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Made a mock up and the wedges (3 degree engine/engine mount wedges) have given sufficient down elevator. Having re-read the comments the final result is still in the air. (no pun intended) but I will see what hinges etc may be available at Weston next weekend. Eric .

Peter Miller. Thanks for a speedy response and yes the plan may be old but its like me!! Its a model Ive always liked the looks of and as far as I know no oneone in the club has one. From a rough sketch it seems the wedges you mentioned will do the job but I shall build a small mock-up to see the result first. Thanks also to the comments from others about their experiences with this model. Eric from Stafford

Qestion for Peter Miller. At last i think I might be balsa bashing to build the Evans Volksplane from your plan No RC1456. I have the plan build extract from the RCM & E of 1983 but this has little mention of the tailplane construction. If I read the drawing correctly the way the 1" butt hinge is drawn no down elevator is possible or am I missing the point. Surely the trim tab is insufficient to have the effect of down elevator. If the hinge is opened to a right angle before fixing both up and down movement would appear possible. If this is the case presumably a bit of "beefing" up around the top spar will be satisfactory. Were there any updates in the RCM & E which I might have missed?   Many Thanks Eric from Stafford.