Thanks for the reminder Wayne.
Rob
On 12/5/2010 8:05 AM,
oifa@irishfield.on.ca wrote to rebel-builders:
-> Also keep in mind, if you haven't seen the posts, I have found over the
-> years that a stab incidence of 0.7 to 0.8 degrees is what is needed vs the
-> 1.0 spelled out in the manual. At 1.0 you'll be flying with a hint of up
-> elevator all the time. You can see same in all my float flying videos.
-> Elevator tip is always down slightly compared to the stab leading edge on
-> mine, that is mounted at 1.0 All the ones I've built since have 0.7 or 0.8
-> and they seem to fly with the tip pretty much flush in cruise.
->
-> Wayne
->
-> ----- Original Message -----
-> From: "Wayne G. O'Shea" <
oifa@irishfield.on.ca>
-> To: <
rebel-builders@dcsol.com>
-> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 12:01 PM
-> Subject: Re: [rebel-builders] horizontal stab install
->
->
-> > If you do it in a similar situation that I show there Rob.. be sure to
-> > slap
-> > the level across the fus door sills for reference... so that the stabs are
-> > parallel to it! It may not be sitting level on wheels.
-> >
-> > ----- Original Message -----
-> > From: <
schaumr@dcsol.com>
-> > To: <
rebel-builders@dcsol.com>
-> > Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 11:48 AM
-> > Subject: Re: [rebel-builders] horizontal stab install
-> >
-> >
-> >> Thanks Wayne....those photos help.
-> >>
-> >> Rob
-> >>
-> >> On 12/5/2010 7:46 AM,
oifa@irishfield.on.ca wrote to rebel-builders:
-> >>
-> >> -> For that.. I make a stack of what ever junk I have lying around and
-> >> shim it
-> >> -> to get both of the stabs perfectly level with the smart level. In this
-> >> case
-> >> -> a ladder and milk crates, supplimented with some SM and some thin
-> >> shims.
-> >> ->
-> >> ->
http://www.irishfield.on.ca/gallery/stablevel.jpg
-> >> ->
-> >> -> ----- Original Message -----
-> >> -> From: <
schaumr@dcsol.com>
-> >> -> To: <
rebel-builders@dcsol.com>
-> >> -> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 11:37 AM
-> >> -> Subject: Re: [rebel-builders] horizontal stab install
-> >> ->
-> >> ->
-> >> -> > Thanks Wayne,
-> >> -> >
-> >> -> > So.....you don't use anything to keep the two stabs rigidly
-> >> 'connected' or
-> >> -> > horizontal throughout the procedure?
-> >> -> >
-> >> -> > Rob
-> >> -> >
-> >> -> > On 12/5/2010 7:30 AM,
oifa@irishfield.on.ca wrote to rebel-
builders:
-> >> -> >
-> >> -> > -> I don't use a 2 x 4.. a 6 foot x 2 or 3inch wide strip of .025 or
-> >> .032.
-> >> -> > that
-> >> -> > -> way it will go under the fin! You end up with it a couple inches
-> >> back
-> >> -> > from
-> >> -> > -> the rear spar edge.. but tape it down parallel to the edge on
one
-> >> side
-> >> -> > and
-> >> -> > -> then play and adjust to get the other side the same before
-> >> setting
-> >> -> > those
-> >> -> > -> front attach brackets.
-> >> -> > ->
-> >> -> > ->
http://www.irishfield.on.ca/gallery/stabset.jpg
-> >> -> > ->
-> >> -> > -> ----- Original Message -----
-> >> -> > -> From: <
schaumr@dcsol.com>
-> >> -> > -> To: <
rebel-builders@dcsol.com>
-> >> -> > -> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 7:45 AM
-> >> -> > -> Subject: [rebel-builders] horizontal stab install
-> >> -> > ->
-> >> -> > ->
-> >> -> > -> > Good morning everyone,
-> >> -> > -> >
-> >> -> > -> > I've been searching through the archives in vain for a
-> >> particular
-> >> -> > post
-> >> -> > -> > (probably
-> >> -> > -> > Wayne's) on the use of a 2x4 clamped to the rear spar of the
-> >> -> > horizontal
-> >> -> > -> > stabs as
-> >> -> > -> > you position the front attach brackets for drilling through the
-> >> -> > bulkhead
-> >> -> > -> > and
-> >> -> > -> > doubler. When I try to implement this method, I see no
-> >> alternative
-> >> -> > but
-> >> -> > to
-> >> -> > -> > to
-> >> -> > -> > notch the 2x4 to accommodate the vertical fin. Not difficult
-> >> to
-> >> do,
-> >> -> > -> > obviously,
-> >> -> > -> > but I just want to check with the group if there was a
-> >> -> > 'best-practice' for
-> >> -> > -> > this
-> >> -> > -> > step.
-> >> -> > -> >
-> >> -> > -> > Thanks,
-> >> -> > -> >
-> >> -> > -> > Rob
-> >> -> > -> >
-> >> -> > -> >
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