>>My fuselage is almost 100mm wide at the bottom of the tail,<<
Ours is 89mm measured normal to the centreline of the fuselage. Could yours have
been cut off too short? Seems most unlikely the moulding should be too wide. The
mould is pretty solid. I do remember leaving as much as possible on when we did
ours, even though it was a bit rough.
I'm going to make up a mould and try a pemoulded fin spar/sternpost. I think it
will save a lot of hassle and uncertainty.
You're right about the deflection template. It's all to easy to end up with not
enough left rudder because the plywood shear web is too close to the hinge
centreline.And to forget to allow 3 or 4 mm for the layups. Bin there :-(
Graham
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