GREAT PLANES Giant Big Stir, Инструкция по эксплуатации

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There are a few preparation and alignment procedures
that must be done before the stabilizer can be glued
into the fuselage...
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1. Cut the covering from the slots in the fuselage for the
horizontal stabilizer (“stab”) and vertical stabilizer (“fin”).
Remove the balsa stick temporarily glued in place for
shipping. The same as was done for the servo openings in
the wings, cut and iron down the covering around the
elevator and rudder servo openings in the fuselage.
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2. Taking accurate measurements, use a fine-point felt-
tip pen to mark the middle of the stabilizer near the trailing
edge. Use a builder’s square to extend the line marking a
short centerline.
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3. With the fuselage upside-down, slide the stabilizer all
the way into the slot with the centerline on the bottom. Use
the centerline to center the stab in the fuselage, then stick
a T-pin through the bottom of the fuselage into the stab to
hold the trailing edge in place.
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4. Stick another T-pin into the bottom of the fuselage
centered over the firewall. Tie a loop in an approximately
70" [180cm] piece of non-elastic string. Slip the loop in the
string over this T-pin.
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5. Fold a piece of masking tape over the string near the
other end and draw an arrow on it. Slide the tape along the
string and align the arrow with one end of the stab as
shown. Swing the string over to the same position on the
other end of the stab. Rotate the stab about the T-pin and
slide the tape along the string until the stab is centered and
the arrow aligns with both ends.
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6. Use a fine-point felt-tip pen such as a Top Flite
®
Panel
Line Pen (TOPQ2510) to mark the outline of the fuselage
on the top and bottom of the stab.
One more alignment procedure…
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7. Carefully turn the fuselage back over (so it is upright)
and fit the wings together with the wing tube. Bolt the wing to
the fuselage with two 1/4-20 x 2" [50mm] nylon wing bolts.
Mount the Stab
ASSEMBLE THE FUSELAGE
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