Top Flite TOPA0290 - Manual (Page 53)

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8.
Cut tw
enty-f
our 3/16" x 1/4" [4.8 x 6.4mm]
plastic str
ips from lefto
v
er ABS plastic.
Glue the
pieces in alter
nating locations on both halv
es of the
tail cone
.
Be sure to position the str
ips where the
y
will not interf
ere with the mounting b
loc
ks or an
y
str
ucture inside the cone
.
These pieces will align the
seam.
T
est fit the top and bottom cone halv
es
.
M
ak
e
adjustments where necessar
y.
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9.
Connect the r
udder pushrod to the r
udder ser
vo
b
y
making an
“L
”
bend in the pushrod and using a n
ylon
F
aslink.
Mak
e sure the r
udder is centered when the
ser
vo
is centered.
If necessar
y, adjust the cle
vis on the
rudder
.
Install a silicone retainer on the cle
vis
.
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10.
If gluing on the cone bef
ore painting and co
ve
ring,
mount the tail cone bottom to the fuselage
, then
carefull
y
glue on the tail cone top using thic
k or medium
CA.
Use
great care
not to inadv
er
tently glue the top
cone to the bottom cone or to glue the bottom cone to the fuselage
.
Use filler where necessar
y and sand to
b
lend the tail cone top and bottom to the fuselage
.
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11.
If not gluing on the tail cone at this time
, tape
one side of the tail cone to the fuselage
, then b
lend
the other side of the fuselage to match the shape of the tail cone
.
Shape the other side the same w
a
y.
FINAL CONSTR
UCTION
MOUNT THE
CO
WL
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1.
Mount the m
uffler
.
If using the
T
o
p Flite m
uffler
,
both the header and the tube coming from the m
uffler that connects to the header will ha
v
e
to be
tr
immed in order to fit in the space pro
vided.
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2.
Note that the co
wl is made of three par
ts—the
top
,
bottom
and
fr
ont
—that will e
v
entually be glued
together
.
The same as when cutting out the cabin
top
, use cur
v
ed-tip
, plastic-cutting scissors to cut out
the co
wl
top
and
bottom
along the molded-in
cutlines
,
e
xcept
along the
aft edg
es
where the
y
meet the fuselage
.
Cut the co
wl top and bottom 1/8"
[3mm] outside the cutlines along the aft edges
.
This
Decide whether to glue on the tail cone top no
w
(bef
ore painting), or after it has been painted and
the model has been co
v
ered.
Gluing on the tail
cone top no
w will pro
vide a seamless tr
ansition
betw
een the fuselage and the tail cone top
because the joint can be hidden with filler
.
If done
this w
a
y,
the tail cone top will ha
v
e
to be painted
while it is on the model, requir
ing an airbr
ush and
good painting skills
.
(A method f
o
r painting
LustreK
ote with an airbr
ush is descr
ibed in the
"Finishing" section of this man
ual.) Gluing on the
tail cone top after it has been painted will mak
e it
easier to paint, b
ut it will be more difficult to
achie
v
e
a perf
ect tr
ansition betw
een the cone top
and the fuselage
.H
o
w
e
v
er
, this is where a natur
al
seam e
xists on the full-siz
e plane an
yw
a
y, so if
done w
ell, good results can also be achie
v
ed with
this method.
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