Marcelo Bellodi Tail Construction

Among our Falco builders, who tend to be compulsive perfectionists, no one has taken compulsive perfectionism to greater heights than Marcelo Bellodi.

He made elaborate jigs, he cast his own C-clamps, and he postponed skinning anything till the last stage of construction. Normally you skin a component as soon as you can and if you fail to do so, you make life more difficult for yourself. But this is Marcelo's airplane, and this is how he did it!

The elevator in the jig. Note the little arms that assure vertical alignment of the ribs.

This device holds the ribs in the proper vertical position while gluing.

Stabilizer assembly.

Ready for float sanding

All tail hinges are working well

Fin assembly

The progress makes me happy!

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