
Remember to measure right-to-right, left-to-left. It won’t
work the other way around. These measurements must
also be equal.
Step 3
The last alignment step is making sure the wing
and stabilizer are parallel. If they are not, sand the
opening in the fuselage for the stab until the stab
rests parallel to the wing.
Step 4
Use a felt-tipped pen to trace the outline of the fuselage
on the stab.
Step 5
Remove the stab and use a hobby knife with a brand
new blade to remove the covering 1/16" inside the
lines just drawn.