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7.
Assemble the rudder (short) and tail-wheel (long) control arms,
the two pushrods, and their plastic keepers, as shown …
8.
Insert the tail wheel’s mounting rod into the hole in the bottom
of the fuselage. As you feed the rod up through this hole, place
the long control arm and the small wheel collar onto the rod.
Position the rod’s top end just beneath the top surface of the
horizontal stabilizer’s mounting platform. Space the wheel
collar and the long control arm to hold the rod in this position,
then firmly tighten the setscrews in the wheel collar and long
control arm to secure the rod’s position.
9.
Place the horizontal stabilizer with its prehinged elevators onto
the horizontal stabilizer’s mounting platform. Look down into
the small rectangular opening toward the rear of the horizontal
stab. and position the horiz. stab. so its opening is aligned
with the same-sized opening in the horizontal stabilizer’s
mounting platform. With these slots aligned, secure the
horizontal stab. to the horizontal stabilizer’s mounting
platform with a few drops of CA at both the top and
bottom surfaces of the overlapping round holes.
10.
Install the vertical stab. rudder control rod and hinge rudder by guiding
the rudder’s control rod down into the opening in the short control arm
and insert-ing the tab at the front of the vertical stab. into the opening
in the fuselage former at the front of the tail group. Press the tabs on
the bottom of the vertical stab. fully into their openings in the
horizontal stabilizer. Apply CA adhesive to all contact surfaces
(including the tip of the tab beneath the horizontal stabilizer’s
mounting platform).
