Step 5 - Rigging Rudders If you look carefully at the first picture you can see that I didn't do such a good job of setting up my rudder cable conduits the first time around - I had a few kinks, and while the cable did slide smoothly in the channel, I really wanted to redo this step. Today I ripped out and sanded off the patches for the old rudder cable conduit. I also changed how I installed it. Last time I stood there like an idiot at each spot, holding it while the 5-minute cured. This was a huge invitation to holding it at the wrong angle (which I did). This time I put the cable in the conduit first, tied it to the pedals, the gave it tension at the firewall. This stretched the cable out so it was perfectly straight. Then I taped it at intervals along the fuselage wall so it stayed straight, and THEN I put 5-minute epoxy on it all at once, to hold it in place. I'll add some cover patches later - for now the 5-minute is fine. I did cover it where the map pocket goes on top of them, though. That would be very hard to cover over later. 2011-09-03 (4.50 hours): Rudders Installed I was initially concerned about my rudder travel because when I bought the wings from Dennis, he said that the hidden belhorns were interfering with the pockets that they sit in. Fortunately once they were mounted this proved to be a non-issue. They do interfere - but only after the rudders have reached their maximum required travel. The rudders are now installed and some of their micro is on. Rigging Installed This step went pretty quickly. When I got the wings from Dennis he had already set up the hidden belhorns. All I had to do was run the cables, swage the thimble onto the end of each one, and hook up the belhorns. The only reason it took so long was I spent a bit of time trimming excess micro around the rudders to let them move smoothly. I temporarily installed the rudders with AN-3 bolts instead of the pan-head screws called for in the plans. Those are a pain to get on and off - I keep wearing down their heads with my junk screwdriver. PK note 6/7/2020. I received the project with all control surfaces removed and the trim control removed from the fuselage. All control surfaces are now finished and ready for a second round of installation. The build log does not show rudder stops installed - further inspection and work may be necessary.