Vertical Stabilizer Tip Fairing

I took a little break from the trim tab to try my hand at some fiberglass work.  Here, I’ve fit the vertical stabilizer tip into place and drilled the holes to full size.  The tip was too long, so I had to cut off about 1/4″ (you can just see the blue line near the bottom edge) to line up with the vertical stabilizer joggle.


I also cut a piece of 1/4″ last-a-foam to fill the gap.  This stuff is really light, but it’s a bit brittle.  This piece snapped while I was trying to fill it.  It will epoxy back together though.


Here is the foam epoxied into place in the tip.  I left a slight reveal (less than 1/8″) to allow for some filler here since this area needs to be slightly concave to allow for the swing of the rudder.

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