Great Planes Flatana FlatOuts EP ARF - GPMA1111 - Manual (Page 11)

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9. Glue the lower vertical fuselage half to the fuselage
tube. Make sure to keep it parallel with the upper half and
perpendicular to the horizontal fuselage.
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10. Using the 3 x 106mm [1/8" x 4-11/64"] rudder post
tube as a guide, glue three clip hinges and a clip hinge control
horn to the rudder.
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11. Remove the rudder post tube from the rudder. Slide
two hinge retainer rings onto the bottom of the rudder post.
Align the rings with the slot in the TE of the fuselage. Secure
each ring with a drop of glue on the outside. Be careful not
to get glue between the rings.
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12. Glue the rudder post tube to the TE of the
vertical fuselage.
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13. Snap the rudder onto the rudder post.
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14. Glue the 3 x 111mm [1/8" x 4-3/8"] 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
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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