Great Planes SlowPoke 15 Kit - GPMA0491 - Manual (Page 21)

❏ 9. Remove the engine from the engine mount.
❏ 10. Place the fuselage, inverted, onto the building
surface. Position and glue the engine mount flush with F1.
❏ 11. Locate the two die-cut 1/8" balsa front fuse sides
and the two die-cut 1/8" balsa front fuse doublers. Paying
special attention to keep the engine mount and the fuse flat
on the work surface, glue the two front fuse sides in place
to the sides of the engine mount. Note: The front fuse
doublers are smaller than the front fuse sides.
❏ 12. Glue the front fuse doublers in place to the insides
of the front fuse sides.
❏ 13. Fuelproof the wood on the inside of the front fuse
doublers, the front of F1 and the bottom of the engine
mount. Hint: Fuel proof paint or epoxy thinned with alcohol
works well.
❏ 14. Using a piece of 1/8" x 3" x 12" balsa, sheet the front
bottom from F2 up to and overlapping the engine mount.
Note: Be sure the grain is running across the fuse bottom,
not along it.
❏ 15. A 1/2" drain hole should be positioned as shown above.
❏ 16. Position the engine on your mount and trim the front
bottom sheeting as necessary so the engine will fit properly
on the engine mount.
❏ 1. Sand the rear edge of the fuse flat as shown. Sand the
rest of the fuse smooth.
Mount the Tail
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