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Glue the
Rudder
Bellcrank
in place on the
Rudder
shaft touching the perimeter rod with the smooth
side facing down. File clean the notch locations for the
Ribs
for strong glue joints. Cut away the sprue
at the bottom of the
Rudder
as seen in the picture on the previous page. This sprue was needed for
casting purposes for a quality part. Clean and file round and smooth the shaft where it was cut and the
perimeter rod half round using a small round needle file to match the shaft. Using the 1/32”
Rod
form
the two
Ribs
using the plans for sizing and glue them in place in the location notches as seen in the
picture on the previous page. Now carefully insert the
Rudder
shaft into the top pivot hole down to the
bottom hole seating on the perimeter rod. The
Rudder
should turn freely in the holes. If tight remove
and open up the holes with a ream or needle file, paint in the hole could be the issue as well. Slowly
bend the perimeter rod to touch the ends of the ribs and glue them in place and then continue to slowly
and carefully bend to touch the
Rudder
Shaft
above the bottom hole and glue in place. Make sure not
to glue the
Rudder
to the shaft hole. Once the glue has set adjust the
Rudder
if necessary to be
perpendicular to the
Elevator
. Touch up the glued joints with paint to match. See picture below.
Now bring the two (2)
Rudder Bar
Black lines to the
Rudder
Bellcrank;
check for any interference
from the guidelines under the
Seat
with any of the existing lines and adjust as needed the left and right
lines to the left and right holes in the
Bellcrank
. Once the lines are sorted out add two
Turnbuckles
in
the same area as the
Elevator Turnbuckles
add the second lines attached to the
Turnbuckles
to the
Rudder Bellcrank
making sure that the
Rudder
is in the neutral position. See the picture above.
Slowly test the movement of the control surfaces using the
Joystick
back and forth for the
Elevator
and
Rudder Bar
back and forth for the
Rudder.