TF TOP FLITE P-470 THUNDERBOLT, Руководство пользователя

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FINISH THE WING
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1 . Locate the fiberglass belly pan . Sand the
painted edge with 220-grit sandpaper and clean the
surface with alcohol .
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2 . Temporarily install the wing onto the fuselage
using two 1/4-20 nylon wing bolts . The wing dowels
will fit into receiving holes in the former at the leading
edge of the wing . Align the fiberglass belly pan onto
the underside of the wing in line with the fuselage
and tape it into position . Use a felt-tip pen to trace
around the belly pan onto the wing . Remove the belly
pan and trim a 3/8" [10mm] strip of covering from the
underside of the wing just inside the line you drew .
Be careful to cut only the covering and not the
surface of the wing . Use a sharp hobby knife or the
“ Hot Tip” that follows .
HOW TO CUT COVERING FROM BALSA
Use a soldering iron to cut the covering from the
stab . The tip of the soldering iron doesn’t have to
be sharp, but a fine tip does work best . Allow the
iron to heat fully . Use a straightedge to guide the
soldering iron at a rate that will just melt the cov-
ering and not burn into the wood . The hotter the
soldering iron, the faster it must travel to melt a
fine cut . Peel off the covering .
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3 . Glue the belly pan to the wing with epoxy . Tape
the belly pan in place and put some weight on it to
hold it in place while the glue dries .
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4 . There are two sets of black tubes that will be
installed as machine guns in the leading edge of the
wing . The holes for the guns are pre-drilled to the
correct depth for each of the guns . The tubes are
installed so the longest gun is towards the center of
the wing and the shortest is towards the tip . Test fit
a tube into each of the holes . Once you are satisfied
with the fit, glue the machine guns into the holes in
the leading edge of the wing .
Built in greater quantities than any other US fighter,
the P-47 was the heaviest single-engine WWII
fighter to go into production and the first piston-
powered fighter to exceed 500 mph . The Thunderbolt
performed 546,000 combat sorties between March
of 1943 and August 1945 and is considered the real
forerunner of today’s multirole fighters .