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Strut and rudder centerlines.
Rudder and strut mounted.
Annealing shaft tube for easier bending. Just heat
until color changes.
straight. If all looks good, mark and drill
the other 3 holes.
Mount the rudder on the left side of the
transom, aligning it to the line you drew
earlier. Mount it the same way,
eyeballing it before you drill the last 3
holes.
The rudder should extend at least 2
inches below the strut.
Mark and drill the hole for the rudder
pushrod in the transom.
Because it is so long, we used a ¼ inch
carbon tube and “4-40” pushrod material
for our rudder pushrod.
We used a solder clevis at the servo
end, and a 4-40 ball link at the rudder
end.
Remove the rudder.
Adjust the strut so that the bottom of the
transom is 1 inch off the bottom.
The shaft center of the strut should be 1
inch from the hull bottom.
Tighten the strut.
Install the engine, and make the shaft
tube from a piece of 5/16 brass tubing.
Slip the 36 Inch long shaft tube into the
stuffing tube until it hits the collet.
Mark the outside of the tube where the
stuffing tube ends.
Remove the shaft tube and heat the
area around the mark with a torch, until
it changes color. This will anneal the
brass tubing, making it soft, and easy to
bend.
Only heat an area about 1 inch on either
side of your mark.
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