STABILIZER ASSEMBLY
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1 Place the stabilizer plans on the building board and lay a sheet of waxed paper over them.
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2 Locate the three sticks of 7/32” x 1/16” balsa on sheet #8. Place pins along the inner edge of the stabilizer
leading edge.
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3
Form the three strips of balsa along the row if pins and secure
in place with additional pins along the outside of the leading
edge.
This simple guide will help keep the pins at 90° to
the building board. A block with a V-notch cut into it
will make the task easy.
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4 Use thin CA to glue the three laminations of balsa to form the
stabilizer leading edge.
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5 Install the stabilizer tips S9, trailing edges S7 and S8.
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6 Install and glue SB to the inner edge of the leading edge.
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7 Install and glue S-1.
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8 Install both S1-B’s
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9 Install all remaining ribs, S2 through S6.
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10 Install the forward spar SS.
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11 Install the 1/16” x 1/8” aft spar.
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12 Taper slightly the leading and trailing edges of all the angled
ribs S2-A through S6-A and install.
The completed stabilizer ready for sanding and
covering.
The stabilizer rubber hook shown here and the sta-
bilizer alignment tongue (on the bottom) are perma-
nently installed after sanding and covering the struc-
ture.
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13 Install gussets SG at the trailing edge and S1.
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14 This concludes the main assembly of the stabilizer. The rub-
ber hook and the lower alignment tongue will be installed after
covering.
VERTICAL FIN ASSEMBLY
Note that the vertical fin is not built over the plans.
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Locate the vertical fin core VC.
Install split ribs V-1 through V-3 on one side of VC. Keep the
assembly flat on the building board when applying glue to as
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sure a straight structure.
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3 Install four edge doublers V4 through V7.
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4 Turn the assembly over and repeat this process Note that you
will be adding the remaining parts in hand. This completes the
vertical fin assembly
The completed vertical fin assembly. This assembly
will plug into slots provided in the fuselage top and
bottom for perfect alignment. Cover the fin before in
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stalling onto the fuselage.
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