Quickie Q2 Lite Construction Manual - page 173
IN5TALLATION OF THE ELEVATORS
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The elevators are installed and rigged prior to the canard being
mated to the fuselage. As a result, after mating only C513 needs to be
hooked up for a functioning pitch control system.
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The procedures detailed here are similar in scope to what you have
already accomplished in mounting the ailerons on the main wing, except
that the elevators have a center pivot on each side.
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Begin by jigging the canard vertically, with the leading edge at
the table.
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Take a piece of QC5Ml and make two 1.8" 1ength pieces to use as
elevator reducers. A saw cut and perhaps some light sanding will be
necessary to make them fit snugly and flush with the inboard ends of the
two elevators.
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Find the phenolic bearings C515 (2) and C514 (1). Dull the phenolic
completely with sandpaper except inside the reamed 5/8" diameter holes.
Be sure that the other 1/2" diameter holes have been drill ed out. These
are non-critical on diameter, but must be there to assist bonding of the
phenolic to the structure. They are NOT lightening holes.
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Find Q2C5A8. Make C520 from 0.625" 0.0. x 0.065" wall 4130 steel
tubing. The length of C520 should be about 5" longer than 1/2 the width
of the fuselage where the elevator matches up to the fuselage. The piece
is made long initially, and then trimmed back as needed.
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The right and left elevators are nearly mirror images of one
another. Each elevator has an outboard hinge C519, a midspan hinge C517,
and a inboard hinge C515. Q2C5A8 slips into the elevator reducer at the
elevator end, and over a AN271-B8 (or M52071-B8) universal joint near
BLOO. On the right side, C520 slips into the elevator reducer at the
elevator end, and through C514 and then over the same AN271-B8 (or
M520271-B8) universal joint near BLOO. Clear, heh?
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The following procedure was developed to help you get the elevators
mounted without binding, with the proper clearances, and with the
ability to get them off again:
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