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86.
Securely attach the cabane struts to the sides of the fuselage with
9/16
-inch (15mm) wood screws.
87.
Slide the lower wing panels onto their wing rods. As
each wing panel nears the fuselage: Connect an
aileron-servo extension to the end of the aileron‟s
Y-harness and guide the Maxlok tab at the wing panel‟s
root rib into its slot in the side of the fuselage.
88.
Insert the 2 remaining (longer) Maxlok pins into their
openings in the bottom of the fuselage.
89.
Test-fit the composite struts into their openings in the
top of the bottom wing and the bottom of the top wing.
(NOTE: The front strut is approx. 12-inches (30 cm)
long; the strut‟s diagonal brace is approx. 9-inches (23 cm) long.
90.
Use 3 wing wire
anchors per strut
and the supplied
nuts and bolts to
assemble both
struts, but do not
tighten the nuts at
this time.
(NOTE: As shown
at the right, on the
side of each strut
facing the fuselage,
position 2 wing-
wire anchors at the
top and 1 wing wire
anchor at the bottom
of each strut.)
91.
Guide the wing
struts into their
openings in the
bottom of both left
and right panels of
the top wing. Use
epoxy to secure
both wing struts
into their openings in the top
and bottom wing panels.
While the epoxy is still fresh,
firmly press the left and right
pairs of top and bottom wing
panels together, secure each
pair of wing panels with
masking tape, and set aside the
fuselage and wing panels until
the epoxy is fully cured.
92.
Test-fit both halves of the airfoil-shaped landing gear leggings over and around
their struts. As shown at the right, apply epoxy and masking tape to secure them
to the struts. Remove the masking tape from the wings and struts when the epoxy
is fully cured.
93.
Carefully guide the landing gear‟s top fairing over the landing gear‟s axle and
spring suspension. Slide each fairing all the way down its legging and test-fit the
fairing to the contour of the fuselage as shown at the right.
94.
Use masking tape and epoxy to attach the fairings to the fuselage. Remove all
masking tape after the epoxy is fully cured.
Front (leading edge) of the
top wing’s center section
Maxlok pins
