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3) Mount the wing to the fuselage, and then trial fit the
stabilizer/elevator assembly in place. Check the alignment of the
stab with the rest of the airplane. View the airplane from the top,
front and rear, making sure the stabilizer is not tilted or skewed
(see drawing on next page). Measure the distance from the wing
trailing edge back to the stab's leading edge tip, and note the
distance. Then make the same measurement on the opposite side
of the airplane. The two measurements must be the same. Adjust
the stabilizer as needed until they are the same.
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4) The stabilizer/elevator assembly can now be permanently
glued into the fuselage. Slow-drying epoxy glue is recommended
for this step, to allow you plenty of time to get the stab back in
proper alignment before the glue dries. Wipe any epoxy glue
smears off the covering material with a rag soaked in rubbing
alcohol.
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5) Seperate the Fin and Rudder from each other, and set the
Rudder and Hinges aside for now. Trial fit the fin alone in place on
the fuselage. There should be no gaps between the bottom of the
fin and the top of the fuselage. If there are any gaps, sand the
bottom of the fin to eliminate them.
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6) Use a felt-tip pen to mark the locaton of the fin on the top of
the fuselage. Then take the fin back off the airplane and remove
the covering material from the top of the fuselage between the
marked lines, (see photo on next page). This must be done to
provide a strong wood-to-wood joint between the bottom of the fin
and the fuselage.
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7) Next figure out how you are going to fuel and de-fuel your
airplane, and whether that will require another opening in your
cowling. If so, make the appropriate opening at this time.
Note: For the YS-63, we did not need an additional opening - the
fueling is done through the opening we made for the cylinder head
in the bottom of the cowling.
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8) The supplied plastic Spinner is easy to assemble. If the
diameter of your engine's prop shaft is smaller than the hole in the
spinner backplate, select a prop shaft adapter to fit. If your prop
shaft is larger than the hole in the backplate, the hole can be drilled
larger to fit (use drill press).
Install the backplate and your
propeller tightly onto your engine, using the engine's prop nut and
washer.
Snap the spinner cone in place, and attach it to the
backplate with the four screws provided. Don't over-tighten the
screws.
FUSELAGE ASSEMBLY, PART IV: Tail Surfaces & Tailwheel
For the following steps you will need these parts:
• The fuselage assembly
• 1 - Stabilizer & Elevator Set
• 1 - Fin & Rudder Set
• 9 - CA Hinges (6 for elevators, 3 for rudder)
• 1 - Tailwheel Wire, Mounting Bracket, Wheel Collar, Set Screw
• 4 - M2 x 10mm Phillips-Head Screws
• 1 - 1" dia. Tail Wheel
• 1 - Wheel Collar w/ Set Screw
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1) Six CA hinges have been factory installed, but not glued, in
the Stabilizer and Elevator set. Glue the hinges permanently in
place at this time, using the same proceedures used for gluing the
aileron hinges on page 5. Let dry 10 minutes before flexing the
hinges. Do not glue the Fin and Rudder hinges at this time!
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2) Prepare the fuselage to receive the stabilizer and elevators by
extending the stabilizer cutout all the way to the back of the
fuselage. In other words, cut out the portion of the fuselage that is
directly behind the stabilizer slot, so that the stab and elevators
can then be slid in place from the back.
This portion of the
fuselage was left in during manufacture of the airplane to lend
support the top of the fuselage during shipping and handling.
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b. Use a hobby razor saw
and/or hobby knife to cut out the
unwanted portion of wood
between the lines.
c. Smooth the surfaces of the
fresh cuts with fine sandpaper,
and then fuel proof the exposed
wood with some thin CA glue.
a. Start by drawing guidelines
on the rear of the fuselage to
indicate exactly where cuts
should be made to remove the
unwanted portion. The guidelines
are simply a straight extension of
the top and bottom edges of the
stabilizer slot.
