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HINGE THE ELEVATORS AND RUDDER
1. If you haven’t yet done so, remove the wing from the
fuselage. Coat the “arms” of the joiner wire where they go into
the elevators with epoxy and use a piece of wire to work some
epoxy into the holes in the elevators. Join the elevators to the
stab and joiner wire with the hinges—this time using the pins
to center the hinges the same as when hinging the ailerons.
Double-check to make certain the elevators are parallel with
each other and make any adjustments necessary. Wipe away
any excess epoxy that comes out of the elevators and use
thin CA to permanently glue in the hinges.
2. Cut the covering from the tail gear hole on the bottom of
the fuselage, then insert the tail gear assembly “backwards”
as shown. Once you get the gear up into position through
the slot in the horizontal stab turn it around the other way
as shown.
3. The same as was done for the horizontal stabilizer, fi t
the vertical stabilizer (fi n) into the fuselage. Use a fi ne-point
felt-tip pen to mark the fuselage on both sides and cut the
covering from the fi n.
4. Glue the fi
n into position, making certain it is
perpendicular to the stab—use strips of tape—varying the
tension on whichever side necessary, to hold it vertical.
5. After the epoxy from the previous step has hardened,
cut a 5-3/4" [145mm] long, 1/16" [2mm] wide strip of covering
from the top of the fuselage for the
dorsal fi n
. Glue the dorsal
fi n into position, tightly contacting the leading edge of the fi n.
