installed onto each side of the fin and stab joints. Lay the fairing
in place on the joint and use a pencil to lightly mark its edges onto
the fin and stab. Use a straight edge and a sharp hobby knife to
clear away the covering material from inside the marks just made,
exposing wood. These two fairings are now glued in place with
either thick CA glue or 5-minute epoxy.
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4) The elevators are now hinged to the horizontal stabilizer.
The hinging method is exactly the same used with the aileron
hinges. After installing and gluing the hinges, use a little SIG CA
Debonder to clean up any excess glue. After hinging the elevators,
wait for about 10 minutes to allow the glue to fully wick its way
through the hinges and surrounding wood. Flex the elevators up
and down firmly, making the movement free and easy.
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5) Before actually hinging the rudder to the fin, it is first
prepared to receive the two rudder control horns and the tailwheel
steering plate is attached. From the kit contents, locate one of the
nylon control horns. Also, locate the Tailwheel Assembly bag and
remove the aluminum two-arm steering plate and its two
#2 x 10mm PWA mounting screws.
Use two of the rudder hinges (one at the top and one at the
bottom) to temporarily fit the rudder in place to the fin. Use a piece
of tape to hold the rudder in neutral to the fin and lay the fuselage
on its side. Remove the tape holding the pull-pull cable to the
fuselage and pull it back in a straight line against the rudder - note
the cable exits the fuselage at a very slight downward angle. Hold
the cable in this position and mark its location onto the side of the
rudder, at its leading edge, with a non-permanent marker pen.
This line represents the mounting location for the nylon control
horns (one on each side of the rudder). Re-tape the pull-pull cable
back onto the fuselage side for now.
Place the control horn onto the line just made, centering its base
on each side of the line. In top view, line up its four linkage holes
with the hinge line of the rudder. Hold the horn in this position and
use a marking pen to mark the two base mounting hole locations
onto the rudder. Remove the rudder from the fin and remove the
two hinges from the rudder. Two 5/64" dia. holes are now drilled
through the rudder at the two marks just made. This can be done
with a hand drill if you are careful to keep the two holes parallel.
However, it is easier and much more accurate to use a drill press.
The two rudder control horns will be mounted after the rudder is
hinged.
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6) The two-arm rudder steering plate is now attached to the
bottom leading edge of the rudder, as shown, using two
#2 x 10mm PWA screws. Note that the bottom leading edge of the
rudder has hardwood beneath the covering as a mounting base for
these screws. Position the front edge of the horn 1/8" behind the
leading edge of the rudder and use the horn's mounting holes as
a pattern. Drill two 1/16" dia. guide holes for the screws. Secure
the horn in place with the screws.
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7) The tailwheel assembly is now mounted to the fuselage.
Note that the bottom rear of the fuselage has a plywood hardpoint
beneath the covering for mounting this assembly.
The main tailwheel strut and its secondary spring strut are
mounted to the bottom rear of the fuselage. The alignment of this
assembly should be directly in line with the center of the fuselage,
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