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11.
Position the two wooden empennage/fairing reinforcements on top of
the horizontal stabilizer, on each side of the vertical stabilizer.
Apply a drop of CA adhesive where these reinforcements touch the
vertical and horizontal stabilizers, as well as where they touch the
fuselage former at the front of the tail group.
12.
Secure the rudder in a neutral/straight-ahead position with a small
piece of masking tape. Then, while holding the rudder and tail-
wheel control arms in neutral/side-to-side position,
move the short control arm approx. 1/8 inch above
the lower end of the rudder’s control rod, and
securely tighten the short control arm’s setscrew
against the rudder’s control rod.
13.
Notice that one of the Z-bend wires in the ends of
the elevator pushrod (which is over 19 inches
long) is firmly fixed, but the Z-bend wire in the
other end can be adjusted. Insert the adjustable
end of this pushrod into the fuselage through the
opening in the last fuselage former, and guide it
toward the area of the servo tray.
14.
Twist and turn the push-pin-type elevator’s control
horn to attach it to the the Z-bend in the aft (rear-
most) end of the elevator’s pushrod. Mount the push-pin-type control horn
approx. 1/8 inch off-center on the underside of the elevator’s joiner,
secured with a drop of CA adhesive.
15.
Mount the elevator servo
in its precut servo-tray
slot using the hardware
supplied by the servo
manufacturer. After you
have determined the servo
mounting screw locations,
use CA adhesive to
harden the servo tray’s
wood where the screws
will be inserted. Hold the
elevator in its neutral/
centered position while adjusting the pushrod’s length; then, connect the pushrod to the elevator servo’s arm and
attach the servo arm to the servo. Permanently secure the location of the Z-bend wires within the elevator pushrod
by applying a drop of CA adhesive to both ends of the pushrod where the Z-bend wires meet the pushrod’s tube.
16.
Use two crimp-tubes to attach the two rudder cables to
two metal snap-hooks. As you attach the cables, keep
the loops (
shown over-sized in the photo for routing-
clarity
) to a minimum. To perform the cable-
attachment process: a) Slide a crimp-tube onto the
end of a cable; b) Pass the end of the cable through the
snap-hook’s small end; c) Bring the end of the cable
back into and all the way through the crimp-tube;
d) Loop the end of the cable back into the crimp-tube,
but this time leave the end of the cable inside the crimp-
tube; e) Using long-nosed pliers, firmly squeeze
several places along the length of the crimp-tube to
crimp the tube securely onto the cable.
