RE: Nitroplanes RQ11 Raven
Next, I epoxyed the rudder and the elevator to the tail boom which already had the slots
pre-cut.I used 30 minuteZ-poxy mixed with micro balloons to make the epoxy a little thicker.
The 30 minute cure time gave me theopportunity to make sure that the rudder was exactly
90 degrees to the elevator and then taped the correctposition till the epoxy cured.
I made just one little mod to the CF tail boom which was to epoxy two short lengths (@1")
of nylon pull-pull cable housing into the pre-cut slots in the tail boom. This was done as the
slots were rough cut and I did not want to take the chance that the cable wire could be
frayed from constant use.
NOTE: Yes, I did paint the CF tail boom light grayto match the fuselage.