S140131 Mentor-G V3
Composite wing joiner with two preinstalled wood-dowel alignment pins, plywood wing hold-down
plate and wing hold-down bolts.
350CC fuel tank with aluminum tubing and clunk.
All required control horns and associated hardware (except those
items normally supplied with servos, gas or glow engines, and electric
power systems).
This detailed, illustrated instruction manual.
VI. ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS
1.
Test fit the
vertical stabilizer
. Use a soldering iron or wood
burning tool to remove Mylar covering from the vertical stabilizer
that will be ‘buried’ inside the vertical slot at the rear of the
fuselage. Use 5-minute epoxy to secure the vertical stabilizer into
its slot at the top-rear of the fuselage.
2.
Slide the supplied
tail wheel
onto the tail wheel strut. (You may
need to file or sand the end of the strut so the opening in the tail
wheel smoothly slides onto the strut.) Secure the tail wheel onto
its strut with a provided wheel collar. Position and secure a
second provided wheel collar at the top of the spring on the tail wheel strut.
3.
Slide the tail wheel strut fully through the hole in the end of the aluminum tail wheel
mounting bracket, and test fit this tail wheel assembly at the bottom-rear of the fuselage so
the tail wheel’s wire strut aligns at the centers of the aft-ends of both the vertical stabilizer
and the fuselage. Measure 3/4-inch from the top end of the tail wheel’s wire strut and bend
the strut back (toward the rear of the airplane) at a 90-degree angle. Attach the tail wheel assembly to the
bottom of the fuselage with two approx. 9/16-inch (15-mm) long wood screws. (Apply thin CA adhesive to
reinforce these holes in the bottom of the fuselage.)
4.
Test fit the
rudder
to the rear of the vertical stabilizer. Mark where a horizontal hole and a vertical notch are
needed in the rudder for the tail wheel’s wire strut. Drill the required hole and cut the notch in the front edge
of the rudder to fit the tail wheel strut’s wire.
5.
With the rudder prepared for the tail wheel’s wire, apply some 5-minute epoxy to the end of the tail wheel
strut’s wire and insert the wire into the hole in the rudder. Before this epoxy thickens, insert two(2) supplied
CA hinges to secure the rudder to the vertical stabilizer and apply thin CA adhesive to the CA hinges; also
apply some masking tape to hold the tail wheel strut’s wire in position until the 5-minute epoxy has cured.
6.
Using the provided 6 ea.
20-mm long steel bolts
and blind-nuts, attach
both halves of the
aluminum landing gear
struts
to the bottom of
the fuselage.
(NOTE: See page 9 if
you are assembling your
Mentor-G V3 with
optional floats.)
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