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Building Aileron Control Rods
Assembly the z-bends wires onto one end
only of two short
shortshort
short carbon rods
1. Sand the end of the z-bend wire
that will be attached to the carbon
rod. Use rough sand paper
2. Lightly sand the end of the carbon
rod in the area where the wire z-
bend will be attached
3. Wipe/clean the sanded areas of
each part with a cloth dampened
with alcohol
4. Position the z-bend wires on the
ends of the rod. Before applying
the CA, the wires can be held in
place with a small alligator clip or
a couple small pieces of shrink
tubing slid into position and
shrunk to hold
5. Apply CA and hit with kicker
6. Slide a piece of shrink tubing long
enough to cover the wire and
shrink to fit
7. Repeat process the other short rod
Note: only one end of each rod needs to
have a z-bend wire attached to it
Aileron Control Horns
Locate the control horns that are etched
the with “1” and install the mini easy
control rod connector. Make a left and
right hand assembly
Install on the under side of the airframe,
with the easy connector towards the
outboard side of the wing. Coat with glue
and slide into place as shown. Locate fore
and aft by situating the hole with the easy
connector installed directly over the hinge
point of the aileron control surface
Installed Aileron Control Horns
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