At 06:53 AM 1/6/2014, you wrote: >I'm quite familiar with the tab in the elevator, and that's the way >I'll do my next plane. See http://www.n56ml.com/trimtab/index.html for >details. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The piano hinge Mark used is much heavier than necessary and a bit of an over-kill. I used the tube within a tube suggested in the plans and it works quite well. Get some thin wall, light weight tubing from the hobby or hardware store. We're talking very, very, light weight. Just insure you don't get any epoxy weeping into the end of the movable tube. Coat the ends of the movable tube with Vaseline or something. Cutting the tab from the finished elevator means you only have to work on the hinge. Larry Flesner
