User Manual

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3. Gather everything required for gluing the stabilizer halves
to the fuselage including 30-minute epoxy, mixing sticks,
epoxy brush, 12" [304mm] long dowel or wire, masking tape,
denatured alcohol and small paper towel squares. Mix up 3/4
oz. [22.1cc] of 30-minute epoxy. Apply a generous amount
of epoxy to the long side of the aluminum joiner tubes. Pull
the tubes through the fuselage so that they are close to
centered. Pour a small amount of epoxy into both holes of
one of the stabilizer halves and using a dowel or wire, coat
the inside of the holes. Apply epoxy to the root rib of the
stabilizer and the fuselage. Insert the end of the aluminum
tubes with epoxy on them into the stabilizer and press the
stabilizer against the fuselage. Wipe off any excess epoxy
that may have squeezed out before it runs down the fuselage.
Quickly repeat the process on the other side. Wipe off any
excess epoxy with a dampened paper towel and denatured
alcohol. Use pieces of masking tape to hold the stabilizer
tight against the fuselage until the epoxy cures.
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4. Remove the nylon torque rod horn from the rudder
torque rod. Insert the torque rod bearing in the  n. Without
using any glue, install four hinges into the  n. Note that
the pivot point of each hinge must align with the center of
the trailing edge. To achieve this alignment, the hinges will
be fairly deep in the  n. Also note that the hinges must be
perpendicular to the trailing edge.
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5. Again without glue, test  t the rudder to the  n. Move
it left and right a few times to align the hinges. The rudder
doesn’t have to move very far, only 1-1/2" [38mm] left and
1-1/2" [38mm] right measured at the widest part of the rudder
at the trailing edge. If there is too much resistance, or if you
are not able to move the rudder left and right 1-1/2" [38mm],
widen the gap slightly between the rudder and  n.
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6. Remove the rudder, hinges and rudder torque rod.
Apply a small drop of oil to both ends of the rudder torque
rod bearing. This will prevent epoxy from adhering to the
rudder torque rod. Use 6-minute epoxy to glue the rudder
torque rod bearing in the  n.
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7. Add a small drop of oil to the pivot point on the hinges.
This will prevent the epoxy from adhering to the pivot point.
Make sure oil does not get on the gluing surface of the hinge.
If it does, clean the oil off with a paper towel dampened with
denatured alcohol.