Pietenpol-List: Rudder/ vertical stabilizer height difference
Posted: Tue Dec 21, 1999 1:42 pm
Original Posted By: nle97(at)juno.com
Gang, I got all my rudder wood cut last night, and in the jig, then for grins, I put my vertical stabilizer up to it, just to see how it looked. I had located my rudder ribs and used them to align my V-Stab. Well, I was surprised to find a good bit of difference (I guess about 1/2" to 5/8") in them at the top! I then went to the plans, and did the math, the rudder is 43 1/2", and the measurement for the v-stab is 31". I added up the height measurements for the tail post - 10 7/8", the horizontal stab - 1" and the 31" for the vstab and came up with 42 7/8". That would seem to explain why my vstab is shorter, but am I missing something? Is the vstab shorter to account for layers of fabric that will be beneath it? Or is this one of those areas where you just sort of wing it and make it work? I can do that, but I was just wondering if I had somehow overlooked something. Let the flogging begin.....Gary________________________________________________________________________________
Gang, I got all my rudder wood cut last night, and in the jig, then for grins, I put my vertical stabilizer up to it, just to see how it looked. I had located my rudder ribs and used them to align my V-Stab. Well, I was surprised to find a good bit of difference (I guess about 1/2" to 5/8") in them at the top! I then went to the plans, and did the math, the rudder is 43 1/2", and the measurement for the v-stab is 31". I added up the height measurements for the tail post - 10 7/8", the horizontal stab - 1" and the 31" for the vstab and came up with 42 7/8". That would seem to explain why my vstab is shorter, but am I missing something? Is the vstab shorter to account for layers of fabric that will be beneath it? Or is this one of those areas where you just sort of wing it and make it work? I can do that, but I was just wondering if I had somehow overlooked something. Let the flogging begin.....Gary________________________________________________________________________________