Great Planes Patriot XL Kit - GPMA0450 - Manual (Page 24)

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2. If using fixed gear, skip to step 4. If installing retracts,
you will need to glue the die-cut 1/8" [3mm] plywood nose
gear plate (NGP) to the 1/8" [3mm] tank floor (TF). Drill four
5/32" [4mm] holes through the punchmarks in the NGP.
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3. Drill four 5/32" [4mm] holes and install 6-32 blind nuts
on the back of the tank floor. The back is the side you glued
the NGP to.
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4. Test fit the tank floor. Use a clamp or rubber bands to
hold the fuse sides together, pinching the floor in place.
Glue the floor in place.
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5. Test fit, then glue the firewall into position using 30-minute
epoxy. Use rubber bands or clamps to hold the fuse sides tight
to the firewall. The same way you did with former #8. Do not
disturb the fuselage until the epoxy has fully cured.
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6. Flip the fuselage over and use weights to hold it down
at F2 and F4.
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7. Locate four of the 1/2" x 1/2" x 30" [13 x 13 x 762mm]
balsa fuse corners. Start at F4 and glue a section from F4
to F1. Do both sides simultaneously. Then glue from F4 to
F8. Again, do both simultaneously.
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8. Glue the two die-cut 1/8" [3mm] ply bolt blocks (BB)
together using medium CA.
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9. Test fit, then use epoxy to glue the bolt block in place.
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