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FUSELAGE/WING ASSEMBLY

A Prepare the components.

(1) Mount the fuselage on blocks on a baseboard or workbench and cut

blocks of wood to go below the wingtips and centre wing, to hold the

wing in the correct position.

(2) Put the fuselage on to the wing and align the two sub-assemblies,

then mark the position of the fuselage sides on the top of the wing.

(3) Cut some strips of 2 mm plastic sheet 5 mm x 20 mm, to make

reinforcing blocks for the fuselage sides.

B. Assembly.

(1) Glue the reinforcing blocks (made in step 6 A (3)) to the top of each

wing, and before the glue has set, put the fuselage on to the wing.

Make sure the blocks touch the inside of each of the fuselage sides,

then leave the glue to dry completely.

(2) Put the fuselage on the wing, and use the blocks from step 5 B (1) to

make sure the sub-assemblies are correctly aligned.

(3) With the wing and fuselage aligned, flood the joints with liquid

polystyrene cement, then leave the assembly to dry thoroughly.

LANDING GEAR INSTALLATION

A Attach the nose and body gear legs to the landing gear bays with epoxy

cement (Refer to Figure 5). Make sure that all three legs are vertical.

B Let the aircraft rest on these three legs until the epoxy cement has cured.

C Put the aircraft on a flat surface, then trim the top of each wing gear leg.

Remove as much as necessary of the area shown in red on the leg in

Figure D.

Drill these holes

MAKE SURE YOU

DO NOT DRILL

THROUGH THE

TOP OF THE WING.

Wing landing gear

installation

D Attach the landing gear parts.

Note - We recommend that you study any available photographs of actual

aircraft, to achieve the maximum realism of the landing gear. If

available, the Internet is an excellent source of research material.

Trim top of leg

after bay is

assembled.

Diameters to

suit leg.

Wing gear leg

Body gear leg

LEFT SIDE SHOWN,

RIGHT SIDE OPPOSITE