Howard Johnson wrote:
Hello,

Can someone help me out and confirm that the horizontal stabilizer /
elevator of an RV-8 at it widest point is just under 9 feet?

I'm setting up my shop and was surprised to see that the preview plans
don't have those sorts of dimensions on any of the drawings. I did
find a Three View dwg that if I measured right, has it at 8.9'



Thanks.
P. Happ
That's probably about right. I just finished a -7 tail (same as the -8,
except the rudder).

If you are setting up the shop to build the whole plane & not just the
tail, then space for the tail won't be a problem. ;-)

The fixture to hold the wing spar is ~114" between the uprights. You can
use the wing fixture to build the hor. stab, but I built mine on an 8'
long work bench.

Charlie
flying -4, -7 in the oven