[NSRCA-discussion] Genesis revisited

[John Gayer]

I'm helping someone from our club build an old Genesis kit. Everything 
was going along just fine until it came time to install the wing and 
stab tubes. The wing tube is just fine, ends up parallel to the belly 
pan within a millimeter at the ends of the tube running through the 
fuselage.

The problem occurs at the tail end. The fin is 12 mm out of plumb and 
the stab tube(using the indicated marking on the fuselage) is tipped 
about 10 mm in the same direction as the fin. Also the marks on the 
fuselage for the stab tube and the front pin are not the same distance 
up from the fuselage bottom so it appears these marks were not 
accurately set in the mold. Rather a mess.

A long time ago when I ran into the crooked fin problem , I managed to 
get it lined up by using a heat gun and gentle pressure. Then using 
braces, tail post and a former, try to lock in the new fin position.

Anyone have any experience with this netbox kit that ran into any of 
these problems or were all the others perfect right out of the box?

I would really appreciate any guidance on this that I can get.

Thanks

John