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Backcountry Pilot • Rubber Stabilator Leading Edge Clean Up

Rubber Stabilator Leading Edge Clean Up

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Rubber Stabilator Leading Edge Clean Up

I had someone recommend this product:
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For cleaning up the rubber leading edge on my Stabilator, which was brand new but not treated - and looked… well looked crappy.

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Was really quick job - maybe 30-45 minutes for both sides. Sealed and UV protected and looks wet but is not, almost as shinny as the paint. (This is a crappy photo)
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Slightly better photo.
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Anywho just wanted to give a quick product review - 2 thumbs up
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Re: Rubber Stabilator Leading Edge Clean Up

Looks great. I have to replace my leading edge boot to. Any recommendations or tricks I should know? Any recommendations on what boot to use? Thanks.

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Re: Rubber Stabilator Leading Edge Clean Up

corefile wrote:...For cleaning up the rubber leading edge on my Stabilator.....


From wiki:
"A stabilator is a fully movable aircraft horizontal stabilizer. It serves the usual functions of longitudinal stability, control and stick force requirements[1] otherwise performed by the separate parts of a conventional horizontal stabilizer and elevator. Apart from reduced drag, particularly at high Mach numbers,[2] it is a useful device for changing the aircraft balance within wide limits, and for reducing stick forces.[3]

Stabilator is a portmanteau of stabilizer and elevator. It is also known as an all-moving tailplane, all-movable tail(plane), all-moving stabilizer, all-flying tail(plane), all-flying horizontal tail, full-flying stabilizer, and slab tailplane."
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