GREAT PLANES Shoestring Instruction Manual page 11

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8. Join the elevators to the stab and remove the pins from
the hinges. Align the tips of the elevators with the stab tips.
Adjust the elevators so there is a small gap between the LE
of the elevators and the stab. The gap should be small, just
enough to see light through the gap or to slip a piece of paper
through. Apply six drops of thin CA to the top and bottom of
each hinge without using accelerator. After the CA glue has
hardened, confi rm that the elevators are secure by pulling on
them and defl ecting them up and down.
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9. Test fi t the rudder to the fuselage with the tail wheel
assembly installed in the orientation shown. Make any
adjustments necessary so the nylon tab on the tail wheel
wire fi ts all the way into the slot in the fuse.
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10. Roughen the portion of the tail wheel assembly that
fi ts into the rudder with 220-grit sand paper and clean it off
with alcohol. Oil the tail wheel wire at the nylon tab to prevent
it from being glued to the wire.
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11. Glue the tail wheel wire into the hole in the LE of
the rudder with medium or thick CA glue. Lightly coat both
sides of the nylon tab with thick CA glue or epoxy and fi t the
rudder to the fuselage along with two CA hinges. Glue the
CA hinges in place with thin CA glue.
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12. Secure the tail wheel onto the tail wheel wire with a
3/32" [2.4mm] wheel collar and a 4-40 set screw.
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