I’m using the hidden bellhorns and the high performance rudder plans for this step. VERY long story short… the open EZ pdf plans for the rudder bellhorns when printed out full size are in fact undersized. So if you are dumb enough to go ahead and make parts from this… better scale the rest of the plane down to suit or you might just get another source for the bellhorn plans instead.

I did get some right size drawings for my second set of bellhorns. Its all good. I’ve just glued photocopied plans pics to the metal and cut out the pieces. I used my ‘undersized’ ones in pic 1 to practice hole drilling and riveting. This all gobbled up a couple of days…

I’m using Wayne Hicks’s Cozy site for guidance and the method on installing these bellhorns BEFORE I cut out the rudders. It is smart work. I’ll document my take on it in coming log entries but Wayne’s site was the source. Yes, very smart guy. My idea is to get this clearly in mind before the first internal layup is done. I need to have the rudder cable conduit pointed and trimmed first. This will all save lots of potential grief later.

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