The nose section consists of four separate pieces, a mounting
piece, shown in white in the illustration, two side windows and a
front window.
The mounting piece should be trimmed and smoothed along its
marked lines. The windows should be trimmed at approximately
5-10mm outside their markings to allow an overlap for glueing in
place. This area should be roughened with sandpaper in
preparation for glueing.
DO NOT GLUE THE WINDOWS IN PLACE AT THIS POINT.
A balsa chassis mounting board is provided, this is marked with an
outline of where to cut, and spot points for the centres of the skid
legs, there is also a line at the point where the rear-mounting latch
is to be positioned.
Remove the hood from your ECO8 and dismantle the skids. Into the
rear lower skid mounting holes insert the 2mm screw provided pass
it through the plastic tube, also provided, and apply the 2mm nut,
secure with superglue, this acts as the mounting rod at the Latch.
A latch should now be made from plywood similar to the drawing,
this should be glued onto the mounting plate to act, together with
the 2mm screw, to retain the rear of the ECO8 mechanism
Then manufacture a small traverse plate from plywood to be placed
across the rods at the front of the mechanism, and using the two
impact nuts and 3mm socket screws, to act as retainers at the front
end. The mechanism can then in future be removed by releasing
these two screws
At the points marked on the body for the skid legs, glue thick pieces
of balsa into position, inside the fuselage. When set, these should
be drilled at a slightly smaller diameter to the skid legs in order that
the fit be firm and secure.
Mount the ECO8 mechanism onto the mounting board, and then
with the tail rotor removed, insert the mechanism together with the
tail pipe into the fuselage.
When correctly positioned, glue the board in position. A short length
of balsa can be glued under each side as reinforcement.
Now prepare the skid legs, cut them to length, and at the end that
will take the skids, insert and glue in place a 10mm length of the
birch rod provided. When set, drill a small pilot hole to take the
screws provided to retain the skids. Glue the skid legs in place,
both at the chassis board, and where the legs pass through the
fuselage.
Drill and countersink the holes for the skid retaining screws, and
mount the skids on the skid legs.
Application of heat allows the forming of the front end of the skids.
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Traverse
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