Owner manual

. ❏ 4. Use a 1/8 [3.2mm] drill bit or a brass tube
sharpened on the end to drill a hole into the rudder for the torque rod.
❏ 5. Use a 5/32" [4mm] brass tube sharpened on the
end or a hobby knife to cut a groove for the torque rod and the nylon bearing. Test fit the torque rod and the bearing to the rudder.
❏ 6. Cut a hinge slot in the fin for the bearing, then test fit the rudder and the bearing to the fin. Make adjustments where necessary for a good fit and smooth operation. Separate the rudder from the fin and take out the torque rod. ❏ 7. Mount the rudder servo the same way you
mounted the stabilizer servo. Cut another pushrod to a length of 27" [685mm], then thread on a nylon clevis. Inset the pushrod through the rudder guide tube from the back of the fuselage.
❏ 8. Insert the torque rod into the fuselage, then set the fin into position and insert the bearing into the fin. Join the rudder. Connect the clevis on the rudder pushrod to the torque rod horn. Move the pushrod back and forth to check the operation. Make adjustments where necessary.
❏ 9. The fin
could
be glued into position at this time,
but similar to the stabilizer, it will be easier to apply the covering strips down in the corrugations first. Apply the corrugation strips at this time. If duplicating the trim scheme on the kit box cover, apply the white strips first with overlapping metallic red strips as shown. Note the covering guidelines lightly penciled directly onto the fin.
❏ 10. Glue the fin into position using 30-minute
epoxy mixed with milled glass fibers or microballoons to thicken the mix to keep it from running. Simultaneously glue the rudder torque rod bearing into the fin. Use a builder’s square to make certain the fin is perpendicular to the stabilizer before the epoxy hardens. Use the line drawn on the trailing edge of the fin as an alignment cue.
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