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❏ 3. Test fi t both elevators to the elevator joiner wire.
If necessary, carefully bend the joiner wire so that
both elevators will be parallel with each other.
❏ 4. Trim two 1/4" [6mm] strips of covering from the
trailing edge of the horizontal stabilizer directly behind
the mounting bolt holes.
❏ 5. Test fi t the elevators with the joiner wire and the
hinges to the horizontal stabilizer. Hold the plywood
joiner mounts in position and move the elevators up
and down. Make any adjustments necessary so that
everything operates smoothly.
❏ 6. With the elevators and hinges still connected,
glue the plywood joiner mounts to the stab, but do not
glue any of the hinges yet.
❏ 7. Remove the elevators and hinges from the
stab and the joiner wire. Use 30-minute epoxy to
permanently join the elevators to the stab and joiner
wire with the hinges. Same as the rudders, don’t push
the elevators up too close to the stab. Otherwise, you
may not be able to get full elevator throw (which is
1-1/4" [32mm] up and down).
❏ 8. While you’ve got some epoxy mixed up, round
one end of the 1/4" x 1-1/2" [6 x 40mm] stabilizer
dowel. Then, glue it into the leading edge of the
stabilizer with 3/8" [10mm] protruding.
HOOK UP THE RUDDERS AND ELEVATORS
❏ 1. Take the rudder servo hatches off the horizontal
stab. Reinforce the glue joint between the ends of the
horizontal stab where the vertical stabs mount and
the top and bottom of the stab sheeting with thin CA.
Allow to harden, and then follow up with a small fi llet
of medium CA.
❏ 2. Mount the rudder servos to the hatches—you
should be an expert at mounting servos by now. (Drill
1/16" [1.6mm] holes, install the screws, remove, add
a few drops of thin CA to each hole, allow to harden,
and then mount the servo.)
❏ 3. Center the rudder servos by connecting them
to your radio. Cut off the unused servo arms. Then,
connect the arms to the servos with the screws.
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