Top Flite TOPA0290 - Manual (Page 56)

MOUNT THE
WING
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1.
Round one end of both 1/4" x 2-1/4" [6.4 x 57mm]
hardw
ood
wing do
wels
.
Use 30-min
u
te epo
xy to glue
the do
w
e
ls into the wing.
Allo
w the epo
xy to harden
bef
ore fitting the wing to the fuselage
.
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2.
Using the wing bolt holes that are already in the
top of the wing as a guide
, use a 3/16" [4.8mm] br
ass
tube shar
pened on the end or a 3/16" [4.8mm] dr
ill
bit to the holes through the bottom sheeting.
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3.
If y
ou ha
v
en’t done so already
, use a bar sander
with 80-g
rit or 150-g
rit sandpaper to sand the balsa
fuselage sheeting e
v
en with the plyw
ood fuselage
doub
lers and f
o
rm
er F3 to accommodate the wing.
T
est fit the wing in the fuselage and mak
e an
y
adjustments necessar
y f
or a nice fit.
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4.
With the wing in the fuselage
, stand six to ten
feet behind the model.
Vie
w the alignment betw
een
the wing and the stabiliz
er
.
If the tw
o are in alignment
proceed to the ne
xt step
.
If the wing and stab do not
align, remo
v
e the wing and carefully sand the
“high
side”
of the wing saddle in the fuselage to br
ing the
wing into alignment with the stabiliz
er
.
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5.
Stic
k a
T
-pin into the bottom of the fuselage
centered o
v
er the bottom str
inger at the rear
.
T
ie a
loop in one end of a 60" [1.5m] piece of non-elastic line such as monofilament or K
e
vlar line
.
K
& S #801
K
e
vlar thread w
o
rks perf
ectly f
or this
.
Slip the loop in
the str
ing o
v
er the
T
-pin.
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6.
F
old a piece of masking tape o
v
er the str
ing
near the other end and dr
a
w
an arro
w on it.
Slide the
tape along the str
ing and align the arro
w with one
end of the wing as sho
wn in the photo
.
Swing the
str
ing o
v
er to the other end of the wing and hold it in
the same position.
Rotate the wing as necessar
y and
slide the tape along the str
ing until both ends are
equaliz
ed.
No
w the wing is centered.
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7.
Being careful not to disturb the wing alignment,
dr
ill #7 holes through the wing and the wing bolt
b
loc
ks in the fuselage
.
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