Install The Tail Section - GREAT PLANES matt chapman eagle 580 Instruction Manual

2-56 (.074")
Pushrod Wire
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9. Use tape or a small clamp to hold the ailerons in the
neutral position. Make a mark on the pushrods where they
cross the outer holes in the servo arms. Make a 90° bend at
the mark on the pushrod and cut off the excess pushrod 1/4"
[6mm] beyond the bend. Attach the pushrods to the servo
arms using nylon FasLinks. Thread the clevises up or down
on the pushrods as necessary to center the ailerons with the
servo arms centered. When satisfi ed, slide the silicone clevis
retainers to the ends of the clevises to secure them.
Servo Horn
FasLink
1/16"

Install the Tail Section

The horizontal stabilizer is a two-piece bolt-on design that
can be taken off at any time by simply removing two screws.
If, after this section, you decide it is easier to complete the
model on your work table with the stab removed, feel free to
do so as it will no longer be needed until it is time to set the
control throws on the fi nished model.
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1. Test fi t a CA hinge into each of the hinge slots in the
rudder and fuselage. If necessary, enlarge the slots with
a hobby knife. When satisfi ed with the fi t, insert a CA hinge
halfway into each hinge slot in the fuselage. Push a pin through
the middle of each hinge to keep them centered. Test fi t the tail
wheel assembly into the slot at the bottom of the fuselage.
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2. Roughen the portion of the tail wheel wire that fi ts into
the rudder with 220-grit sandpaper and clean it off with alcohol.
Lightly coat that end of the tail wheel wire with epoxy and fi t it into
the hole in the LE of the rudder. Be sure not to get epoxy onto
the nylon tab where it rotates on the wire. Lightly coat both sides
of the nylon tab with epoxy and fi t the rudder to the fuselage onto
the CA hinges. Wipe away any excess epoxy with denatured
alcohol. Remove the pins and adjust the rudder so there is a
small gap between the LE of the rudder and the fuselage. The
gap should be small, just enough to see light through the gap or
to slip a piece of paper through. When satisfi ed, apply six drops
of thin CA to both sides of each hinge without using accelerator.
After the CA glue has hardened, confi rm that the rudder is
secure by pulling on it and defl ecting it left and right.
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