Great Planes Tutor Park Flyer Kit- GPMA0002 - Manual (Page 14)

board. Glue the dowel into position. Note: If you will be
adding ailerons to your Tutor, do not use the aft holes. Drill
two holes directly behind the top of F3. Glue the dowel into
these holes.
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10. Use a bar sander with 150-grit sandpaper to lightly
sand the tops of the formers and the top edges of the fuse
sides even. Test fit, then use medium CA to glue the laser-
cut 1/32" [.8mm] balsa fuse top into position. Remove the
fuse from the plan.
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11. From F3 aft, use a bar sander with 150-grit sandpaper
to sand the fuse top and bottom even with the fuse sides.
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1. Make another wing hold-down dowel by cutting the
remainder of the 1/8" [3.2mm] dowel leftover from the
leading edge of the other wing half to a length of 3" [75mm].
Locate the remaining 1/8" x 3" [3.2 x 75mm] dowel supplied
with this kit. Round both ends of both dowels.
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2. Insert the dowels through the holes in the front of the
fuse for the forward wing hold-down dowel and the
landing gear dowel. Fit, but do not glue former F2 in the
fuse between the forward wing hold down dowel and the
landing gear dowel.
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3. Accurately reposition the fuse over the top view of the
plan. Pin the aft end of the fuse bottom to the plan with a
T-pin through the bottom of former F5. Pin the front end of
the fuse bottom to the plan from F3 forward with four or five
more T-pins.
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4. Use T-pins to hold two balsa blocks or something
similar to the building board, aligning the aft end of the fuse
over the plan. Remove the T-pin from former F5 and raise
the aft end of the fuse until the bottom of the fuse sides in
the cabin area (under the wing) are contacting the fuse
bottom. Note that the balsa blocks hold the aft end of the fuse
in alignment even though it has been raised off the plan.
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5. Hold the fuse sides to the fuse bottom, then glue them
together.
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6. Temporarily fit, but do not glue the laser-cut 1/16"
[1.6mm] ply landing gear plate between the notches in the
fuse bottom. Be certain the forward wing dowel and the
landing gear dowel are centered, then glue former F2 to the
fuse sides, but not to the landing gear plate.
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7. Use balsa sticks to hold the laser-cut 1/32" [.8mm]
balsa forward fuse bottom up to the fuse sides. Glue the
forward fuse bottom to the fuse sides.
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8. Use a bar sander with 150-grit sandpaper to lightly
sand the edges of the laser-cut 1/16" [1.6mm] ply former
F1, so glue will adhere. Glue strips of leftover 1/16" [1.6mm]
balsa to the back of F1 over the holes as shown on the plan.
Frame the Front End of the Fuselage
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