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2) Tail Gear Installation
The tail gear installation is very simple, as long as you follow a few very important instructions.
The former in the airplane is already prepared for the gear. So, it can be installed with the bolts
and T-Nuts right away. The most important message here is that the steering cables must be fed
through the 2 holes right where it swivels on the pin for spring and damping action. Otherwise the
cables loosen when the tail gear spring compresses and that will be the cause of beautiful donuts
on the runway. This we don't want. As long as the cables are run through the former right where
the tail gear rotates during spring action, the cables will stay as tight as they are set by you.
The fiberglass fairing has to be cut and installed to the lower components of the tail gear. A few
little scrap balsa pieces and some Silicone will hold it in position.
The The rudder servo is mounted right behind the firewall. This is done for CG reasons and it
should stay that way. Cables to rudder and to tail wheel can be prepared with the hardware
provided with the kit. Please always loop the cable TWICE through the crimp tubes to prevent it
from slowly sliding out. There is an elevated stand for the rudder servo, in order to keep the
cables as low and as close to the wing as possible with the fitting of the full size cockpit in mind.
Then mount the cover with the self tapping screws. In case you need a bit lead to compensate for
the CG, this is the place to stick some lead from the inside. Up to 150-200 gram, if no cockpit
instlalled, is expected. But with the cockpit, which ends up at approx. 900 gram plus one or two
pilots, this lead definitely can be removed.
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