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Rather than cutting up the plans as Vans suggest, take a photocopy and use that. | Rather than cutting up the plans as Vans suggest, take a photocopy and use that. | ||
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When installing bolts in the rod end bearings for the elevators and rudder, I used a set of hemostats w/ some blue tape on the tip to hold the bolts during the install. Worked great to take in/out of the bearings.<br>[[File:2023-12-23 16-41-04.jpg|Rod End Bearing installation|400px]] | When installing bolts in the rod end bearings for the elevators and rudder, I used a set of hemostats w/ some blue tape on the tip to hold the bolts during the install. Worked great to take in/out of the bearings.<br>[[File:2023-12-23 16-41-04.jpg|Rod End Bearing installation|400px]] | ||
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* Step 5: As a starting point, check these drawinging<br>[[File:Elev1.jpg|600px]]<br>[[File:Elev2.jpg|600px]]<br>The centered starting values for the trim cable nut positions are not very good and require painful iterations.<br>Goal is that both tabs go down 35 degrees, are in sync in neutral and the right tab goes up 25 degrees while the left one stays neutral in all up (see also section [[CHAPTER:_PRE_FIRST_FLIGHT]]). | * Step 5: As a starting point, check these drawinging<br>[[File:Elev1.jpg|600px]]<br>[[File:Elev2.jpg|600px]]<br>The centered starting values for the trim cable nut positions are not very good and require painful iterations.<br>Goal is that both tabs go down 35 degrees, are in sync in neutral and the right tab goes up 25 degrees while the left one stays neutral in all up (see also section [[CHAPTER:_PRE_FIRST_FLIGHT]]). | ||
* Good right cable starting values:<br>3 threads exposed at the servo clevis,<br>21.4 mm from where the green ends at the servo side to the first nut<br>40.5 mm from where the green ends at the trim tab side to the bracket end<br>1.5 mm exposed of the threads at the trim tab clevis. | * Good right cable starting values:<br>3 threads exposed at the servo clevis,<br>21.4 mm from where the green ends at the servo side to the first nut<br>40.5 mm from where the green ends at the trim tab side to the bracket end<br>1.5 mm exposed of the threads at the trim tab clevis. | ||