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KC-10 BOOM AND DETAILS
A
Assemble the refuelling boom (front and rear sections).
(1) Join the forward and rear sections of the boom. Drill holes
in the rear end of the forward section and in the mating face
of the rear section. Make the holes the same diameter as
the wire you intend to use as a pin, and bond one end of
the pin into the boom rear section. Attach the forward
section to the rear section with 5 minute epoxy cement.
(2) Attach the tailplane to the boom (a pin on the tailplane
engages in a hole in the boom) .
(3) Attach the fins to each end of the tailplane (they are
cranked inwards - see detail on main colour scheme
drawings).
B
For a model with the boom extended:
(1) Engage the two pegs of the mirror in the sockets in the fixed
fairing and attach the mirror to the fixed fairing.
(2) Attach the fixed fairing to the underside of the fuselage with the
mirror inside the fuselage.
DROGUE
AND FAIRING
HATCH
MIRROR
OPERATOR'S CUPOLA
- REAR FAIRING
OPERATOR'S CUPOLA
- FIXED SECTION
BOOM PIVOT FAIRING
BOOM
FORWARD
SECTION
DECAL
(ON EACH SIDE)
BOOM
REAR
SECTION
BOOM
TELESCOPIC
SECTION
NOZZLE
LEFT FIN
BOOM TAILPLANE
RIGHT FIN
PINS
(FROM WIRE
- NOT SUPPLIED)
BOOM
PIVOT FAIRING
- LOWER DOOR
