Getting some tail, and setting the rudder deflection.

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bruceh
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Getting some tail, and setting the rudder deflection.

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Spent some quality time in the garage on Sunday and got my tail mounted on the fuselage.

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I'm going to need some more room! Looks like the wife's car is going to be outside for a while.

I'm using the plastic internal rudder stop, so I need to check that I have the correct swing in the rudder. The plans here are confusing.
They call out that the proper deflection angle is 35 degrees, which is attained when the outboard trailing edge of the the elevator skin and rudder skin trailing edge is 46 1/8". I checked the deflection angle with a protractor and it is right on at 35 degrees, but measuring with the tape as they describe is more like 48.5". Since the trailing edge of the rudder is angled, it is hard to really get an accurate measurement. As you can see in this photo, there is an even 2" of space all along the rudder to the inboard edges of the elevators.

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Can someone out there with a 9 confirm that this inboard distance looks OK?
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Re: Getting some tail, and setting the rudder deflection.

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bruceh wrote:...Looks like the wife's car is going to be outside for a while.
Good thing you're in California!! That would NEVER go over well at my house! :o :lol:

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Sweeet dude. I am not too far from that step myself! Ill call you when I have questions :)

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