The other five struts continue rearward in a zig-zag
pattern down the fuselage. Cut small slots for the rod
ends to be glued into the foam. Once you are happy with
the fit, glue the rod ends into the foam and disks.
Lastly, glue two carbon rods from the stabilizer to the
bottom of the vertical stabilizer. Make sure this joint is
perfectly square or flight performance may suffer.
Landing Gear Preparation and Attachment:
Cut 2 pieces of the 1.5mm carbon, 6” long and two pieces
1” long. Glue them together as shown with a 1/8” overlap
at a 45 degree angle. Cut a 6” piece of string and wrap
the joint with it in two directions. CA the string to secure
the axel.
Glue 4 foam disks to the marked locations on the bottom
of the nose and sides of the fuaelage. Install the gear legs
through the vertical fuselage foam disks and into the disks
on the bottom of the nose but not through the nose.
When you have the axles parallel and even glue the gear
legs in place.
Glue the gear pant to the gear leg and the fuselage side.
Drill out the axle hole in the wheels with a 1/16” drill bit.
Slide the wheels onto the axel. Slide the wheel pant onto
the axle and secure in place with a drop of CA leaving
enough room for the wheel to spin freely. Add two 1mm
carbon braces from the gear pant to the wheel pant so it
will have proper support.
You may wish to add some more carbon trussing to the
nose section. This will eliminate any forward fuselage
twist. Glue the carbon rods as shown.
Upper Fuselage Attachment Preparation:
It is easier to pre-install the aileron servo now. Once the
upper fuselage is glued in place, it is more difficult to get
the servo installed (but not impossible).
Position the upper fuselage into the main assembly. The
tabs on the upper fuselage line up with the slots in the
wing assembly. Use a square to keep the upper fuselage
square as you glue it.
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