Dynaflite DYFA3045 - Manual (Page 42)

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3. Widen the slot with a piece of medium-grit
sandpaper folded in half.
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4. Finish widening the slot to the correct
thickness with a piece of coarse-grit sandpaper
folded in half. If you happen to have one, a D.G.
Products Perma-Grit tungsten carbide flat
sanding bar works best. When completed, a
strut retainer should slide into the slot with little
resistance.
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5. Cut the rest of the slots in the ends of the
struts. Don’t forget–the inner struts require
slots in only the TOP (no sense in cutting any
unnecessary slots!).
This is as far as we will go with the wing struts
until after the model has been covered.
Refer to the following two photos while
fitting the bottom engine cowl.
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1. Cut out the molded plastic bottom engine
cowl slightly larger than the molded-in cutlines
around the edges. A rotary tool with a high-
speed cutter bit is recommended for cutting the
openings in the louvers.
MOUNT THE ENGINE COWLS
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