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WING ASSEMBLY
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❏ Drill 3/16” holes in the bottom of the rear of
the fuselage to accommodate the barbed pins in
the tailwheel mounting bracket. Locate the
holes using the bracket/tailwheel assembly as a
guide. Line up the bracket so the “tiller arm”
portion of the wire is flush with the rear edge of
the fuselage.
PRE-ASSEMBLY-Wing
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❏ Using epoxy, laminate the two plywood wing
joiners together. Clamp together keeping the
edges aligned; wipe off excess glue before it
sets. Allow to cure. When dry, sand all edges
of the joiner, removing any bumps or irregulari-
ties. Test fit the joiner into the slots of both wing
halves and trim as necessary for a good fit.
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❏ Observe that there is an open bay in the top
of each wing. This is where the radio will go. To
gain access to this area, you will need to cut
away the covering film.
Begin by cutting the film diagonally across
the bay with a sharp modeling knife from corner
to corner.
Fold the material down into the wing and
press it down so it sticks to the vertical edge of
the wing sheeting. Note there is a 3/16" wide
ledge on both sides of the opening; press the
material down to this ledge and use your finger-
nail to burnish the material into the corners of
the ledge. Trim away the excess material.
Permanently stick the covering material to the
edges with a heat sealing iron set on low tem-
perature.
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❏ Locate the two 3-1/8" X 4-5/8" balsa hatches
and the two 1/4" X 4-3/8" balsa hatch tongues.
Using thin CA, glue a hatch tongue along the
long edge of one of the hatches leaving 1/8"
overlapping the edge and centering it length-
wise. Repeat for the other hatch.
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❏ Put one of the hatches into place in the open
bay of one of the wing panels...the hatch tongue
is to fit into the rear edge of the opening; you
may have to do a bit of trimming on the tongue
for it to fit. With the hatch in position, drill a
1/16" pilot hole through both the hatch and the
plywood mounting platform about 1/2" from the
side and 1/8" back from the front edge of the
hatch. Remove the hatch and expand both
holes to 1/8". Now the hatch can be secured
with two self-tap screws furnished. Repeat for
the other hatch.
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❏ Locate the paper template for cutting the
pushrod/nyrod slots. Trim along the lines that
indicate the center and the rear of the wing. Put
the template on top of the left wing panel and
line up the edges...tape the template in place.
Using a sharp modeling knife, cut two slots in
the wing sheeting in the location indicated;
make a few shallow cuts instead of one cut
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