• First place the elevator rudder (1) in the tail unit slot.
• Then slide the cushioning surface of the elevator unit
into the tail unit slot and adjusted it into approximate
position.
• Before placing the flexible hinge in the elevator rudder
blade, trim both inner hinges on the front edge to ca.
8mm (see figure 8). This allows the hinges to be easily
slotted into the pre-prepared slot in the cushioning
surface later on.
Important!
Do not glue the hinges to the elevator rudder yet.
• First slide the right inner hinge (3) into the slot in the
cushioning surface. Then the left hinge (4) must be
inserted into the cushioning surface.
In order to do so, move the rudder downwards and
gently pull backwards on the left hand side. You can
bend the flex-hinge using a small screwdriver until the
front edge of the hinge slides into the hinge slot.
The two outer hinges can now be more easily inserted.
• Cover the tail unit / fuselage interface with 2 pot epoxy
glue and slide the tail unit a few times from side to side
to spread the glue evenly over the joint.
Excess glue can be removed with a rag soaked in
methylated spirits.
• Orient the elevator unit again as per the sketch in figure
6 and attach it if required using drawing pins inserted
into the gluing area.
• When the tail unit is firmly glued to the fuselage, you can then glue the elevator rudder hinges (1) in the same way
as the ailerons using low viscosity superglue.
Figure 7
Figure 8
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