Method for attaching an empennage assembly to a model airplane
View Patent ↗An empennage assembly for a model aircraft. The empennage assembly includes a fuselage having a bottom portion with an opening and a housing positioned in the opening in the bottom portion of the fuselage. The housing has a first end defining an opening and a second end. A rod extends from an underside of a vertical stabilizer, and a horizontal stabilizer having a hole is aligned with the opening in the bottom portion of the fuselage, the housing and the rod, whereby the rod is positioned within the opening in the first end of the housing to secure the vertical and horizontal stabilizers to the fuselage. A method and device for attaching an empennage assembly to a model aircraft are also disclosed.
1. A method for attaching an empennage assembly to a model aircraft, the method comprising:
placing a horizontal stabilizer on a top portion of an aircraft fuselage so as to align a hole in the horizontal stabilizer with an opening in a bottom portion of the fuselage;
inserting a self-threading housing in the opening in the bottom portion of the fuselage and the hole in the horizontal stabilizer;
aligning a vertical stabilizer having a rod extending from an underside thereof with the hole in the horizontal stabilizer;
positioning the rod in the housing; and
securing the housing to the rod.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the step of gluing the rod to the underside of the vertical stabilizer.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the rod is threaded.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the securing step involves screwing a self-threaded housing to a threaded rod.