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Fuselage (Glider Version)
• Trial fit the parts of the fuselage– no glue yet! Sand as
necessary to obtain perfect fit (Fig. 5)
• Glue the ply reinforcement and balsa triangle stocks
to the fuselage sides. Glue together the canopy. Glue
the canopy magnets before final sanding; please do
not forget to check and mark the polarity of magnets
first – they must attract each other. (Fig. 6+7)
• Glue together the front part of the fuselage; do not for-
get to sand the edges of the formers to the shape. (Fig. 8)
• Epoxy the wing nut plate with nuts already glued and
the tail boom holding formers in place (Fig. 7+8)
• Glue the nose cone parts in place and sand them to the
required shape using the supplied template. (Fig. 8+9)
• Partially cut (ca 1 mm deep) and crack the fuselage
sides along the rear edge of the rear fuselage former
in order to create a conical transition between the fu-
selage and the tail boom (the cut line is to be soaked
with thin CA before the final sanding). Slide the tail
boom fairing ring and the rear fuselage ring onto the
tail boom tube (on the end without notches). Insert
the tail boom into the fuselage (no glue yet – it will
be glued only after the final sanding and covering of
the fuselage). Trial fit all the parts and sand carefully to
obtain a tight fit; the fairing matching the rear edge of
the fuselage. The rear fuselage ring tack glue to the fu-
selage (do not glue it to the tail boom) and the fairing
ring glue to the tail boom. (Fig. 10+11)
• Glue the upper and lower sheeting of the fuselage; do
not forget to epoxy the tow hook plate. (Fig. 9+10+11)
• Attach the canopy to the fuselage and sand eve-
rything smooth. (Fig. 9+10+11)
• Locate the towhook; cut the opening for it in the lower
part of the fuselage and drill the holes for the fixing
screws. (Fig. 12)
• Assemble (no glue yet) the horizontal tailplane py-
lon consisting of the liteply core with tailplane fixing
nuts (M4 front, M3 rear), 4 mm balsa sides and liteply
tailplane seat. Insert the pylon into the corresponding
notch in the fuselage; trim if necessary, open up the
elevator push rod tunnel. Once satisfied, epoxy to-
gether the liteply core with the balsa sides and sand to
shape using the supplied liteply jig. Epoxy the tailpla-
ne seat in place. (Fig. 47A+47B+47C)
Fuselage (Electric Version)
• The building sequence of the electric version fuselage
is basically the same as with the glider version except
for the firewall and nose. Epoxy the firewall in place
and sand the nose to the desired shape matching your
spinner. (Fig. 13-15)
• Before you epoxy the firewall in, make sure the ope-
nings and holes in the firewall match your motor –
make any changes as necessary or cut a new firewall
to match your motor perfectly. (Fig. 13)
Wing Centre Section
• Epoxy together the wing central ribs; insert 3 mm beech
dowels into the holes in order to obtain correct match.
Note: Make a left and right pair of ribs. (Fig. 16+17)
• Epoxy the wing fixing bolt plate between the central
ribs. (Fig. 18)
• Epoxy together the parts of the main spar shear web-
bing; the short 0.8 mm ply joiner (with a hole in the
centre) to the front side, the long joiner to the rear
side. Make bays for the wing carbon joiner; epoxy to-
gether front (shorter) 0.8 mm ply plate, 5 mm ply cen-
tral plate and rear 0.8 mm ply (longer, slanted edge)
plate. Prevent the epoxy hardening inside the bays –
put the parts together with the carbon joiner inserted,
then immediately remove the joiner (do not forget
cleaning the joiner using a paper tissue and rubbing
alcohol before the glue sets). (Fig. 19-22)
• Slide all ribs onto the mains spar shear webbing (no
glue yet!). Bind the joiner bays with the provided Ke-
vlar thread and soak with medium CA. (Fig. 23+24)
• Insert the rear spar, trial fit the leading and trailing
edges. Sand to fit if necessary. Once satisfied with the
fit, glue all the parts of the wing centre section with
medium cyano over the building plan protected with
a sheet of thin clear plastic film (you might find better
gluing ribs to the main spar shear webbing with an ali-
phatic resin). (Fig. 25-27)
• Glue the lower 8x2 mm spruce stick main spar in place.
• Edge glue together the upper D-box sheeting (1.5 mm
balsa) and the upper 8x2 mm spruce stick main spar;
once cured glue it to the wing using aliphatic resin.
(Fig. 28-29)
• Bevel both two end ribs of the wing centre section
using the supplied 7° dihedral jig. Then glue the 3 mm
liteply end ribs with magnets. (Fig. 30)
• Glue the airbrake frame to the upper side of the wing
and sheet the space between the central ribs with 1.5
mm balsa. Cut the openings for the wing fixing bolts.
(Fig. 31)
• Epoxy the central half rib with the wing alignment pin
and sheet the space between the central ribs with 1.5
mm balsa. Cut the openings for the wing fixing bolts.
(Fig. 32)
• Glue the reinforcements square to the 2.5 mm balsa
airbrake. (Fig. 33)
• Fine sand the entire wing centre section (incl. the air-
brake).
Wing Outer Panels
• The wing outer panels are to be constructed in the
same manner as the wing centre section; the main dif-
ference is that the inner part and the outer winglet are
built as one part on a flat surface. Once the structure
is finished, you will cut it between the end/root ribs,
bevel to obtain the correct dihedral and glue together.
(Fig. 34+35)
• Glue together both two wing outer panels over the
building plan protected with a sheet of thin clear plas-
tic film (remember – you are building left and right
wing panels!). Please note the inner spars are made
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