Great Planes Evader EDF Sport Jet EP ARF - GPMA1800 - Manual (Page 16)

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8. If not mounting your battery with a strap, simply apply
the rougher, “hook” side of the included adhesive-backed
Velcro material to the plywood battery plate in the fuselage
and the softer, “loop” side to your battery. Install your battery
in the fuselage.
Attach the Landing Skids
Don’t fl y your Evader without the landing skids. In addition
to protecting the underside, the landing skids perform the
important function of causing the plane to maintain a straight-
ahead trajectory on landing. Otherwise the Evader may spin
and pirouette, allowing the nose or wing tip to dig into the
ground and possibly causing damage.
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1. Cut out the skids and trim the edges so there will be an
approximately 3/32" [2.4mm] rim all the way around.
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2. Hold one of the skids to the wing aligned with the gap
between the root end of the aileron and the wing. Make sure
the skid is parallel with the center of the wing. Then, use
a fi ne-point felt-tip pen to mark the outline of the skid onto
the wing.
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3. Cut the covering from the wing 1/32" [.8mm] around
the inside of the line you marked. Use extreme care not
to cut into the balsa sheeting under the covering. Hint:
Use a soldering iron with a fi ne tip to melt the covering, thus
assuring that you won’t be cutting into the balsa. Move the
tip at a rate just fast enough to melt through the covering.
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4. Wipe away the ink with a paper towel lightly dampened
with denature alcohol. Peel off the covering.
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5. Position the skid on the wing and securely glue it into
position with thin CA.
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6. Fit, then glue on the other wing skid the same way.