Mailing List lml@lancaironline.net Message #279
From: <RWolf99@aol.com>
Subject: Tail Now or Later?
Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2002 19:13:03 EST
To: <lancair.list@olsusa.com>
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Opinions, please....

After I finish my flaps and ailerons this spring, I need to invert the airplane to super-fil and prime the bottom of my LNC2.  I also need to install the horizontal and vertical tails.  Which do you think I should do first?

If I put the tail on first, there's some risk of dinging the tails as I turn it over.  Also, it will probably have to be higher at the back end then I have had it before.  Neither are big problems, but it's easier to do with the tail off.

If I put the tail on first, then I get to super-fil and prime the underside of the tail-to-tailcone junction when it is inverted, which should be easier but not a big deal either way.

I'd appreciate any insights for the rest of the gang, in case I've overlooked anything....

- Rob Wolf

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