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DEHAVILLAND BEAVER 120 ARF
You’ve taken the lid off the box, read over the "READ ME FIRST" pamphlet and you are ready to start with the assembly
procedure… you are about 15-20 hours away from being ready to go flying! Now is the time to look over what’s in the box.
Please go through the contents and make sure nothing has been damaged in shipping.
Damaged, missing or defective
components must be reported to your vendor BEFORE any assembly begins. Please DO NOT START if something is
damaged, missing or defective. See Page 3 for further information. As you can imagine, once you start the assembly
process or install your radio or engine your options for returns are very limited. Your vendor will not be able to provide
you with exchanges or replacements of parts that have been assembled. DO NOT START UNLESS IT'S RIGHT!
PHASE 1 - CHECK OUT THE CONTENTS.
PLEASE SAVE YOUR BOXES UNTIL CHECK OUT COMPLETE
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STEP 1.1 - CHECK OFF MAJOR
COMPONENTS INCLUDED.
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Wing Box with the following items:
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Left Wing Half
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Right Wing Half
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Horizontal Stablizer with pre-attached elevators
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Vertical Stabilizer with pre-attached rudder
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Fuselage Box with the following items:
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Fuselage assembly
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Cowl
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Cowl accesories bag
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Main Landing Gear
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Wing Struts (pair)
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Master Bag of hardware
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Optional Cockpit Set consisting of Pilots, seating
etc (if included)
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STEP 1.1 - UNPACK.
The wing box (15-1/2 x 5-1/2 x 63-3/4 in. / 11 lbs 2 oz) is
the smaller of the two boxes. Inside the wing box is the
rudder, the horizontal stabilizer and the two wing halves in
a bag with spacers separating them.
The fuselage box (15-1/2 x 12 x 63-3/4 in. / 22 lbs 12 oz.)
is the larger of the two boxes. Inside the fuselage box is
the fuselage, the cowl, landing gear and cowl accessories
including the dummy cylinder plate, hardware etc. If the
optional cockpit set has been included it will have been
packed in the fuselage box. The optional cockpit set
consists of two pilots sitting on two chairs and a bag of
cloth cabin liners and a strip of Velcro for attaching the
liners to the inside of the cockpit. The liners are reversible
with a choice of brown or aluminium colors.
Remove the fuselage carefully from the box and set it on a
clean flat surface with cardboard, foam or cloth beneath
the bottom of the fuselage to protect the finish from
scratches.
Very carefully remove the cowl, slide your hand into the
cowl from the back of the fuselage cargo bay, reach right
through the cowl to the front and put your fingers on the
inside of the cowl front nacelle ring, apply gentle pressure
upwards, wiggle the cowl slightly and lift the cowl carefully
up and out of the fuselage. Set the cowl carefully aside for
use later.
After removing the cowl, you can then remove any of the
other material that has been packed into the fuselage.
Remove the packing material and if included, extract the
optional set of pilots on a seat assembly by rotating the
assembly slightly and sliding the assembly back and out of
the fuselage. Remove the master hardware bag.
Using a pencil or pen mark the top edge of the forward
removable firewall so that you can clearly discern which is
the top edge of the forward removable firewall.
Remove the forward removable firewall and fuel tank.
Reach inside the fuselage and undo the four nuts and
three washers from each of the four bolts. Set the bolts
and nuts aside along with the forward removable firewall
for later use.
Now reach into the fuselage and remove any of the stuffing
from the back behind the cargo area and remove the wing
strut bag that has been stored in the back of the fuselage.
The wing struts can be removed by bringing them forward
through the fuselage cargo and cabin areas and finally
exiting via the front of the fuselage.
Loosely replace the forward removable firewall and fuel
tank with the bolts, nuts and washers you removed earlier.
This step is just being done to ensure that all the parts are
retained for later use. Do not bother to tighten anything
down at this stage… just put the forward removable firewall
assembly loosely back the way it was.
Now that you have unpacked all of the major components it
is time to check them off.
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