Monday, April 15, 2019

Waiting time.

While I was waiting for the glue to dry on the fuselage sides I installed the control horn on the elevators. I drilled a hole with a piece of sharpened brass tube and glued in a piece of hard wood dowel that was drilled to accept the 4-40 bolt. I'll use a lock nut when it's ready for flight. The nylon piece is from Du-Bro and the clevis hooks into it. Adjustability is almost infinite. You can shorten of lengthen the horn .001 increments if you wish. I usually go for a turn which is .025. Most of the time I glue in a square of 1/4 ply instead of the dowel but these elevators are thicker than normal.


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