User Manual

5) Insert the tail parts back to the fuselage and then glue stabilizer and vertical fin in place with 5
min. epoxy or thick CA. Keep fin 90 degrees to the stabilizer
6) Insert rudder and elevator pushrods through the front of the fuselage, then use it to poke
through the covering. Tail not shown for clarity.
7) Drill holes in right elevator half for elevator control horn. Use pushrod to help align for drilling.
Align control horn so holes for clevis are directly over the hinge line itself. Repeat for the rudder.
8) Install clevises to the pushrods. Install rudder horn on the left, and the elevator horn on the right
half. Rudder will be installed permanently after installing tail wheel.
9) Attach tail wheel bracket to fuselage. Hole for tail wheel wire should be in line with the rudder
hinge.
11) Cut a channel for the tail wheel wire in the rudder. Drill 2mm hole at the location you marked in
step 10. Reinforce this hole with thin CA.
10) Insert tail wheel wire into bracket. Mark location of the 90 degree bend in wire on the rudder.
12) Install rudder, glue hinges with thin CA. Push tailwheel wire into rudder, gluing in place with
thick CA or 5 min. epoxy. Install tailwheel, securing set screw on collar with removable thread lock.
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