
.
c. When the glue has cured remove the
wing from the building board.
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a.
Cut the 1/4" triangular piece into eight 1"
pieces. Referring to the photograph and
the plans glue them to the sides of the
two W-1T wing ribs. Find the two
1/8"x5/8"x6-5/8" Wing Mounting Plates
(P-1)and check their fit in the wing.
DO NOT GLUE IN NOW.
b.
Find the two 1/2"x5/8"x1-1/8" maple top wing mount blocks (B-1) and position them on P-1 between the two innermost W-
1T ribs and mark their location on the P-1. Remove the blocks and plates from the wing and glue the blocks to the plates.
After the glue has cured use the hole in P-1 as a guide to drill a 3/16" hole through each maple block.
c.
Insert the assembled P-1 and B-1 (2) into the wing with the blocks facing the top of the wing. Check with a triangle to make
sure the two plates are straight and true with the 1/8" top wing brace. Glue the plates in place. Fill in the spaces in the W-1T
ribs below the plate with scrap balsa and sand to the rib shape. Fill in between the two W-1T ribs and the leading edge with
the wing leading edge block (B-4) and sand to shape.
d.
When the glue has completely cured, remove the wing from the building board. Carefully remove all of the jig tabs on the
ribs. Use a sanding block to smooth the outline of the rib to shape.
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a.
Pin the partially assembled wing back to the building board. Make sure the full
length of the wing at the spar is down against the building board. Using a
1/4"x1/2"x36" balsa stick as a jig/spacer pin the trailing edge to the building board.
Be very careful that everything is straight and flat, this is the step that "sets" the
shape of the wing.
b.
True up one edge of each of two 1/16"x3"x24" balsa sheets. Pin the trimmed edge
of the sheet to the shaped leading edge, one sheet to each side of the wing. Now
glue these sheets to the leading edge, ribs, spar and innermost W1-T rib.
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a.
Install a 4-40 blind mounting nut in each of the I-strut top mounts (P-2) with a small hammer. Be sure you make a right and
a left P-2 assembly. Spread epoxy glue over the blind nuts to hold them in place. Be careful not to get any glue in the
threads of the blind nuts.
b.
Using epoxy or medium CA glue P-2
between the two closeset ribs on each
panel of the wing. The blind nuts should
be on the inside surface of the P-2 when
you are done. The top of P-2 must be
pushed firmly against the capstrips on
the top of the ribs. This step is critical for
the alignment of the interplane struts
later on. Refer to the cross-section of the
I-strut on plan sheet 2 of 2.