Landing Gear Struts
(continued)
56.
Lay the fuselage assembly
upside down
on the work surface. Fit the landing gear struts to
the four slots in the fuselage
bottom
– immediately
behind
the landing gear pocket, and
behind
former F7 – oriented with LG1 in
front
.
Do not glue the landing gear struts to the
fuselage.
Fit LG3 (sheet 10/10, 1/32 in. ply) to the ends of the struts. View the assembly
from the
front
. Make sure that the assembly is square, not leaning to one side or the other.
Bond LG3 to the landing gear struts with medium CA. Remove the completed strut
assembly from the fuselage, and set it aside until required later in this manual.
Covering and Painting
57.
Fuselage -
Cover the model with a high-quality, lightweight iron-on material. We highly
recommend Stevens AeroLITE, available from
stevensaero.com.
Cover the fuselage, we
chose Dark Green or Black, and leave the
bottom
uncovered – Or, remove the covering
over the opening in the fuselage
bottom
. This will allow access to help install the pushrods,
the bottom of the fuselage can be covered after they are installed. Paint the motor mount
flat black and paint the inside of the cockpit area gray.
58.
Cowl -
Paint (or cover) the outside of the cowl in silver. Paint the
front
opening in the cowl
flat black.
59.
Hatch -
Paint the hatch and pilot flat black. Apply the pilot sticker from the optional sticker
set, available at
stevensaero.com
.
60.
Wings -
Cover the
top
surface of the wings only, we used Antique White / Cream.
Do not
cover the
bottom
of the wings
, as this will seriously degrade the flight performance of the
model.
61.
Tail Surfaces -
Apply covering on both sides, we used Antique White / Cream. If rigging the
model, open the covering over the rigging holes with the sharp tip of a warm soldering iron
or hobby knife.
Build Instructions
1919 Ricci Triplane UM
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