21 J-3 Cub Stab Templates
The stabilizer and elevator spline paper patterns
were traced from the plan and cut them out. Then the two stabilizer and
elevator spline templates were made out of 3/32" card board. If you
remember, Mike Midkiff recommended that the stabilizer and elevator be made
a single unit structure. So after waxing the edges of the templates
entire perimeter, they were pinned down on the plan. Three pieces of the
scrap 3/32" card board were glued to the two templates as shown below to
lock them together. Three long 1/24" X 1/8" strips were stripped off from
1/8" sheet balsa and are currently soaking in hot water. These strips are
long enough to form the spline completely around the left side of the
horizontal tail. The composite template below has to be used again to make
the right side of the stab spline. ....................Tandy
