Specifications

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2. Mount each main landing gear wire in the
landing gear mount with two metal straps and four #4
x 1/2" [12.7mm] sheet metal screws.
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3. Mount the wheels to the landing gear with
a wheel collar on both sides of both wheels. Use
a small drop of threadlocker on all the 3 x 5mm
machine screws. Make sure the machine screw in the
outer wheel collar tightens against the fl at spot on the
landing gear wire.
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4. Use a sharp hobby knife to remove the covering
from over the fi ve mounting holes in the plywood
retract cover. Set the retract cover over the retract
and drill a 1/16" [1.6mm] pilot hole using the holes in
the cover as a guide.
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5. Mount the retract cover to the wing with fi ve #2
x 3/8" [9.5mm] fl at head sheet metal screws.
Various prototypes and incarnations of the P-47
began to materialize at Republic Aircraft around
1940. One of the fi rst designs recognizable as a
P-47 was the XP-44 Rocket. One of the engine
performance features carried over from Seversky
was the gear-driven supercharger and later a
turbo-supercharger.
ASSEMBLE THE FUSELAGE
INSTALL THE STABILIZER
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1. Test fi t the two aluminum stabilizer tubes in the
fuselage and slide the stabilizers on the tubes. The
shorter tube goes in the front hole. If the aluminum
tubes are too tight to slide through the holes, take
a sharp hobby knife and gently scrape the inside of
the holes. During the manufacturing process a small
amount of resin or fi ller may be left behind in the hole.
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2. Once you are satisfi ed with the fi t of the
stabilizer halves, remove the stabilizer halves and
the joiner tubes. Use medium grit sandpaper to
roughen up the aluminum tubes. Clean the tubes with
denatured alcohol and insert both tubes back into the
fuselage until the end exits on the opposite side by
approximately 1" [25.4mm].
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3. Gather everything required for gluing the
stabilizer halves to the fuselage, including 30-minute