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Instruction Manual F4U-1D Corsair
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Then use an M4 tap and tap the thread
carefully so that you can insert and
tighten the M4x8 mm bolts.
Countersink the bolt heads so that
they sit firmly on the carbon sleeve.
Next day you take the wings off,
check the glue joints inside the wing,
and apply 2 strings of carbon fibre
rovings with laminating resin along
each corner of the joint, to create a
nice fillet between sleeve and wing
skin. Also double check the glue of
the two rear ribs with resin and micro
ballon. During the waiting time for
the resin to cure, you can disassemble
the wing fold and determine the
position of the front folding hinge.
You need to use an extended pin,
made from aluminum tubes, carbon
tubes or even a long round wood
dowel, to carry over the position of
the virtual axis of rotation to the front
hinge. Trial fit the wood spar in the
wing and mark the holes to be drilled
to mount the aluminum hinge to that
spar. Bolt the aluminum hinge on to
the plywood and glue the plywood
permanently in place, leaving the
extended pin as a jig in place.
A 10 mm steel,
aluminum, car-
bon or wood rod
needs to be modi-
fied with a 6 mm
diameter tip, to
allign the front
hinge with the
wing fold unit,
exactly parallel
and co-axial!
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