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Blériot XI: S130926
5.
To install the optional vintage-style simulated spoked wheels, release the original wheels from
their axles by removing the self-locking nuts, replace the original wheels with the simulated
spoked wheels, and reinstall the self-locking nuts. (NOTE: The wheels must rotate freely; do not
‘tighten’ the self-locking nuts.)
6.
If you will install the supplied simulated cross-bracing wires: (NOTE: If any hole needed for the
‘wire’ is obstructed, use a small drill or a hobby knife to ream the opening; ‘harden’ the end of the
simulated cross-bracing wire with CA adhesive to make it easy to guide through the holes.)
a.
Temporarily secure one end of a simulated cross-bracing wire in the hole at the top of the
rudder post. Guide the ‘wire’ through the openings in the left sides of formers #8, #7, #6 and #5.
Insert the ‘wire’ into the fuselage through the opening in the lower-left corner of former #4:
b.
Guide the ‘wire’ through the fuselage, out through the opening in the lower-right corner of
former #4, and back through the right sides of formers #5, #6, #7 and #8 as shown below:
c.
From former #8, pull the cross-bracing wire snug
between all tail-boom formers. With the ‘wire’
tension adjusted, tie the two ends together at the
hole in the top of the rudder post.
d.
Apply CA adhesive to securely anchor the knot in
the cross-bracing wire at the hole in the rudder
post. Trim off the loose ends of the cross-bracing
wire at the knot.
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