User Manual
❏❏R5. Use coarse sandpaper to thoroughly
roughen the inside of the fiberglass wheel cover
where the braces will go. Cut two braces from a
3/32" x 1/4" x 19-1/2" [2 x 6 x 500mm] hardwood stick
to the length shown in the photo. Use medium CA to
glue the braces into position. The braces should be
inset 1/16" from the edges of the wheel cover.
❏❏R6. Reposition the mounts on the strut. Place
the fiberglass wheel cover on the mounts. The
wheel cover should be even with the bottom of the
wing. If necessary, make adjustments to the angle
cut on the mounts until the wheel cover fits. If you
end up cutting the mounts too short, try again with
the extras provided.
❏❏R7. The same way you drew the reference marks
for drilling the holes in the hatch, mark and drill the
holes in the wheel cover and the wheel cover mounts.
❏❏R8. Mount the wheel cover to the mounts with
two #2 x 3/8" [9.5mm] screws and #2 washers.
❏❏R9. Use a 1/2" [15mm] strip of coarse
sandpaper to remove the paint and roughen the
struts where the mounts go.
❏❏R10. With the wheel covers still attached to the
wheel cover mounts, glue the mounts to the struts
with 30-minute epoxy. Use masking tape with pieces
of R/C foam underneath to hold the mounts to the
struts and to hold the wheel covers in position.
❏❏R11. After the epoxy from the previous step
has fully hardened, remove the tape and extend the
gear by hand. Make certain that the gear can operate
freely and that there is no interference between the
wheel cover and the wing. If necessary, trim the
wheel cover for a good fit, and/or adjust the height
and angle of the wheel cover by gluing thin balsa
“shims” to the top of the wheel cover mounts.
❏❏R12. Use one of your paper towel squares
dampened with denatured alcohol to wipe the reference
drawn on the bottom of the wing. Remove the wheel
cover. Add a few drops of thin CA to the holes in the
wheel cover mounts. Remount the wheel covers.
❏ R13. Return to step one and repeat the procedure
to mount the hatch and wheel cover to the other gear.
Install the air lines
❏
R1. Before installing the air lines, cut the covering
from the hole in the front of both wing halves for the
3/8" [10mm] wing dowels. Glue the dowels in with
30-minute epoxy. (The wings in the photo are joined,
but your wings should not yet be joined.)
Now to the air lines (start with the left wing)…
❏❏R2. Remove the retract hatch and the retract
from the left wing. Add a few drops of thin CA to the
screw holes.
❏❏R3. Cut the covering from the holes in the top
of the wing for the servo wires and the air line tubing.
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