User Manual

Parts Needed

• Fuselage

• Balsa dowels

• Heat-shrink tubing

• Threaded rod (1/16") (4)

• Plain rod (1/16")

• Nylon tube

• Plastic clevis (4)

• EZ Connector

Tools and Adhesives Needed

• Thin CA glue

• Nylon thread

• Drill

• Drill Bit: 1/16", 1/8"

• Heat gun

• Hobby knife

• Needle-nose pliers

• Z-bend pliers

• Felt-tipped pen or pencil

• Phillips screwdriver

• Ruler

Step 1. Locate the parts that make up the pushrods.

Step 2. Using a felt-tipped pen or pencil, mark 1" from one end

of both dowel rods (two places). Repeat marking 1" from the

end, but 90° marked to first hole marked on body rods.

Step 3. Drill a 1/16" hole through the balsa dowels at the two

marked positions, as shown below.

Step 4. Select one of the dowels and make a second mark 1

from the end. This dowel will be used to make up the elevator

pushr

od, which has two rods so the split elevators can be activated.

Step 5. Drill a 1/16" hole at this mark, next to the first hole

drilled at that end. Refer to the illustration below.

Section 15: Installing the Control Linkages