Deck – Top Flite TOPA0305 Part 2 User Manual
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ST3. After the epoxy cures, position the fin on
the fin post and confirm that the fin remains
vertical. Make adjustments if necessary. Use the
pin and string
technique or a ruler to measure the
distance between the tip of the fin and the stab tips.
Test
fit
the rudder and eleva
ST4. Glue the top of the fin post to the inside of
the fin with 30-minute epoxy and milled fiberglass
or microballoons
(so
all the epoxy won't run down
to the bottom of the fin). Glue the base of the fin
and fin sheeting to the stab with 30-minute epoxy.
Make sure the
TE
of the fin is
centered
over
former F11
.
Apply a small fillet of epoxy between
the stab and the fin sheeting. Use masking tape
to
hold the fin until the epoxy is fully cured.
itor and
temporarily hook up the pushrods. Make sure you
can move the controls without any interference or
binding. Make adjustments if necessary.
The
twin
engine Model
18
was being produced for the military
in a variety of configurations. But as unpatriotic as it
may have seemed at the time,
one
had
to
think ahead
to
postwar years. The twin would certainly continue
but the Model
17
Staggerwing was a question
mark-the biplane was on its way
out.
The trend was
continuing toward all metal, light planes (started by
Luscombe as early as
1934). At
Beechcraft, design
work
on
a
new
model was
to
be done on a voluntary,
overtime basis. After much careful study
of
the market
to
find
out
what type
of
plane
to
build, and after hours
of
design, wind tunnel and static testing,
on
December
22, 1945,
the first Bonanza was on its maiden voyage
ilown
by
test pilot Vern Carstens.
BUILD
THE
TURTLE
DECK
ST1. Glue formers
F7A, F8A
and
F9A to
the
tops
of
their respective formers.
ST2. Cut the
turtle deck stringers
from
seven 3/16"
x
3/16"
x
30" balsa sticks. Glue the
stringers into the notches of the formers as shown
on the fuselage plan and in the photo. Note the
arrangement of the stringers at F9A.
Important:
Align the formers with a straightedge as
you glue the stringers
to
them.
ST3. Sand the stringers and formers
so
they
blend together.
ST4. The turtle deck is sheeted with four
1/16" balsa sheets
-
one sheet on the bottom of
each side of the turtle deck and one sheet on the
top of each side of the turtle deck. Examine the
four 1/16" x 3 x 2 4 balsa sheets and set the two
softest sheets aside
to
be used for the top.
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