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Step 8: Front Retract Installation
Skip to step 9 if you wish to bungee launch the plane
Prepare the nose retract formers.
Assemble the nose former. Glue the joints
with 30minute epoxy. The front of the
former is marked with an F.
Turn the fuselage around and measure the
beginning of the retract cut out at 235mm
in front of the line between both intakes.
Tape the cut out template to the bottom of
the fuselage. Align the beginning of the
template with the 235mm line measured
before. Trace the outline.
Cut the retract slot out of the fuselage. Slide the nose gear former into the fuselage
(F=front first). Adjust formers if necessary to reach a perfect fit with the fuselage.
The front of the former shall line up with the 235mm line. Sand the inside of the fuselage
and glue the former in with 30min epoxy and milled fiberglass