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TAILPLANE AND RUDDER

Both are built over the plan in the usual way. Once the glue has dried, remove the parts from the building board, clean up the joints as required, then glue the opposite spar in place. After the glue has dried, sand to shape as shown on the plan.

To drill the holes for the 1.5mm i.d. aluminium tubes, place the elevator back over the plan and mark the centre lines of the tubes on both the outer and inner ribs, then carefully drill, starting with a 1 mm drill bit and working up to a 2 mm drill bit. Cut the aluminium tubes to length, rough up the outside of the tube where it is to be glued, push the tubes into position and cyano in place. Crimp the inside ends as shown on the plan. The elevator is now ready for covering. When the fuselage is built and ready for sanding, pin the rudder in its correct position, remembering the .8mm gap between the top of the fin and the rudder, then sand both the fuselage and the rudder for a perfect match. Chamfer the leading edge of the lower section of the rudder at the hinge line at 45 degrees to the centre line, and fit the hinges.