| Nice job Grahame,I am always surprised to see how people just screw the horns into balsa without any re-inforcement,just asking for problems,if I can just offer a few more embellishments on what you have said and beautifully illustrated here,before cutting the 'V' from the rear of the elevator sharpen up a piece of piano wire,bend twice at right angles and with a small round file sink a slot into the centre portion leading edge of the elevator,drill two slots with your Dremel tool and drive in the spiked joiner nice and flush,drop some thin cyno around the joint and allow capillery reaction to take place,it will not move believe me ! next cut out the 'V' and do your trick with the ply braces,used this myself on slopers and never had any problem.
By cutting out the 'V' at this later stage there is no chance of having a twisted elevator.
ARTF builders can easily incorporate this mod into their models,they are particularly prone to elevator horn problems.
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