GREAT PLANES Rapture 40, Instruction Manual

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template on the plan. Reinsert the spacer. Use a carving
knife to carefully whittle down the fillet blocks around the
spacer. When you start getting close to the final shape,
switch to a razor plane followed by a bar sander.
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15. Remove the spacer. Without using any glue, install
the stab and elevator joiner wire into the fuse between the
fillet blocks and the stab saddle. Align the stab the same as
before, holding it in position with T-pins (you should be able
to use the same pin holes–thus recapturing the original
alignment). Use the pin and string to confirm the stab
alignment, then use a ballpoint pen to lightly mark the
outline of both sides of the fuselage on the top and bottom
of the stab.
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16. Remove the T-pins holding the stab in place. Insert the
fin and rudder into the fuselage and add the elevators to the
stab. Make any adjustments necessary for a good fit. Mark the
outline of the tail fillet blocks on both sides of the fin.
We’ll be ready to start covering soon, but first mount
the tail gear.
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17. Cut a slot in the hinge block for the nylon tail gear
bearing on the tail gear. Insert the bearing.
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18. The same as was done with the ailerons and
elevators, drill a 3/32" [2.4mm] hole and cut a groove in the
rudder for the tail gear wire. Test fit the rudder. Make
adjustments where necessary for a good fit.
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1. Remove the fuel tank. Fuelproof the fuel tank
compartment including the back of the firewall using epoxy,
epoxy thinned with denatured alcohol or fuelproof paint.
Only a light coating is required.
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2. Remove the wing, stab and fin from the fuselage.
Remove any components that may interfere with final
sanding or covering such as the landing gear, tail gear,
engine, etc. Final sand the model with progressively finer
grades of sandpaper, finishing up with 320 or 400-grit.
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3. Use a tack cloth, compressed air or a shop vac with a
brush attachment to remove all balsa dust from the model.
Prepare the Model for Covering
COVER THE MODEL
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