Bryan Quickmire

We are headed into airshow calendar time. I don’t care if it is the...

An inexpensive remote tachometer you can set on your instrument panel.

What do you do when your horizontal stabilizer isn't exactly horizontal? First, you check that the fuselage is level. If this confirms that the stabilizer is indeed slightly off, remove it and apply heat. Sounds simple, but there's a right and a wrong way to go about it, and author Bob Fritz describes the most effective method to straighten things out.

Laser torpedo level makes the task easier.