Make Cheap Control Horns

This will show you how to make literally hundreds of control horns for just about ten bucks. What you will need...

1. 1/16" plastic for sale sign, I got mine from ACE Hardware and it was just under $10.00.
   
2. Metal ruler, ideally 1 1/4" wide
3. Box cutter, or sharp scissors
4. Small Exacto knife
5. Sharpie marker

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Next, use the ruler and box cutter to cut the squares out, as many as you need, each square makes two control horns.

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Mark 1/4" in from each corner, on opposite sides of the square, then draw a line to connect them diagonally. Next, draw a line from each mark, parallel with the edge of the square. The end result will be a "Z" shape, as shown below.

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Draw a line though the center of the "Z", vertically, like below.

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 Cut the bottom left, and upper right rectangle away from the square, as shown.

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Then cut across the diagonal line. Use the small Exacto to "drill" out a small hole for the pushrod.

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I use the sharpie to color them black, then throw them on your scratchbuilt plane using hotglue.

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Enjoy, hopefully that isn't too confusing, and please let me know what you think... Thanks!