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Kupe's Zodiac 650B
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Date:  5-29-2017
Number of Hours:  4.00
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Brief Description:  Tail Section Integration 1

Spent 4 hours bringing all 4 tail pieces together (rudder, horizontal stabilizer, elevator, and saddle). Here's the challenge: of the 4 pieces, only one, the horizontal stabilizer, is set in final form - and we remember how fun THAT was. What's left to do is to keep trimmming the leading edge skin of the rudder to fit closely to the saddle (3 to 8 mm) as I continue edging the saddle aft to line up with the rudder. While moving the saddle around, I need to ensure the top horn on the elevator (where the "up" cable connects), which is inside the sadde, does not interfere with the saddle - there's a small sweet spot in the saddle's fore/aft wiggle room where the horn is clear. I also had to trim the saddle so that it acts as an elevator stop in the up position (30-32 degrees).

As you can see with the pictures below, I'm really close. The sadde needs to go slightly further aft to align with the rudder which will require some additional rudder leading edge skin trimming to get the spacing right.
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Upper rudder hinge mount permanently installed.

Upper rudder hinge mount permanently installed.

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Rudder, elevator, and saddle with elevator in

Rudder, elevator, and saddle with elevator in "down" position.

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Rudder, elevator and saddle with elevator near the upper stops.

Rudder, elevator and saddle with elevator near the upper stops.

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