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STEP 5: ASSEMBLING AND INSTALLING THE FUEL TANKS
❑ Assemble each of the two fuel tank stopper assemblies, using one
straight tube and one 90º tube. The straight tube is the fuel pick-up tube
and the 90º tube is the vent tube.
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One of the 90º tubes included is not used.
❑ Install the stopper assemblies into the fuel tanks, making sure that
the 90º vent tubes are positioned toward the top of the fuel tanks.
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Check the lettering on the side of the fuel tanks to determine the top.
The lettering should face up.
Double-check to make sure that the clunks can
move freely inside the fuel tanks.
❑ Install the fuel tanks, making sure that the tops of the fuel tanks are
toward the tops of the fuselage booms. The front of each fuel tank should
t rmly in the predrilled hole in the rewalls and the back of each fuel tank
should be angled down enough to clear the wing when it's mounted.
Make sure to secure the fuel tanks rmly into place
and double- check that they don't interfere with the throttle linkages.
Silicone sealant works well to secure the fuel tanks into place.
STEP 6: HINGING THE RUDDERS
❑ Hinge one rudder to each fuselage boom, using two plastic hinge
points and 5 minute epoxy. Make sure to push the hinges' pivot points
completely into the notch in the rudder to ensure a tight hinge gap.
IMPORTANT Apply petroleum jelly or
machine oil to the hinge pivot points to
keep from gluing the hinges solid.
STEP 7: INSTALLING THE RUDDER CONTROL LINKAGE ASSEMBLIES
❑ Slide one pushrod guide tube through each slot, making sure that
the front of each guide tube passes through the space just below the
wing mounting plate, then glue the guide tubes to only the back of the
fuselage for now. Allow approximately 1" (25mm) of each guide tube to
extend out from the fuselage boom side.
❑ Install the two threaded pushrod wires, two control horns, two clevises
and four wood screws provided.
❑ Cut out the molded rudder pushrod exit slot in the back of each fuselage boom.
Both rudders have a preinstalled plywood control horn mounting plate in the lower inside surface. You can see it just under the
covering material. Make sure that when you hinge the rudders, that the plywood plate is toward the inside of each fuselage boom.
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