User Manual
x 1-9/16" [1 x 10 x 40mm] plywood tail gear door
stop to the inside of the sheeting on the bottom of
the fuselage. These will keep the doors from closing
too far. Hook two small rubber bands included with
this kit onto both pair of rubber band hooks.
❏ R18. Use the air pump that will be used to
pressurize the air tank or a can of compressed air to
retract and extend the tail gear a few times to make
sure everything operates correctly. Make
adjustments where required. Skip ahead to “Hook up
the elevators and rudder” on this page.
Mount the fixed tail gear
❏ F1. Cut the covering from the tail gear opening in
the bottom of the fuselage.
Refer to this photo for the following three steps.
❏ F2. File flat spots on the tail gear wire for the set
screw in the outer wheel collar that holds on the wheel,
and for the set screws in the wheel collar steering arm
that hold the tail gear wire in the tail gear mount. Mount
the tail wheel with two wheel collars and set screws
using a drop of thread locking compound.
❏ F3. Enlarge the holes in the steering arm with a
5/64" [2mm] or 3/32" [2.4mm] drill bit. Mount a 2-56
ball link ball to each arm with a 2-56 nut and a drop
of threadlocker.
❏ F4. Assemble the tail gear. Be certain to use
thread locking compound on all the set screws. Also
note that the steering arm should be perpendicular to
the tail wheel.
Perform steps 5, 6, 7 & 8 and steps 14, 15 & 16 on
pages 24 & 25 to connect the pull/pull cables to
the steering arm and to mount the tail gear in the
fuselage. When finished, proceed to “Hook up
the elevators and rudder.”
Hook up the elevators and rudder
Refer to this photo for the following three steps.
❏ 1. Cut 6" [150mm] from the unthreaded end of two
36" [910mm] wire pushrods. Connect the pushrods
to the middle hole in two nylon control horns with a
4-40 nut, threaded clevis and a silicone retainer.
Slide the pushrods into the elevator pushrod tubes in
both sides of the fuselage.
❏ 2. Mount the control horns to the elevators the
same way you mounted the control horns on the
flaps and ailerons (by drilling 3/32" [2.4mm] holes
and using #4 x 1/2" [13mm] screws—don’t forget to
harden the holes with thin CA after first installing,
then removing the screws).
❏ 3. Prepare the rudder pushrod and mount the
control horn the same way, only use #4 x 5/8"
[16mm] screws instead of 1/2" [13mm] screws.
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