Good job. I also got my tail backwards on the first try and had to adjust the controls to the right sides with a little bit of cutting away. I had flown it several times until it was irreparable and built a new fuselage and tail. My TT is all scratch built. I have seen some seasoned builders glue things wrong. So don't get down you will get it up. It is just part of the process. Remember the moto:Thanks guys for you comments and encouragement. Pony1023, your post was long but worth every word. Thank you.
Markus, I thought about that. I had the part, so I just traced. It worked, just not well. I think next time i will try the plan down load.
Casey I like your paint color. Absent the D-Day marker Bands, it could be a modern UAV.
Life has been keeping me away from finishing this two hour project in under a week, or has it been 10 days. I finished the tail construction several days ago, but again life got in the way. So here we go building-fixing the tail.
With the new rudder and elevator cut out and the bevel sanded in it was time for a dry fit.
Hand cut, the slot in the elevator for rudder keel was a bit loose, something I needed to watch when I glued everything up.
That came out fine.
When I did the dry fit of the tail onto the fuselage, I noticed this.
Either the slot in the fuselage is too long-couldn't be, its factory, or I cut my Rudder-Elevator out wrong-yep. That's why i think Markus' idea of downloading the plans might be a touch better than tracing. You might notice in my pictures the Rudder control relief is on the right side. In the Construction video, that relief is on the left. Little details like this can be confusing to a first time builder. But with the help from the folks here i have learn to not sweat the small stuff, just adapt. There is another mistake rearing its ugly head, if you look real close, but we'll get to that. This "short" elevator can't be ignored, as it will bind the rudder.
To adjust for the "short" Elevator, I cut a small piece of foam out to use a spacer and glued it in the front part of the slot in the fuselage.
That correctted the "shortness. But it also shows another mistake if you look close.
And finally the tail is all assembled.
At this point I had not yet spotted my mistake. I'll cover that and it'scorrectionAdjustment next.
Build, Fly, Crash, Repeat.