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3.
Make a 90 degree bend.
Cut the wire 1/4” past the bend.
4.
Insert the wire into the hole in the wood
pushrod and push down into the groove.
Glue the wire to the wood pushrod using Ultra
Set medium CA glue.
5.
Slide the heat shrink tubing over the pushrod
and shrink using a blow drier.
Glue the tubing to the wood pushrod using
thin CA glue.
This finishes one end of the elevator pushrod.
1/4”
NON THREADED WIRE
6.
Starting at the non-threaded end of the 1.5mm
x 15cm wire, bend the last 1/4” up at a 90
degree angle.
7.
Insert the wire into the hole in the wood
pushrod and push down into the groove.
Glue the wire to the wood pushrod using Ultra
Set medium CA glue.
8.
Slide the heat shrink tubing over the pushrod
and shrink using a blow drier.
Glue the tubing to the wood pushrod using
thin CA glue.
This finishes the elevator pushrod.
Repeat for the rudder pushrod.
INSTALLING PUSHRODS
1.
Collect the following parts
(1) Elevator Pushrod
(1) Rudder Pushrod
(1) Fuselage
2.
Find the hole under the stabilizer on both
sides of the fuselage.
Cut the covering over each of the push rod
exit holes. Note that there are two slots on
each side. Use the one closes to the stab on
the right side (elevator) and the lower one on
the left side (rudder).
3.
Insert the rudder pushrod into the fuselage
through the wing saddle area.
