Great Planes SlowPoke 15 Kit - GPMA0491 - Manual (Page 23)

❏ 1. Align the tabs on the bottom of the die-cut 3/32" balsa F4
and F4A formers. Laminate the formers with medium CA.
❏ 2. With F4A facing the rear of the plane, glue the laminated
F4 in place, keeping it perpendicular to the fuse top.
❏ 3. Keeping F5A perpendicular to the fuse top, glue it
in place.
❏ 4. Glue a 1/8" x 5/16" x 18" balsa turtle deck stringer
into the bottom left notches in F4A and F5A. Trim the TE of
the stringer so that it comes to a point at the TE of the fin.
Glue to F6 and the fin. Repeat this step for the other five
turtle deck stringers.
❏ 5. Using the full-size template on the plan, make the
turtle deck top from a 1/4" x 1-3/4" x 18" balsa sheet.
❏ 6. Glue the turtle deck top to the turtle deck formers and
the fin.
❏ 7. Glue the two die-cut 1/8" balsa cockpit floors (CF)
together, making sure the embossed label is up on one and
down on the other.
❏ 8. Fit and glue the cockpit floor and the die-cut 3/32 balsa
former F3A in place.
❏ 9. Glue the die-cut 1/8" ply former F1A in place, keeping
it vertical to the engine mount.
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