.
3.
Temporarily hinge the elevators to the stabilizer. Do not glue the hinges at this
time.
4.
Sand the tail surfaces smooth and round all of the edges except the bottom edge
of the fin.
Building the Fuselage
5.
Assemble the fuselages side by gluing
parts F-1 and F-2 together. Parts F-3
and F-4 are glued on the inside of the
fuselage. Parts F-4 are marked with an L
or R for the left and right side. Be sure to
make a left and a right side.
6.
Cut part way through the top of former F-
5 at the dashed lines and gently crack it
at these locations to allow the top to
angle forward. Place the right fuselage
side on the building board and place
formers F-5 and F-6 into position. These
formers should be 90 degrees to the
Fuselage side. Glue the formers to the
fuselage side.
7.
Glue the left fuselage side into position
on the formers. The formers should also
be 90 degrees to this fuselage side.
8.
Gently squeeze the front of the fuselage
together and glue former F-7 into
position.
9.
Glue the plywood landing gear support
F-8 into position with the marking X at
the front and facing the toward the
outside of the fuselage.
10.
Remove the cross brace at the bottom of F-5 by cutting through the two dashed lines at the ends of the cross piece. Now
apply glue to the cracks in the top of former F-5.
11.
Glue two strips of 3/32 x 3/16 balsa strip across the front of former F-11 to brace it as shown on the plan. Also, glue one
strip to part F-10 as shown on the plan.
