Completing The Tail-Plane Halves - GRAUPNER TANGENT FLAMINGO 2006 Bauanleitung

Open the holes in the fin using a twist drill.
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Prepare the steel wires for the elevator joiner. These should be cut to length (if
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necessary) and rounded off at the ends.
Pprepare a means to hold the fuselage with the fin at right angles to the work surface.
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Also prepare something on which to support the two tail-plane halves at right-angles
to the fin and at the correct height. (A few carefully selected books might well serve
as an adequate jig for this purpose!)
Attach the all-flying tail-plane making sure that the rearward steel wire joiner passes through
the hole in the bell-crank installed the fin. Carefully check the alignment of the tail-plane
halves with the fin. Now loosen the two Aluminium nuts holding the bell-crank bearing in
place and make any adjustment necessary to ensure that that tail-plane halves can be
aligned at exactly 90° to the fin. Apply a little thickened epoxy to the inside of the two nuts
and carefully tighten, constantly checking that correct alignment between tail-plane and fin is
maintained at all times.
Leave the entire tail-plane assembled in the jig described above until the adhesive has fully
cured.
Tip: While working with adhesives in this area apply thin parcel tape over the sides of
the fin in the area of the bearing and cut through the tape to expose the holes. This
will ensure that any excess adhesive does not spoil the finish on the fuselage.

Completing the tail-plane halves.

Work on the uncovered tail-plane panels is limited to finishing the root outline to match the
profile of the fin. The tail-plane halves are factory finished, but some may wish to achieve an
even more accurate match by carefully working the root area using a fine grade abrasive
paper.
Note: The joiner tubes installed in the tail-plane halves incorporate the integrated All
Moving Tail-Lock mechanism.
Before fitting the joiners into the brass tubes for the first time, check that the wire
joiners are perfectly straight and burr free. When pressing the tail-plane halves into
place, you will feel a mild mechanical resistance which is sufficient to hold the tail-
plane halves securely in-place during flight.
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Fig 3. Alignment f the all-flying tail plane
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