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50.
Using the supplied bolts and nuts, attach the presecured metal ends of the
REAR
struts (each is approx. 13
1/2
inches long) to the BOTTOM side of
the fuselage-mounted strut bracket on each side of the fuselage.
If you will
not
fold the wings, „snug‟ each nut onto its bolt.
If your Storch
will
have folding wings, leave these bolts and nuts barely
finger-tight, then apply a dab of hot-melt glue to secure the nuts onto
their bolts.
51.
Slide a supplied 3-inch long metal tube onto each of the free ends of the
four composite struts.
If you will
not
fold the wings: Use the predrilled holes in the metal tubes and supplied screws to attach the outer end of
each front strut to the „center‟ of the three predrilled holes as shown below.
Front strut attached to bottom of the wing from bolt in composite strut bracket. Back strut attached to bottom of the wing.
If you will
not
fold the wings: Apply CA to secure the screws and their struts to the wing and each strut within its metal tube.
If your Storch
will
have folding
wings: Apply a dab of petroleum
jelly to the metal end of each strut
where it touches the wing to act
as a lubricant and protection from
glue; then, apply a small amount
of thin CA adhesive to harden the
predrilled holes in the wing, and
use the metal tubes and supplied
screws to attach the outer end of
each strut to the predrilled hole
in the wing as shown above, but
leave these screws loosely finger-tight
.
52.
Apply a small „dot‟ of hot-melt glue to secure and „vibration-proof‟ …
a.
The heads of the hinge bolts at the top of each wing panel and the exposed threads
below the hinge-bolt‟s nut at the lower surface of each wing panel.
b.
The head of each bolt, nut
and screw associated with
each of the four wing
struts, and the exposed
threads below the four strut
bracket bolts (as shown in
the two photos to the right
on this page).
53.
Use a „dot‟ of hot-melt glue to attach the
diagonal braces at each side of the
vertical and above the horizontal
stabilizer.
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