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with 30-minute epoxy. The epoxy will give
you time to set the dummy engine/cowl
assembly up as shown and to carefully
center the dummy engine within the cowl.
INSTALL THE COWL MOUNTING
BLOCKS. Locate the four factory covered
hardwood cowl mounting blocks. Glue
them into the notches in the fuselage nose
ring with the long axis of the blocks
running across the fuselage.
FIT AND INSTALL THE COWL. Radial engines like the one used on the full scale Gee Bee Y
are mounted with one cylinder straight up. You should mount the Gee Bee’s cowl with one set
of bumps at the top center.
Fit the cowl over your engine and make any holes needed to clear the engine and muffler. Cut
away the part of the dummy engine that is in front of your engine’s cylinder. You may also want
to cut a cooling air exit at the bottom rear of the cowl just in front of the cooling air tunnel in the
fuselage. Push the cowl back until the plywood cowl ring touches the front of the hardwood
cowl mounting blocks. Drill 5/64” pilot holes through the outside of the cowl into the mounting
blocks and screw the cowl in place with the 2.6 x 12mm self tapping screws and flat washers
provided.
ATTACHING THE TAIL SURFACES
INSTALL THE TAIL WHEEL
ASSEMBLY. Before you hinge the rudder
to the vertical fin, you will need to install the
tail wheel strut into the rudder. Put 30
minute epoxy into factory drilled hole in the
leading edge of the rudder and the precut
slot, insert the wire tailwheel strut into the
hole and tape in place until the epoxy sets.
