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selleri · 03-24-2008, 01:12 PM

After gluing the hinge blocks and hinges to the rudder post and cutting the hinge holes in the rudder I added a lot of tape to prepare it for gluing to the fuselage.

The Hysol takes around 24 hours to set so I tried to time all the major glue jobs at the end of every building session.

The next day this is what I had after removing the rudder, Hysol fillet was then added before gluing the rudder on along with some colour to blend the wood into the colour scheme.

Rudder tray made from aircraft plywood, notice the extra former made from Herex(I think Krill calls it) glued with Hysol and with a slot for the rudder cable.

As I was fresh out of rudder wire I used a red string to check the lines to the servo.

Hmmm, looks nice, I wonder if I can get a red wire

Bracket was made to mount the fuel tank on the wing tube(CG). I managed to fit 750 ml(about 25 oz) tank on top. You could fit a large one if for some reason you are going for endurance record in your Katana but you might have to build it yourself.

03-24-2008, 01:12 PM	#5
selleri Bad-ass Super Contributer! Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Keflavik, Iceland Posts: 481	Re: Krill 28% Katana S build pictures After gluing the hinge blocks and hinges to the rudder post and cutting the hinge holes in the rudder I added a lot of tape to prepare it for gluing to the fuselage. The Hysol takes around 24 hours to set so I tried to time all the major glue jobs at the end of every building session. The next day this is what I had after removing the rudder, Hysol fillet was then added before gluing the rudder on along with some colour to blend the wood into the colour scheme. Rudder tray made from aircraft plywood, notice the extra former made from Herex(I think Krill calls it) glued with Hysol and with a slot for the rudder cable. As I was fresh out of rudder wire I used a red string to check the lines to the servo. Hmmm, looks nice, I wonder if I can get a red wire Bracket was made to mount the fuel tank on the wing tube(CG). I managed to fit 750 ml(about 25 oz) tank on top. You could fit a large one if for some reason you are going for endurance record in your Katana but you might have to build it yourself.