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The nose fixture is used to assemble the front of the
fuselage. Put the bottom of the fuselage into the
fixture snug against the front stop and then line-up
and glue one side of the fuselage while holding the
side tight against the fixture. Only apply glue to the
front 3½" of the fuselage (the point where the fixture
ends). Repeat for the other side.
Move the partially assembled fuselage from the nose fixture to the full fuselage fixture.
The front of the fuselage will not be against the bottom of the fixture. Now glue the
right and then left fuselage sides to the fuselage bottom. Keep the sides tight against
the fixture until the glue sets. The rear of the
fuselage is easier to assemble using foam safe
CA. A glue gun is hard to get into position to
glue the joint as the fuselage tapers at the rear.
Foam nose and rear dowel doublers are optional.
They were designed before the plywood fuselage
doublers were added to the kit. Nevertheless,
they still provide an increased surface area for
attaching the firewall and dowels. If desired,
glue the doublers in place making sure the holes
for the hold-down dowels are lined up. The
finished inside width in the nose is 1¼". If your
battery is wider than this, you may want to cut
off part of the bottom of the nose doublers to provide more space.
Remove the partially assembled fuselage from the fixture.
Now glue the front and rear fuselage tops to
the fuselage sides.
Tip: Place the Horizontal
Stab in the slots to support the rear of the
fuselage sides while installing the rear top
piece. You may need to spread the sides to
get a good fit with the fuselage tops.
Hopefully you now have a fuselage that is straight and doesn’t look like a blue banana!
Tip: Add a strip of strapping tape along the bottom of the fuselage
to protect the bottom when landing on rough surfaces.
Hood Scoop:
Next is the plastic spoon “hood scoop”. Hey, this is a racer! Racers
have hood scoops for a reason and this one is used to get outside air
into the fuselage for cooling the ESC and battery. The kit includes a
precut spoon. The picture at the right show how the hood scoop
was cut from the plastic spoon. Place the hood scoop on the top of
the fuselage and draw an outline of it. Remove the hood scoop and
