Great Planes F-14 60 Kit - GPMA0435 - Manual (Page 42)

D 10. Remove the prop nut and propeller. Carefully
pop the spinner backplate loose with a screwdriver and
remove the spacers. Remove the engine and mount in
preparation for the next steps. You may have to cut away
some of the scrap wood you just installed to get the
engine out. This is ok, you have to be able to service the
engine.
D 11. Check the fuel tank brass tubes and cut out
around them if necessary so the fuel tubing will slide on
later. If necessary, carve out the area of the nose side if
needed for the nose gear steering arm and pushrod
clearance. D 15. Using a razor plane and a sanding block with
coarse sandpaper, rough sand the front of the fuselage as
shown above. The nose should be perfectly round at the
spinner ring and flow smoothly to the cross sections
shown on the plans at the firewall and F-2. The bottom
comers should become sharper as they near the inlets and
flow smoothly into the fuse bottom. Do not sand below
the wing outline you drew or you will increase the wing
gap.
D 16. Now, with the engine and mount removed,
fuelproof the inside of the entire engine compartment
with polyester resin or epoxy thinned with alcohol.
D 12. From t h e 1/2" balsa t r i a n g l e stock
(WSTR001H), cut lengths to fit in all the corners of the
nose, between the firewall and the spinner ring. Add
thick CA around the inside of the spinner ring and the
front of the firewall to secure everything.
D 13. Trim the triangle stock as needed to temporarily
re-install the engine and mount. Trim the cowl bottom as
necessary to get the muffler on the engine. Trim the
cowl to allow a 1/8" gap around all engine parts
including the muffler. When satisfied with the clearance,
remove the engine and mount.
D 14. Set the wing on the fuse and draw a line along
the top surface of the wing on the side of the fuselage.
Do this on both sides of the fuse. Remove the wing.
FINAL ASSEMBLY
D 1. From the 1/16" x 3/8" x 30" balsa sticks
(F146W20) cut the cap strips to fit between the leading
edge sheeting and the trailing edge sheeting and glue
them in place over each rib. Do this for both sides of all
the ribs. HINT - For easier positioning of the cap strips,
first mark the location of the ribs on the LE and TE
sheeting.
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