Great Planes T-Craft 20 Kit - GPMA0155 - Manual (Page 34)

❏ ❏ 4. Glue the die-cut 1/8" plywood wheel pant mount
around the indentation on the inside of the wheel pant.
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5. Use masking tape to join the two wheel pant halves.
Carefully spot glue them together in just a few places with
thin CA. Start by spot gluing the top, then the front and rear.
After the halves are joined, securely glue them along all
seams with thin CA.
Note: Do not use CA accelerator on the ABS plastic as it
may develop cracks and/or keep the paint from adhering.
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5. From the leftover ABS, trim and glue strips to the
inside of the wheel pant along the seams.
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6. To reinforce the wheel pant, use epoxy to glue the
fiberglass tape over the seam on the inside of the wheel pant.
❏ ❏ 7. Use your hobby knife or a Dremel ® Multipro ™ with a
sanding drum to finish cutting the wheel openings.
Hint: Make the wheel openings as wide as possible. This will
make installing the wheels and axles easier and cause less
interference with the wheels upon landing and taking off.
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8. Drill a 5/32" hole in the wheel pant at the bottom of
the slot for the landing gear wire.
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9. Slide the wheel pant over the landing gear wire so
that the wire is recessed into the slot in the wheel pant.
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