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Step 6. Locate the following rods: two long threaded rods and
one short non-threaded rod. These will be used to make up the
elevator pushrod assembly.
Step 7. Position the two long threaded rods so they are even
at the threaded end and wrap in position on the dowel with
masking tape. Mark each rod where it passes the holes drilled
in the end of the dowel. Remove the rods and make a 90-degree
bend in the unthreaded end where you made your marks.
Step 8. It’s helpful to make a grove from the holes to the end of
the dowl to help secure the music wire rods. Place each rod in
their respective holes. Wrap nylon thread around the rods and
secure in place with thin CA glue.
Step 9. Slip a piece of heat shrink tubing over the end of the
rod and shrink in place using a heat gun.
Step 10. Locate the unthreaded short rod, make a 90-degree
bend in one end and attach to the opposite end of the elevator
pushrod dowl in the same manner as described in Steps 8 and 9.
Step 11. The rudder pushrod is constructed in the same
manner as the elevator pushrod, except it uses only one long
threaded rod and one short non-threaded rod.
Step 12. Carefully remove the covering at the tail of the fuse-
lage where the two elevator pushrods exit (both sides of the
fuselage) and the rudder pushrod (on the right side of the fuse-
lage as if you were sitting in the cockpit).