Great Planes Edge 540 FlatOuts 3D EP ARF - GPMA1113 - Manual (Page 12)

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14. Glue the 3 x 90mm [1/8" x 3-1/2"] strut brace tube
into the fuselage.
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15. Locate eight rod supports (D2). In the following
steps note that four of the supports will be used for the main
landing gear and four of the supports will be used for the
wing struts at the trailing edge of the wing, but all of the
supports are exactly the same.
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16. Installing them down through the top of the wing, glue
four rod supports (D2) into the slots in both sides of the
wing. Two of the supports are at the leading edge (for the
landing gear) and two are at the trailing edge (for the wing
struts). IMPORTANT: The holes in the supports must be
angled upward and outward (matching the angle of the
landing gear and the wing struts).
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17. Installing them from the right side, glue two more
supports into the slots in the fuselage. Note that these first
two supports should be positioned aft in the slots, and that
the holes in the supports should be angled downward and
outward (again, to accommodate the angles of the landing
gear and the struts).
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18. Glue the remaining two supports into the left side of
the fuselage. Be certain that the holes are angled correctly.
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19. Slide the 2 x 195mm [5/64" x 7-5/8"] landing gear legs
through the landing gear supports in the front of the wing and
fuselage. Ensure that the wing is parallel with the stab and
horizontal fuselage and perpendicular to the vertical fuselage.
Once satisfied with the alignment, secure the landing gear
legs with a drop of glue on both sides of each joint.
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20. Slide the 2 x 94mm [5/64" x 3-5/8"] wing struts through
both sets of supports in the back of the wing and fuselage.
Make sure that the TE of the wing is aligned with the LE, and
secure the struts with a drop of glue on both sides of each joint.
IMPORTANT!!! Before gluing in any of the supports, be
certain to read the steps all the way through so you will
understand how the supports go in.
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