Tail Surfaces Layout and Jigging for Welding

[fairchild1934]

Thanks Gerald--- thats what I had a sheet of and used-----
Here it is --- about ready to tack-----

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[geraldmorrissey]

Building flight hardware out of raw stock sure is fun. Nice job.

[fairchild1934]

Im a bit out of practice on this thin sheet----- hope I dont get shaky !

[BTAZ]

here is what I did to try to get the holes for the trim shaft in near as perfect alignment as possible. I cant think of how to do it any better. I can measure front-to-back between the TE and the shaft and make that constant--- and between the table and the shaft for the up-down. Anyone have any better tips for locating the holes in the ribs ?
here is a pic----- Tim

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I'm probably late but when I did mine on my LSA I just used a full length tube passed it through and welded it to the ribs. Then I just cut out the section in between the ribs. I faintly remember(going on 10 years now) I mounted both the horizontal stabilizers to the fuselage and ran the "bearing tube" all the way from one side to the other so I knew the trim torque tube would be in alignment all the way from left to right.