Installing The Horizontal Stabilizer - Seagull Models TWIN COMANCHE SEA134 Assembly Manual

TWIN COMANCHE
M3x10mm.

INSTALLING THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER.

1) Using a ruler and a pen, locate the
centerline of the horizontal stabilizer, at the
trailing edge, and place a mark. Use a triangle
and extend this mark, from back to front,
across the top of the stabilizer. Also extend
this mark down the back of the trailing edge of
the stabilizer.
2) Using a modeling knife, carefully remove
the covering at mounting slot of horizontal
stabilizer.
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Remove the covering.
Cut.
3) Put the stabilizer into place in the
position of the fuselage.
4) Install the stabilizer onto the fuselage.
Align the centerline drawn on the top and the
rear of the stabilizer with the centre of the fu-
selage. When that is aligned, hold the stabi-
lizer in that position using T-pins or masking
tape. Align the horizontal stabilizer with the
wing. When viewed from the rear, the hori-
zontal stabilizer should be level with the wing.
If it is not level, use sandpaper and sand down
the high side of the stabilizer mounting plat-
form until the proper alignment is achieved.
The tips of the stabilizer should also be equal
distance from the tips of the wing.
5) When you are satisfied with the align-
ment, hold the stabilizer in place with T- pins
or masking tape, but do not glue at this time.
6) With the stabilizer held firmly in place,
use a pen and draw lines onto the stabilizer
where it and the fuselage sides meet. Do this
on both the right and left sides and top and
bottom of the stabilizer.
Pen.
7) Remove the stabilizer. Using the lines
you just drew as a guide, carefully remove the
covering from between them using a model-
ing knife.