2003 Maintenance and Annual Condition Inspection - PAGE 1

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The canard arrives! Mom helps me reattach the elevators, which had been rebalanced after painting. Even with attempts to go light on the paint, there was quite a difference! Always paint the elevators and ailerons hanging LEADING edge DOWN. Any extra paint dripping towards the trailing edge will make a big difference as any weight there has much more leverage and will therfore require a great deal of weight added to compensate.