Hook Up The Controls; Connect The Pushrods - GREAT PLANES Ryan STA Instruction Manual

5. There should be four hinge slots for the rudder—three
in the fin and one in the fuse. If there isn't one in the fuse,
cut a hinge slot about 1/2" from the bottom. Cut a
corresponding hinge slot in the rudder.
6. Use coarse sandpaper to roughen the joining edges of
both halves of the molded plastic rudder fairing. Use small
clamps to hold the fairing together, then drip a small amount
of thin CA along the seams on the inside. Allow to harden.
7. Test fit the rudder fairing to the rudder. If necessary,
trim the rudder to accommodate the fairing so it will go on all
the way.
8. Test fit the rudder and fairing to the fin with the hinges.
Cut a slot in the front of the fairing to accommodate the
bottom rudder hinge.
Now that we've fit the rudder fairing, let's set it aside and
hook up the rudder. The rudder fairing will be permanently
mounted after the controls are hooked up.
9. Cut the covering from the hole in both sides of the
rudder. Thread the 6-32 x 1-1/2" threaded rod into the
rudder until it is centered. Thread a 6-32 nylon torque rod
connector onto both ends of the rod until the top of the
connectors are even with the ends of the rod. Once again
temporarily fit the rudder to the fin. If the connectors do not
align with the holes in the back of the fuse, enlarge the holes
as necessary.

HOOK UP THE CONTROLS

Connect the Pushrods

Before the forward and aft servo trays can be mounted, first
the fuel tank has to be installed. But before that can be
done, the blind nuts for the engine mount should be installed
in the back of the firewall.
1. Cut out the engine mount bolt pattern template
provided on page 27. Align the lines on the template with the
lines scribed into the firewall. Drill 7/32" holes through the
firewall for the 8-32 blind nuts.
2. Install the 8-32 blind nuts in the back of the firewall
using an 8-32 x 1-1/4" socket head cap screw (SHCS) and
#8 washers to pull the blind nuts all the way in.
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