6. Glue the vertical stab onto Fuselage 3. It is wise at this stage to run the control wires for
the elevator and rudder through the vertical stab Fuselage 3. It may be the case that the
holes are not visible on the build plate end of the piece. I use a drill attached to the wire
running at a slow speed to gently poke out the hole.
7. Construct the Horizontal Stab and the elevators using the TPU hinges. Make sure the
elevator isn’t too close to the Horizontal stab that it cannot move. You may have to clean
out the hinge holes for a nice fit, additionally if required you can scale the TPU hinges in
Cura down a percentage if you can’t make them fit (everyone experiences different
expansion of filament…).
8. Construct the 2 rudder parts together and TPU hinges and glue in place on the Vertical
Stab. The upper hinge has a cutout for the elevator control rod, because of this use only a
very small amount of glue on the side of the hinge. It is a good idea to do this with the
elevator control rod in place, keep it moving and make sure it doesn’t get stuck down
with glue.
9. The elevator and rudder should be attached to the control rod ends. It is a good idea to
attach the elevator rod before gluing the horizontal stab to the vertical stab. Once glued in
place, check the control rods for movement there should be as little drag as possible.
10. It gets a bit tricky now…
You need to screw down your servos on the fuselage 2 floor
as per the picture. Position the tail section with the
control wires running into the fuselage. With the elevator
and rudder centralised, mark up on the wire the point
where it meets the servo connection.
Now unscrew the servos. Cut and z bend the wires and
connect them to the servo. Some modelling skill is
required here to avoid the ends getting caught on the
servo body when in motion. Dry fit the tail section to
make sure you have done this ok. With the control wires
