Great Planes CAP 232 40 Kit - GPMA0232 - Manual (Page 34)

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2. Mount the wing to the fuse. Using your sanding bar,
shape the fairings to the contour of the wing. Be careful not
to sand into the wing.
Note: It is easier to sand one side of the aft fairing with one
wing bolt removed. When the first side is done, put the wing
bolt back in place and remove the wing bolt on the
unsanded side.
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1. Trim one matching set of wheel pant halves along
the molded in cut lines. Notice that the top of the outer pant
goes over the lip of the inner pant and the bottom of the
inner pant goes over the lip of the outer pant. You can use a
hobby knife to carefully score along the cut lines and flex
the plastic until the excess breaks free, or use small
scissors to cut along the lines. Kyosho curved plastic
cutting scissors (KYOR1010) work extremely well for this
and make the job a cinch. For now, don't worry about
accurately cutting out the opening in each wheel pant
half–just cut an approximate opening for the wheels.
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2. Use your bar sander to carefully true the edges of
the overlapping pieces of the wheel pant halves so when
you glue them together the seam will be as small and
straight as possible. Notice that the front and rear of the
pant halves do not overlap and are "butt glued" together.
Use 150 or 220-grit sandpaper to remove the flashing and
thoroughly roughen all areas that are to be glued including
the indentation on the inside of both inner pant halves.
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3. Test fit the wheel pant halves and make adjustments
where necessary for the best possible fit.
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4. Join two wheel pant halves and carefully spot glue
them together in just a few places with thin CA. Start by spot
gluing the top, then the front and rear where the two halves
just butt together. After the halves are joined, securely glue
them together 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. Use your hobby knife (or a Moto-Tool with a sanding
drum) to cut out the wheel openings.
Hint: Make the wheel openings wide as this will make
installing the wheels and axles easier and cause less
interference with the wheels upon landing and takeoff. You
can see the size of the wheel openings in the following photo.
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6. Use medium CA to glue the die-cut 1/8" plywood
wheel pant mounts to the inside of each wheel pant.
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7. Use a metal file to chamfer the edges and corners
of the aluminum landing gear so it will neatly fit in the
recess of the wheel pant. Position the wheel pant on the
aluminum landing gear, then use a felt tip pen to accurately
mark the location of the axle mounting hole.
Assemble the Wheel Pants
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