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B. TAIL SECTION:
1.
Cut the Mylar on each side of the fuselage covering the
openings for the dual elevator servos.
(NOTE: Before performing step 2, take a moment now
to “preview” step 27 on page 10 and step 34 on page 11
to understand setup options for your F.2B Bristol
Fighter’s dual elevators.)
2.
Use hardware provided with your servos to install two
standard-sized elevator servos in their openings.
(NOTE: Position both elevator servos with their output
shafts toward the tail.)
3.
Test-fit and secure the elevator servo cover plates with your choice
of glue or wood screws. (NOTE: Grommet thicknesses may vary. If
necessary, install your servos without grommets or custom-fit the cover
plates to your servos by sanding the cover plates’ inner surfaces.)
4.
Lift the rear edge of the observer’s hatch and remove the hatch for access
into the rear cockpit.
5.
Use the hardware provided with your servo to install a standard-sized
servo for the rudder in the center opening of the servo tray.
6.
Use your radio or a servo tester to center the rudder servo.
(NOTE: You may be interested to learn about servo testers at
http://www.maxfordusa.com/servo.aspx
.)
7.
Use the tip of a hot soldering iron to cut and remove the Mylar
from where the horizontal stabilizer will be glued into its slot
in the fuselage to ensure a good wood-to-wood glue joint.
8.
Test-fit the vertical stabilizers into their slots. Sight down
the rudder-hinge line. Position the vertical stabilizers to
provide a straight hinge line for the rudder.
9.
Use the tip of a hot soldering iron to cut and remove the Mylar
from where the stabilizers will be glued into their slots in the
fuselage to ensure good wood-to-wood glue joints.
10.
Use 5-minute epoxy to secure the horizontal and vertical
stabilizers into their slots. Use masking tape to hold the
horizontal stabilizer in alignment with the wing rod and the
fuselage and to hold the vertical stabilizers at 90 degrees to
the horizontal stabilizer. Remove the tape after the epoxy has
fully cured.
11.
If necessary, cut through any excess Mylar covering the CA
hinge slots and test fit 3 CA hinges for each elevator and 3
CA hinges for the rudder.
12.
Apply thin CA adhesive to the CA hinges to attach the
elevators to the horizontal stabilizer and the rudder to the
vertical stabilizers.
13.
As pictured on the following page, if necessary slice through
the Mylar in the top of the fuselage on each side of the upper
vertical stabilizer covering the slots for the rudder’s pull-pull
cables.
14.
Select a control arm for your rudder-servo with approx. 1
3/16
inches (3 cm) between the
attachment holes for the rudder’s pull-pull cables.
15.
With the rudder’s control arm
NOT
mounted on its servo, use crimp tubes to attach an approx.
30-inch long (77cm) rudder pull-pull cable to each side of the rudder servo’s control arm.
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