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As many of you know, the little blisters on the outside of the LNC2 fuselage thru which the rudder cables are to emerge into the light of day are at different heights due to the overall twist built into the aft fuselage.  On my fuselage, the starboard blister is about one-half inch lower than the portside one.

I'm building the airplane out-of-sequence since I want to finish the fuselage as much as possible, move it out of my garage, then close the wings and tail, and pray that I have a bigger place for connecting it all together.  As a result, I do not have the vertical tail or rudder assembled or mounted on the fuselage.

I would like to make sure I don't have the cables emerging from the fuselage only to make a sharp bend to the rudder control horn, and thus have to scrape along the aft end of the guide tube.  This would be easy to ensure if the rudder were in place, as I could attach the cables to the rudder prior to putting the epoxy on the end of the guide tubes (you know, the micro and BID tapes and that other sticky gunk...).  But without a vertical fin and rudder that would be a challenge.

Any ideas?  Am I worrying about a non-problem?  What about the cryptic note on Figure 12-3 which states "It is preferable to complete the rudder installation before starting the horizontal and vertical stab installation"?  Do they mean the rudder cable installation?

Okay.  Another question.  Has anyone besides Jim Michaels run the inboard rudder pedal cable OVER the main spar, rather than UNDER as indicated in the manual?  It seems like a good idea to me (straighter guide tubes), as long as you can keep it from interfering with other installation details there.

- Rob Wolf

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