Another bent wire supplies the upper rudder hinge. It is glued into the fin and the rudder rotates on it.
When the lower screw is removed and the control clevises are released the rudder is free to be removed.
Another bent wire
supplies the upper rudder hinge. It is glued into the fin and the
rudder rotates on it.
When the lower screw
is removed and the control clevises are released the rudder is free to
be removed.
A view of the wire that retains the
elevator joiner. Notice the balsa on the bottom of the rudder
shaped to contour with the fuselage.
Another view of the aft fuselage and
tail details.
May 5, 2016. Not
the best day for photos, but good lift. Thunderstorms soon
arrived.