Step 13: Hinging The Elevator - advanced scale models P-61 Black Widow Assembly Instructions Manual

STEP 12: INSTALLING THE COCKPIT DECK AND WINDOW GLASS
iMpoRTANT If you are installing the optional retractable landing gear and landing gear doors, do not install the cockpit deck
and forward window glass until after installing the nose gear retract and landing gear door assemblies. You need to have access
through the cockpit to install the landing gear doors.

STEP 13: HINGING THE ELEVATOR

iMpoRTANT The elevator has a preinstalled plywood control horn mounting plate. You can see it just under the covering
material. Make sure that when you hinge the elevator, that the plywood plate is toward the bottom of the stabilizer and
that it's lined up with the slot in the servo mounting hatch cover in the bottom of the stabilizer.
❑ Fit and glue the plywood cockpit deck into the slots in the three forward
bulkheads. When positioned properly, the back edge of the cockpit deck
should be flush with the back of the rear-most bulkhead (wing mounting
bulkhead).
❑ Cut out the forward window glass along the molded scribe line.
❑ Install the window glass into the fuselage and glue it securely into
place.
iMpoRTANT You'll need to squeeze the window glass to slide it
through the opening in the wing mounting bulkhead.
❑ Cut out and install the rear window glass, using the same techniques
that you used to cut out and install the forward window glass.
❑ Glue the glass cone to the back of the fuselage.
❑ Hinge the elevator to the stabilizer, using the four C/A-style hinges
provided and a generous amount of thin C/A. Make sure that the elevator
is centered between the tips of the stabilizer and that the hinge gap is as
tight as possible to prevent flutter.
iMpoRTANT The tips of the elevator will not be even with the tips of
the stabilizer. Make sure that the elevator is centered so that it won't
hit the fuselage booms when the stabilizer is installed.
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