Top Flite TOPA0700 - Manual (Page 22)

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2.
Cut out the
instrument panel
.
There is no lip
around the top
.
T
rim the sides as necessar
y to fit in
the fuselage
.
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3.
Glue the 1/8" x 1/4" x 2" [3 x 6 x 50mm] balsa
stic
k to the balsa instr
ument panel in the fuselage
.
T
empor
ar
ily fit the coc
kpit sides and the instr
ument
panel into position.
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4.
Use small scissors or cur
v
ed-tip scissors to
rough-cut out the
canop
y
.
The best w
a
y is to do it in
three steps—each time getting closer to the finished outline
.
First, cut a
w
a
y
the biggest pieces
.
Then cut
closer
, b
ut no closer than 1/8" [3mm] from the final
cut.
Finally
, cut to the final shape all the w
a
y around,
then tr
ue the edges b
y
sanding.
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5.
Cut out the
coc
kpit floor
to fit betw
een the
fo
rmers
.
C
ut out the
seat bac
k,
lea
ving a 1/8" [3mm]
lip all the w
a
y around.
F
rom inside the fuselage
, r
aise
the floor up to the coc
kpit sides
.
Holding the floor in
position, lo
w
er the seat bac
k into the coc
kpit.
T
empor
ar
ily place the canop
y on the fuselage
.
M
ak
e
cer
tain there is appro
ximately 3/16" [5mm] clear
ance
betw
een the top of the seat bac
k and the top of the
canop
y.
T
rim the seat bac
k if necessar
y.
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6.
No
w that y
ou understand ho
w it all fits
, sand the
edges of all the coc
kpit par
ts str
aight and tr
ue
.
Add
an
y additional details y
ou pref
er
, then use medium
CA to securely glue in the coc
kpit par
ts
.
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7.
Add an
y other final details to the coc
kpit y
o
u
pref
er
.O
n our model w
e
added 600-g
rit sandpaper to
the coc
kpit floor aft of the seat.
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