iKarus Rumpler Taube, Building Instruction

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1.) Attach the formers to the fuselage main former and mount the two Balsa strips in the according
position. (use styrofoam glue)
2.) Glue the two Balsa blocks (95 x 10 x 10 mm and 45 x 10 x 10 mm) together, lining up one end.
(use CA glue) This part is the front wing and the motor carrier.
Afterwards the construction has to be attached to the fuselage main former. Make sure that it is centered
and that the higher end lines up with the edge of the battery compartment. (use styrofoam glue)
3.) The completed main former has to be glued perpendicular into one half of the monocoque. Look for a
right angle and a horizontal adjustment! Be sure that the formers connect with the monocoque.
Apply the styrofoam glue now to formers of the edge of one half side of the fuselage main former. Press
it for a short time into the monocoque to transfer some glue to the monocoque and take it out again.
After a short time of drying you have to insert it again and press it into the correct position.
The glue must dry now completely.
4.) Apply Styrofoam glue to the edges of both monocoques and let them dry a little bit. Now you have to
apply glue to the rest of the edges of the main former and press the two half shells of the monocoque
together immediately.
NOTE:
The result of this procedure should be a straight fuselage.To achieve this, you should at first press the
nose of the fuselage together and then moving backward make sure that the two parts line up all the
way. Afterwards you have to press the end of the fuselage together. Now while pressing the rest of the
gluing edges, you have to watch that the contact line is running straight. Leave the fuselage for about 3
hours drying.
formers
Balsa strips
former
line up here
glue
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