THUNDER TIGER Tiger Bipe 40 Assembly Instructions Manual page 10

TAIL GROUP
Remove the stab from the fuselage and use
a straight edge to carefully score the covering
material where marked. Make the score approx-
imately 1/16" inside the lines you drew. It is very
important that you do not press hard enough to
cut into the wood itself or the stabilizer may fail
in flight. Just score the covering and it will peel
away nicely.
Glue the stab to the fuselage with epoxy,
keeping the stab parallel with the work surface
as the glue cures.
Score and remove the covering material
between the lines you drew on the top of the
stab. The vertical fin will glue here.
Move the rud-
der/fin into position
and mark the loca-
tion of the tail wheel
assembly's tiller
arm. Drill a 1/16"
hole in the rudder to
accommodate the
arm. Making sure the tiller arm slips into the
hole you just drilled, epoxy the fin to the stabi-
lizer. Make sure the fin remains perpendicular
to the stab as the glue cures.
Next, apply a sec-
ond, liberal coat of
epoxy to the joint
where the fin joins the
stabilizer. Form a filet
with the tip of your fin-
ger dipped in alcohol.
Repeat this
process for the stabilizer/fuselage joint.
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90°
Epoxy Filet