Another bent wire supplies the upper rudder hinge. It is glued into the fin and the rudder rotates on it.
When the lower screw is removed and the control clevises are released the rudder is free to be removed.
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Another bent wire supplies the upper rudder hinge. It is glued into the fin and the rudder rotates on it.
When the lower screw is removed and the control clevises are released the rudder is free to be removed.
A view of the wire
that retains the elevator joiner. Notice the balsa on the bottom
of the rudder shaped to contour with the fuselage.
Another view of the aft fuselage and tail details.
May 5, 2016. Not the best day for photos, but good lift. Thunderstorms soon arrived.
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