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37.
If you are using a U28309 motor,
adjust the motor box
so the front of the motor’s rotor
is approx. 1 7/8-inches forward of the front of the Nieuport 28’s motor box housing,
se-
cure the motor box
within the fuselage with 5-minute epoxy, then set the Nieuport 28
‘
right side up’
on its landing gear. If you are using a different motor, test-fit and secure
the motor box as you fit and attach the cowl.
38.
Free the machine gun
mount
from its molding-
flash, then test fit and trim
the machine gun mount to fit
around the left rear cabane
strut and at the edge of the
cockpit. Apply thick CA
adhesive under the mount
and (using care to position the mount around the cabane and the edge of the cockpit) hold it firmly against the
fuselage until the glue has set. Then use thick CA adhesive to
glue both machine guns
to the mount.
39.
From the lower wing’s opening at the bottom of the fuselage,
connect the rudder and elevator servos and the
ESC’s throttle lead
to your radio receiver. Then
connect the aileron servo’s lead
to your radio receiver.
40.
Wrap your receiver
in foam-rubber, slide the receiver into the fuselage from the lower wing’s opening in the
bottom of the fuselage, and
position your receiver
in the space above the battery tray. (If you use a 72MHz.
radio,
route the antenna
through the cockpit and use clear tape to attach the antenna to the vertical stabilizer.)
41.
While carefully feeding the aileron servo’s lead into the fuselage, direct the wing-dowel into its bulkhead-opening
and
guide the bottom wing into its saddle
. Slide a provided flat washer fully onto the wing bolt, insert the wing
bolt fully through the plywood wing plate, then guide the wing bolt into the hole in the wing’s center trailing edge
and into the blind-nut inside the fuselage.
‘Snug’ the wing bolt
with a screw-
driver, but do not tighten the wing bolt so much that the wing’s trailing edge
becomes crushed or deformed.
42.
Return the airplane to its ‘right side up’ and use four L-brackets (angled
toward the nose), four wood screws, four machine bolts, and the remaining
four predrilled holes in the top surface of the bottom wing to attach the four
10 3/8-inch long wires (from the cabanes)
and the four struts to the
bottom wing.
43.
Prepare the optional coming
to fit around the
edge of the cockpit by slicing halfway through the
length of the coming’s rubber tubing. Test-fit the
coming by smoothly pressing the split tubing onto
the edge of the cockpit’s opening. If one will be
installed,
also test-fit the optional pilot figure
.
44.
We recommend using a dab of silicone caulking or equivalent to
secure the optional WWI pilot figure
to the
balsa cross-member in the floor of the cockpit and
to the inside of the coming
where it touches the fuselage.
Allow the caulking at least six hours to fully cure.
45.
Free the windshield
from its molding-flash, then test fit and trim the windshield
to fit in front of the cockpit. Using thick CA adhesive,
secure the windshield
in
front of the cockpit and behind the top machine gun. (Use extra care to ensure the
top-edge of the windshield visually aligns with the top wing.) To install the
optional
windshield frame
, use a tiny amount of thick CA adhesive to attach the
frame to the front of the windshield.
Wing wire’s loops go around the screws
and under the brackets.
Windshield
with optional frame
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