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Now I slid the nozzle hull mount between the legs
and drilled a hole through the hull where the hole is in each
nozzle hull mount.
Then I removed the assembly. The prop shaft rudder skeg then
slides onto the tube and slides up to into place with the
prop shaft "A" frames.
The picture below shows how the parts start to fit together.
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Take the rudder shaft, mark
up 8mm from one end, note that this will be the bottom. Take a pair of
rudder halves, place around the shaft and mark where the
top of the rudder shaft comes. With a pair of pliers heavily score the shaft
between your marks where the rudder halves cover it, now glue
with epoxy the rudder halves to the shaft, place aside for glue
to thoroughly set.
Fit and glue the rudder top/bottom ring to the top and
bottom on rudder halves. Slide the rudder tube down the rudder
shaft to contact the rudder. Note that by
heavily scoring the shaft, you are providing a good key for the
glue. The picture below show the rudder halves being glued
together.
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Position a rudder/tube assembly
into place on tile hull, cut from PPS-1 the two P163's.
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Now place one P163 onto the shaft end, slide
one prop shaft rudder skeg up to the prop shaft "A" frame.
Fit
a Kort nozzle over P163 so the slot in the Kort nozzle fits over
the prop shaft rudder skeg. Test fit the entire
assembly into position with the rudder shaft into the hole in the end of
prop shaft rudder skeg
ensuring that rudder top/bottom rings are in place. While holding the assembly in place
fit the wire keeper through the holes in prop shaft "A" frames, push
the Kort nozzle hull mounts into
place between the legs of the prop shaft "A" frames. Now snap down the keeper
through the hole in the hull and the Kort nozzle hull mount. Repeat this process for the
other set of running gear. If done correctly the two assemblies
will hold together without gluing. Allow visual aligning from
side to side, below and back. Picture below shows a test
fit before the rudders were test fitted into place.
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When you are satisfied that all looks and everything is aligned,
glue into place with epoxy.
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