Carl Goldberg GPMA1960 Gentle Lady Glider ARF User Manual
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BUILDING STAND
A building stand or cradle comes in handy during the build.
We use the Robart Super Stand II (ROBP1402) for all our
projects in R&D, and it can be seen in pictures throughout
this manual.
PREPARATIONS
Remove the tape and separate all the control surfaces.
Use a covering iron with a covering sock on high heat to
tighten the covering if necessary. Apply pressure over sheeted
areas to thoroughly bond the covering to the wood.
JOIN THE WING PANELS
1. Test fi t the wing joiner into the wing panels. The point
of the “V” shaped joiner should point to the bottom of the
wing panels. Sand the wing joiner or root ribs if necessary
to achieve the correct fi t. The root ribs should join together
tightly with no gaps and the joiner should be just slightly
loose in the joiner pockets to allow room for epoxy.
2. Use a mixing stick or something similar to coat the
inside of the wing joiner pockets of both wing panels with
30-minute epoxy. Thoroughly coat one half of the wing joiner
with 30-minute epoxy and insert it into the joiner pocket of
one wing panel with the bottom of the “V” shape pointing to
the underside of the wing. Coat the root ribs of both wing
panels and the protruding end of the wing joiner with epoxy.
Slide the wing panels together and use tape to hold them
tight while the epoxy cures.