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14. Install the tiller springs you set aside in chapter 2 to the tiller horn and tiller.
Tip#4
Optional step. After your epoxy has cured, it would be a good time to seal all of your hinge gaps prior to
installing you hardware. This can provide you with a better flying aircraft by increasing control surface
performance and preventing possible flutter. Clear or matching covering material can be ironed in place to fill
any gaps on the bottom of your control surfaces.
Take approximately a one-inch strip of covering the length of your surface. Fold it in half while placing into
the gap with the control surface fully deflected up and iron it in place. Check to make sure you still have full
surface travel once you have completed
(figure 78,79, and 80).
Tip#5 Optional step. After your epoxy has cured, it would be a good time to seal all of your hinge gaps prior
to installing the rest of the hardware. This can provide you with a better flying aircraft by increasing control
surface performance and preventing possible flutter. Clear or matching covering material can be ironed in
place to fill any gaps on the bottom of your control surfaces.
Take approximately a one-inch strip of covering the length of your surface. Fold it in half while placing into
the gap with the control surface fully deflected up and iron it in place. Check to make sure you still have full
surface travel once you have completed.