Howard Johnson wrote in message . ..
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'


Kinda funny to see this question posted, I was wondering the exact
same thing when I ordered my RV-8 tail kit a coupla months ago; I
couldn't find the dimensions of the tail so I could build my first
bench!

So I just measured the horizontal stab rear spar that I assembled last
week, and here it is... the tail is 98.5 inches (or 8' 2.5") wide.