Top Flite A6M2 Zero - Manual (Page 5)

Install elevator and rudder servos. Make and rudder pushrods.
Check all control surfaces for free and proper operation. Safety
all clevises now as they are hard to get at once the fuselage is
entirely sheeted.
Glue 1/8" x 7/8" x 42" BALSA to each side as shown.
Fit, form and glue 1/8" x 2-7/8"(or 3") x 42" SHEET next to
7/8" wide pieces.
Pit, form and glue 1/8" x 3-3/4"(or 4") x 24" SHEET in last
opening.
When shells are dry, trim carefully around wing opening. Plank
(cross grain) openings from over formers F-4B thru F-10B with
1/16" balsa sheet.
Glue 1-1/8" x 2-1/2" x 2-3/4" TAIL BLOCK in position.
Carve and sand to shape. Sand entire fuselage, cutting down
raised edges of notched strip until flush with sheeting
For access to interior of fuselage, cut out formers F-5B, F-6B,
F-7B, F-8B and F-9B from between F-18 pieces.
Tape 4 pieces of 3/32" x 2-7/8" x 30" Balsa and two pieces of
3/32" x 2-7/8" x 15" BALSA together as shown above. Make
two sets.
Turn them over, open up slightly, and apply glue to joints. Lay
on flat surface, with weights, until dry.
Cut a triangular piece, as shown shaded above, off of each
piece and SAVE.
Make two more sets, using the triangle, three 3/32" x 2-7/8" x
30" and two 3/32" x 2-7/8" x 15" for each set.
Cover wing plan with MonoKote backing. Pin one assembled
over outline on plan.
Glue ribs W—3 thru W—11 to spar, pinning thru feet of ribs,
checking to be sure ribs are perpendicular.
Glue W—22 to front of each rib and pin.
Glue 7/16" THICK x 28" LONG TAPERED piece to back of
ribs and pin.
Glue upper spar in position in rib notches.
When wing is dry, take DIHEDRAL GUIDE as shown above,
mark lines and cut off spars, W—22 and trailing edge. Unpin
from plan.
Build opposite wing panel in exactly same manner.
Glue W-3B(PLY) and W-3C(PLY) to W-3 RIBS. Make one
left hand and one right hand.
Glue W-5B(PLY) and W-5C(PLY) to W-5 RIBS. Make one
left hand and one right hand.
Cut four pieces of 1/4" x 1/2" BALSA strips to 12-9/16"
long. Taper one end of each piece as shown.
Glue these strips to 1/4" x 1/2" x 30" SPARS, 15-1/8" from
one end of each strip as shown. Leave excess length on spar
to aid in pinning down. Make four sets.
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