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Instruction Manual F4U-1D Corsair
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Mount the opposite aluminum hinge
with an M6 bolt and a temporary nut.
Tack it to the outer wood support to
the aluminum hinge, following the
approximate curve of the wing. Slide
the outer wing on and trial fit the
wood piece in the outer wing panel.
This works best when you have the
wings folded upright. It gives you
room to work. You might have to
shape the outer contour of the wood,
or remove and re-tack the hinge to the
wood to achieve a good result. When
the wood basically fits the outer wing,
you should pull the wing off and bolt
the aluminum hinge permanently to
the wood by using the 3.5mm sheet
metal screws, just as you did on the
center wing hinge.
Apply 30 min epoxy with some
microballon and/or milled fibre to the
wood piece which holds the outer
front aluminum hinge. Even if you do
not get the joint perfectly in one shot,
you can easily create a nice fillet to
this short plywood spar later on, after
you disassembled the front hinge by
removing the M6 bolt and temporary
nut and sliding the outer panel off, to
hold the aluminum hinge securely in
the outer wing.
Note: your kit has M4 bolts and T-nuts in-
cluded instead of the self tappers as in the
pics!
You might have to adjust the cutout for the
main wing spar in the outer wing, so that
when folded all the way up, the wing skin does
not fowl the folding mech. Use the milled
cover as template, but make sure the hole is
always at least 2 mm smaller than the cover.
Ready to fill the joints with epoxy/microballon...
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