Jabiru J450 Constructors Manual
Post-Paint>Fuselage>Fit rudder, elevator and elevator trim
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
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Post-Paint>Fuselage>Fit rudder, elevator and elevator trim
Objectives of this task:
To fit the rudder, and elevator and elevator trim
assembly to the empennage.
Fit the rudder
Hold the rudder up to the vertical fin and fit it into
place with the hinge pins: the top pin will be fitted up
through the hinge from the bottom while the 2 lower
pins will be fitted down from the top. Check for free
movement of the rudder from stop to stop.
Locate the ends of the hinge pins in the retaining slots
and secure each pin in place with pin retainers – the
locations are arrowed at right.
Each pin retainer will be held in place with a 5/32”
machine thread screw.
Mark each retainer screw with
TorqueSeal
.
Connect the rudder cable
Withdraw the rudder cable from the slot at
the base of the vertical fin and pull it out
until the locating groove in the outer cable is
level with the 2 mounting bolt holes in the
side of the fin.
Clamp the outer cable to the fin with 2 x
AN3-6A bolts fed from inside the fin, then
the angled aluminium plate with the narrow
side facing the front of the aircraft, the clamp
backing plate, the saddle clamp (taking care
to locate the locating key on the saddle clamp in the locating groove in the outer cable), then
flat washers and Nyloc nuts, all as shown in the photo below.
Fit the rod end to the rudder drive arm with an AN3-8A bolt fitted from the top and down
through the drive arm, then an AN960-416 (3/16”) flat washer, then the rod end followed by
an AN960-515 (1/4”) flat washer and a Nyloc nut as shown above.
Tighten each Nyloc nut to safety and mark the end of each nut with
TorqueSeal
.
Rudder cable fitted
Rudder cable hardware