Rudder Cables, Horizontal Stabilizer

I noted that the factory has upgraded the rudder cables since I purchased my kit. My original cables were 3/32" and they now ship with 1/8". I already had my cables made up but decided for safety's sake to upgrade. This meant cutting the cable ends off and passing the new cable all the way from the rudder to the pedals.

Before I could accomplish this, I had to figure out where the cable passed through the fabric so I could burn the hole. I messed this up on the left side, ended up with an oblong hole. Once I got it located in the correct spot, I stuck a patch on the inside.

Right side

Left side

Oops, no worries, the faring covers all of it.

Then, I spliced both the old and new cables together with a piece of heat shrink so I could just pull the new cable through without having to climb in the fuselage. Worked perfect.

After making up the new cable end for the rudder, I mounted it. I had obtained a couple of cable fairings from a local Kitfox guy and set about prepping them to mount. I painted them and left them to cure overnight.

This morning I installed the front rudder cable to the pedals using the same procedure as I had before.

I finished up installing the cotter pins in all the bolts and torque sealed them. 

Next, I installed the cable fairings while I had tension on the cables. Using the laser level I got them mounted. I had also mounted an inspection ring yesterday, I cut out the hole today. It allows access to the air valve on the shock.

After a break, I set about temporarily installing the horizontal stabilizers. These were previously installed on the plane and I didn't anticipate too much difficulty in reinstalling them. Of course, there was trouble. I determined that some fabric was stopping the front cross member from fully seating. I wasn't able to get the bolt holes to line up. After some fabric surgery, all was well. So, I dismantled the pieces again so I could do some detail work and add finish tapes to them.

This evening, I mixed up some SuperFill and applied it around all the protrusions to seal the fabric to the stabilizer. I'll let that set up overnight.

Fence attach point

Flying wire attach point

Trim servo electric wire

All done, left to cure overnight.