4
9.
Installing the Tail Skid..............................................................................................27
Stage 3: Building the Tail Surfaces ...........................................................................................27
A.
Stabilizer .....................................................................................................................27
B.
Elevator ......................................................................................................................28
C.
Rudder ........................................................................................................................29
D.
Connecting the controls ..............................................................................................30
E.
Fuselage bracing ........................................................................................................31
F.
Step and Lift Handles ..................................................................................................31
Stage 4: Building the Landing Gear ...........................................................................................31
Stage 5: Building the Oberursel Engine and Propeller...............................................................33
A.
The Oberursel Engine .................................................................................................33
B.
Propeller .....................................................................................................................35
Stage 6: Building the Cockpit and Connecting the Controls to the Engine .................................36
A.
Engine connections and installation ............................................................................37
B.
Spent Ammo Can .......................................................................................................38
C.
Control yoke. ...............................................................................................................38
D.
Ammo can and Tachometer ........................................................................................39
E.
Magnetos ....................................................................................................................39
F.
Fuel/air management ..................................................................................................40
G.
Seat ............................................................................................................................40
H.
Final Cockpit Details ...................................................................................................41
Stage 7: Final Assembly of the Model .......................................................................................41
A.
Spandau Machine Guns .............................................................................................41
B.
Installing the lower and middle wings ..........................................................................42
C.
Wing Struts .................................................................................................................42
D.
Adding the Landing Gear ............................................................................................43
E.
Finishing the Fuselage ................................................................................................43
1.
Turtle deck ..............................................................................................................43
2.
Fuselage metal skin ................................................................................................43
3.
Coaming and padding .............................................................................................44
4.
Machine guns ..........................................................................................................44
5.
Cheeks ....................................................................................................................44
F.
Mounting the Top Wing ...............................................................................................45
G.
Stringing the Aileron Cables ........................................................................................45
H.
Cowl
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Bibliography
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