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For the acro ailerons I timed 2.83 seconds and for the regular ailerons 4.2 seconds. That is 127 vs 85 degrees per second. Those measurements are somewhat rough.

That looks pretty good. I also saw this one in the Sonex completions:

Hey all,
I have seen a couple references to rattle can Krylon paint jobs, especially on minimally painted airplanes. Anybody have any thoughts on this? I will only be painting the fiberglass parts and it seems viable, though the cowl is sort of a big part.

I have made up a cheesy line drawing in word and converted it to .jpg. Can be used with microsoft paint to consider color schemes on your taildragger waiex. Here it is.

Soon it will change from slowing down for instruction, to speeding up from the extra manpower. I am over the hump, though my son is far from autonomous at building (at the moment anyway). We are building faster together than I could build solo. It is very satisfying as a father. It was also good whe...

One last stabilizer picture!

The stabilizers are wrapped in old t shirts and stored under the workbench. We have started on the ruddervators. I saw this idea for drilling the hinges somewhere.
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Looks like about 120 degrees per second, or a little better. Pretty good! What do the stock ailerons do?

Adam got the other sides of the skins riveted as far as we can go before we install the tail on the fuselage. Awesome.

Hi all, A couple of ruddervator questions. The skins are trimmed at a 20 degree angle, but then the tip rib leans in a bit. It seems like I should mark the 20 degrees on the bottom, then mark over the little bit of lean in the front, then connect the lines across the top. Does this sound right? Also...

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