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I'm using stewarts for my fabric system and I'm having difficulty getting the fabric tight at the 90 degree junction of the vertical stabalizer to top fuselage. In the image, the area of concern is where the white tape is. Can anyone help me that has figured this out. Up till now, I can only get the fabric loosely installed making a visually and aerodynamically unfit finish. Thanks

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First, a bit of back story, I did not build this airframe.. it was started in 80's and 90's. I took over this project from Jim Howell.. I only have a photo album full of actual pictures of the original build..otherwise we're trying to finish this airplane without much info. I bought Matco MC5 and am trying to set them up and the brake geometry has got us scratching our heads. The lower tabs anre not exactly welded straight, not sure if there was a reason as to why, or perhaps trying to match the build of the pedals. Toe brakes have the upper arms welded on top of the pedals (Unlike what JC has said to weld them lower on the upper toe brake parts) which add to the angle being wrong.. I am trying to figure out if I should just rebuild the lower mounting tabs to lower the MC's all together to get the angles right? Here are some pictures. One pic from the original builder as he was testing them out, but I cant think that taxi'ing around would also actuate the brakes based on the location and the angle of the MC's. I also can have Matco swap out the shafts to their shorter shafts which *I THINK* would achieve the same effect as lowering the lower mounting points? Any thoughts, other pics, suggestions, advice highly appreciated! Andy

When I built my Tailwind, I configured the passenger side stick to be removable. I simply just welded it up like the pilot side and cut it off planning on finding a short aluminum rod to fit tightly inside the tube and then fasten with an AN3 bolts drilled through the tube and rod to hold it together. The only problem was that I never needed it and never got around to it. If I wanted to let someone fly I from the pax side they could just hold the stick itself. But I figured after 8 years and over 1000 hours it was time to finish it up. A problem was that I could not find a aluminum rod or 4130 tube that would fit inside my yoke without a lot of slop. It needed to be about 0.66 OD. Another problem was that I did not have a metal lathe to turn down an aluminum rod to fit. Soo attached is a picture of what I did. I figured that there is very little pressure on the yoke and that a hardwood dowel would work just fine. Well I had the same problem of no lathe so I rigged up my drill press with a "dead center" on the bottom of the drill press and made a piece that I could chuck in the drill at the top and attach to the end of the dowel. Only had to take off about 0.08 so just spun it up and used an old 1" sanding belt to finish it. Drilled the hole and that is what you see. My bolts are at the hangar so I will take it down when it warms up and get an AN3 bolt and put it in the hole you see and then match drill another hole on the stub sticking out of the control stick with this unit inserted and I should be good. Kind of looks like a "duck head" doesn't it. :) Hope everyone stays warm. I am excited to hear on the forum about all the new activity with new Tailwinds being purchased. Keith

Hello all, did some searches and really did not find much, so apologies if it's been asked.. How do I go about the length of the rudder cables? What kind of cables, type, size, etc. Did you make up your own cables or have Spruce make custom ones? Also about the fairleads, Spruce has two kinds; one is a large hole guide, the other one has a small hole where the cable runs through. Does it matter? Do they need to be just snap in on both sides or the ones that spruce sells with a retaining metal clip? Again, did more searches and cannot find much. I believe the welded tubes that they go on are 3/4 x 3/4 and I have 3 per side. As usual, any help highly appreciated! Andy ps. quick build update; been doing lots of painting.. most of the fuselage, pedals and controls, rods, turnbuckles, etc etc etc have all been painted.. everything went from scratched up black to gray! Finally at the point where I can start installing stuff! Progress!!