User Manual

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11. Center the gear door mounts and the mounting holes
on the gear doors with the marks on the wing. Using one of
the mounting holes as a guide, mark the hole location on the
gear door mount. Remove the gear door. Drill a 1/16" (1.5mm)
pilot hole at the mark on the gear door mount.
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12. Temporarily mount the gear door to the gear door
mount with a #2 x ½" (12.5mm) sheet metal screw. Drill the
three remaining pilot holes using the holes in the gear door
as a guide.
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13. Install the gear door with #2 x ½" (12.5mm) sheet
metal screws.
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14. Position the gear door on a strut in the opening and
extend the landing gear. Without disturbing the gear door,
apply a couple of drops of thin CA between the gear door
mount and the landing gear strut.
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15. Go back to step 1 on page 15 of Mount the Retracts
and install the right retract.
Join the Wing Panels
Note: Keep the retracts in the retracted (up) position.
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1. Use 6-minute epoxy to glue the two 3/8 x 2-3/8" [10 x
60mm] diameter forward wing dowels in the leading edge of
the wing. The wing dowels should protrude approximately
5/8" [16mm] from the wing.
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2. Test  t the aluminum wing tubes in the wing center
section. Use medium grit sandpaper to roughen up the part
of the tube that will be glued in the center section. Clean the
tubes with denatured alcohol. Glue the tubes in the wing
center section with 6-minute epoxy. Wipe off any excess
epoxy with a paper towel dampened with denatured alcohol.
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3. Place a mark 7/8" ( 22mm) from the end of the 5/16 x
1-3/8" (8 x 35mm) wing alignment dowels.