I am helping an estate decide what to do with a LAK 12. I would like to disassemble the ship and trailer it to our club hangar so we can inspect and assess the overall condition of the ship. We don't have a flight manual for the ship and I am somewhat baffled by the attachment of the 2 piece horizontal stabilizer. Can someone tell me how to remove the horizontal stab on this ship?

Thanks,

Paul

On Saturday, December 21, 2019 at 4:46:21 PM UTC-6, wrote:
> I am helping an estate decide what to do with a LAK 12. I would like to disassemble the ship and trailer it to our club hangar so we can inspect and assess the overall condition of the ship. We don't have a flight manual for the ship and I am somewhat baffled by the attachment of the 2 piece horizontal stabilizer. Can someone tell me how to remove the horizontal stab on this ship?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul

Sawzall?

I think one half has a stub that sticks through, and the other side slides onto that stub. There will be a removable pin that goes through the half you remove first. They slide off spanwise.

Steve Leonard

On Saturday, December 21, 2019 at 5:07:14 PM UTC-6, Steve Leonard wrote:
> On Saturday, December 21, 2019 at 4:46:21 PM UTC-6, wrote:
> > I am helping an estate decide what to do with a LAK 12. I would like to disassemble the ship and trailer it to our club hangar so we can inspect and assess the overall condition of the ship. We don't have a flight manual for the ship and I am somewhat baffled by the attachment of the 2 piece horizontal stabilizer. Can someone tell me how to remove the horizontal stab on this ship?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Paul
>
> Sawzall?
>
> I think one half has a stub that sticks through, and the other side slides onto that stub. There will be a removable pin that goes through the half you remove first. They slide off spanwise.
>
> Steve Leonard

In all seriousness, Check here:

http://lak.aviaserv.com/failai/LAK12%20TD.pdf

Looks like a pin inserts through the leading edge of the stabilizer. Page 16 of the pdf, page 15 of the document.

Good Luck.

Steve Leonard

On Saturday, December 21, 2019 at 4:46:21 PM UTC-6, wrote:
> I am helping an estate decide what to do with a LAK 12. I would like to disassemble the ship and trailer it to our club hangar so we can inspect and assess the overall condition of the ship. We don't have a flight manual for the ship and I am somewhat baffled by the attachment of the 2 piece horizontal stabilizer. Can someone tell me how to remove the horizontal stab on this ship?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul

Perfect! Thanks!

On Saturday, December 21, 2019 at 3:46:21 PM UTC-7, wrote:
> I am helping an estate decide what to do with a LAK 12. I would like to disassemble the ship and trailer it to our club hangar so we can inspect and assess the overall condition of the ship. We don't have a flight manual for the ship and I am somewhat baffled by the attachment of the 2 piece horizontal stabilizer. Can someone tell me how to remove the horizontal stab on this ship?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul

You may also join and ask any questions at https://groups.io/g/lak12

Frank Whiteley

At 22:46 21 December 2019, wrote:
>I am helping an estate decide what to do with a LAK 12. I
would like to
>di=
>sassemble the ship and trailer it to our club hangar so we
can inspect and
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>assess the overall condition of the ship. We don't have a
flight manual
>fo=
>r the ship and I am somewhat baffled by the attachment
of the 2 piece
>horiz=
>ontal stabilizer. Can someone tell me how to remove the
horizontal stab
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> this ship?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Paul
>

If you pull out the pin to it`s limit and then turn through
90deg it stays open. Obviously reverse on rigging.

Nice to see such a comprehensive manual for a change.