to cut the rudder hinges off and add new ones after the fin
had been epoxied in place.
The second thing is not as big a deal, but it was enough to cause me to waste a lot of time. It
deals with installing the turnbuckles in the wing. The only written instructions are, "The hole
location of turnbuckles shown in picture below [sic]" and, "Installing the turnbuckle for the wing as
same as pictures below [sic]." (See pics below).
As you see in the first two illustrations (which are directly from the manual), the locations are
somewhat vague. When I looked at the left wing, I saw 4 pinholes in the covering so I screwed
a turnbuckle into each one, but as I screwed the last one in (inboard, rear), the turnbuckle just
popped through the balsa and there was no blind nut for it to go into. My first thought was,
"They omitted installing the turnbuckle mount".
At this point, I did a little minor surgery and placed a piece of plywood under the surface to give
the turnbuckle something substantial to grab on to. Then I covered the scar with red Ultracote
(which was a perfect color match).
However, when I did the RIGHT wing, I noticed that the inboard, rear hole was much further
forward than where the pinhole was on the left wing. A little probing with my finger found the
location of the blind nut on the left wing. It had not been marked with a pinhole, and was much
farther forward than what the illustrations show (as you can see from the picture above).
So, as I said, this was not a big problem, but had the first hole been marked correctly, it would
have prevented me from wasting a lot of time.
We start by hinging the ailerons. The manual now tells you to hinge the elevators and rudder, but
DO NOT HINGE THE RUDDER AT THIS TIME
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