Top Flite TOPA0700 User Manual
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4.
Use a fine-point f
elt-tip pen to mar
k small lines
directly on the wing, noting the location of both wing bolt
plates
.
R
eposition the air scoop on the wing, then mar
k
the same lines on both sides of the air scoop
.
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5.
Cut the inside of the air scoop at the lines to
accommodate the wing bolt plates
.
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6.
Use the same procedure to mar
k
the location of
the wing bolts on the air scoop
.
Using the mar
ks on
the scoop as a guide
, cut 1/2" [13mm] holes through
the bottom of the scoop f
or wing bolts
.
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7.
Roughen the lip around the base of the scoop
so glue will adhere
.
Place a sheet of w
ax paper
betw
een the wing and the fuselage
.
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8.
Glue the air scoop to the bottom of the wing with
30-min
ute epo
xy mix
ed with microballoons
.
Hold the
air scoop do
wn with w
eights and use paper to
w
e
l
squares dampened with alcohol to clean up epo
xy
that squeez
es out.
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9.
Unbolt the wing after the epo
xy hardens
.
Slip
pieces of fuel tubing o
v
er the wing bolts so the
y don’t
fall out.
Wing fairing
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1.
Bolt the wing to the fuselage
.
T
est fit the
fiberglass
wing fairing
to the wing and fuselage
.
T
rim the wing f
air
ing as necessar
y to fit.
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2.
T
race the outline of the wing f
air
ing onto the wing.
Cut a
w
a
y
the co
ve
ring 1/32" [1mm] inside the line
.
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3.
Roughen the inside of the wing f
air
ing around
the edges where it will contact the wing.
Holding the
wing f
air
ing in position, glue it to the wing with
medium CA.
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