User Manual

Build instructions for fuselage with nose mounted motor
81. Two layers of Formica plate will be glued on the front of the fuselage
82. Put the hot glue on the foam first because the Formica plate causes the glue to cool too quickly.
83. Set the hot glue gun to low temperature and glue a Formica plate on the upper nose section on the fuselage.
84. Hold the Formica plate in place while the glue sets but glue the second Formica plate directly over the top before it cools.
85. If the glue cools too quickly and the plates aren't quite in place, use your hobby iron on the front of the plate. The heat will melt the
glue under the plates, and you can reposition the Formica plates. Be careful because the plates will get very hot.
86. Use strips of Scotch Extreme Tape to completely cover the Formica plates and nose of the fuselage, extending back 12” (30 cm)
on the sides of the fuselage. The E-Tape adds incredible strength to the plane.
87. Put a strip of E-Tape on the bottom of the fuselage that goes back 20" from the nose. This helps to keep the fuselage from flexing
and breaking with the pressure of the rubber bands.
88. Turn the fuselage upside-down, and center a length of laminate (included in the kit) along the fuselage, rough side towards the
foam. Leave enough excess laminate extending beyond the nose and behind the tail to wrap the ends later.
89. Use your hobby iron to adhere the laminate along the entire bottom of the fuselage.
90. Wrap the sides of the laminate up along the sides of the fuselage and iron into place. Cut the remaining edges of laminate so that
they will overlap at least 1” (2 cm) on top of the fuselage. Iron down one side of the laminate on top of the fuselage, then the other.
The entire length should now be laminated, overlapping on top, with the ends still open. Store the remaining laminate in case it is
ever needed for repairs.
91. Cut the ends of the laminate and slit the corners, so that you can iron down the “tabs” of laminate onto the nose and tail ends of the
fuselage. Complete the lamination of the entire fuselage. Make sure the pieces overlap sufficiently as you iron them down. The
seams in the clear laminate hardly show.