SECTION B
STEP 1
Installing the Electronics
Install Sail Servo
STEP 11
Install Rudder Post
STEP 2
Install Rudder Servo
Remove the control horn from the Sail Servo. Insert the (4)
rubber pads and (4) brass spacers into flange of Sail Servo.
Using a 1/16" drill bit, drill pilot holes in Sail Servo Mounting
Blocks and fasten with (4) Small Socket Head Screws
provided in your Hardware Kit. (It is much easier to remove
these screws with a ball end allen wrench later when the Deck
is on.)
Use a 5/64" ball end allen wrench.
Be sure the drive pinion on the Servo is toward the
center of the Hull as shown.
Install the (4) rubber pads and (4) brass spacers into flange of
Rudder Servo. Using a 1/16" drill bit, drill pilot holes in Rudder
Servo Mounting Blocks. Install the servo so the drive pinion is
toward the center of the Hull as shown, route the wire under
the Aft Bulkhead. Fasten with (4) Small Socket Head Screws,
just as you did with the Sail Servo.
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Drill a 5/32" hole in the Rudder Post Flange.
Test fit the Rudder: Slide the Rudder Post down through the holes
in the Rudder Thwart and the Rudder Post Flange until it contacts
the Hull. Install the Rudder up from under the Hull, use the Rudder
Servo Control Horn or a small clamp to hold the Rudder in place.
Check to see that the top edge of the Rudder is parallel with the
bottom of the Hull and that the Rudder is in the same plane as the
Keel Fin (that it lines up with the Keel Fin).
If the Rudder is misaligned, slightly elongate the hole in the Rudder
Thwart in the proper direction to allow the top of the Rudder Shaft
to shift until the Rudder is properly aligned.
Once you are satisfied with alignment, sand all surfaces to be bonded.
Use epoxy to bond Rudder Post Flange to the inside bottom of Hull.
Be sure to use enough epoxy so there are no voids in the bond (or you may end up with a leak).
Epoxy the upper end of Rudder Post to the Rudder Thwart and lower end of Rudder Post to Rudder Post Flange.
Remove Rudder as epoxy sets up. This will prevent accidentally gluing Rudder into Rudder Post.
Completed Rudder Post and Flange.
Rudder Post
Rudder Post
Flange
Rudder Thwart
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