Nope... er yes - still had to straighten the tail to get the stab tube
to level, and then set the fin closout to vertical, held in place with
skin pins. butt sides are not vertical - a little needs trimming of the
stab ends for clearance at full travel.
BTW: splash mouldings for steel jig were made with cockpit module
strapped in place, and fuselage was glued to rubber sheet to splash
mouldings with RTV. no holes....
If you think that the fuselage is symetrical.... think again!
Miles
Shaun Simpkins wrote:
>
> Miles:
>
> So if I understand you correctly -
>
> 1. The stab butts are correctly placed vertically
> 2. The torque tube hole center on the LHS is too low
> 3. The LHS stab butt is aft 2-3mm of rhs
>
> If one drills out the LHS hole center at the same waterline as the RHS, this
> would
> leave only the canoe's twist?
>
> I go measure now...
> Thanks,
> Shaun Simpkins
> A207
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Miles McCallum" <milesm@avnet.co.uk>
> Cc: <europa@avnet.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: tail planes
>
> > Problem is (a) fuselage canoe has some built in twist, (b) + marks on
> > stab butts are wrong -lhs is too low - but if you've set the
> > bearings/bulkheads, too late... solution is a proper jig to hold it all
> > straight.
> >
> > the butt ends aren't perfect -lhs is about 2-3 mm aft of rhs, but if
> > you set the stabs to coincide w/ the rhs, there's very little filling to
> > do on the lhs
> >
> > Miles
> >
> >
> > flying wrote:
> > >
> > > Here's a thing. We have just checked the set up of our tailplanes which
> are
> > > within 20 min. of each other when using an inclinometer on the trailing
> edge
> > > just outboard of the trim tabs - this seems good enough to us. However
> > > looking at the front of the tailplanes in relation to the fuselage
> mouldings
> > > there appears to be a big discrepancy between the two tailplanes. When
> the
> > > port tailplane is aligned with the fuselage moulding at the front, the
> port
> > > one is about 7mm below it's respective fuselage moulding. Either the
> > > mouldings are out or the tailplanes are different shapes. Anyone had
> similar
> > > experiences or can offer any thoughts
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > Paul Stewart #432
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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