RC-Xplanes EDGE 540 T Outrunner Tabs Instruction Manual
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3C:
This is my gluing jig and as you can see is not very high tech. It is two lengths of 2X6 board on a surface that will keep them parallel. It
doesn't take much. Loosely install the stabilizer and the wing with the spars toward the bottom of the fuselage. The tabs in the wing
that are farthest apart will be on the leading edge of the wing. Move the Stabilizer to the rear of its slot. Push the two boards together
with the top of the fuselage sandwiched in between them with the wing and stabilizer installed. The plane will be inverted. The marks
that reference the fuselage sides, made in Step 1, should be just visible on both sides at the front and rear of the wing. The stabilizer is
installed for this step to help maintain the wing to fuselage at 90 degrees with zero incidence.
Step 4: 90 Degree Support System
4A:
Find the two 90 degree rear fuselage supports and the two 90 degree front fuselage supports that you have previously installed the motor
mount system into. With the plane inverted in your jig, insert the rear 90 degree support tabs into the wing trailing edge slots and press the
support tabs into the fuselage holes. Slide the stabilizer forward engaging the tabs and slots at the leading edge of the stabilizer. Insure
that the tabs and slots at the wing and stabilizer are even with the front and rear of the 90 degree supports.
4B:
Install the two front 90 degree supports and your outrunner motor radial mount. You will be using the radial mount to hold the 90 degree
supports at the front while they are attached. Insert the front 90 degree support rear tabs into the wing leading edge slots and press the
tabs into the fuselage holes. Screw your motors radial mount to the fuselage securely. Screw the radial mount to the 90 degree supports
just firmly insuring the supports remain at 90 degrees to the fuselage. Align the rear of the front 90 degree supports to the wing leading
edge. Hold the rear 90 degree supports into the fuselage and tack glue them at the fuselage tab positions with CA and accelerant. Repeat
this for the front 90 degree supports. Measure from the wing trailing edge tip to the fuselage rear edge on both sides to insure the wing is
in square to the fuselage. Run a bead of CA along the wing / fuselage joint and apply accelerant on both sides. Measure from the wing
trailing edge to the stabilizer trailing edge on both sides to insure the stabilizer is square to the wing. Apply CA to the stabilizer / fuselage
joint on both sides and apply accelerant. Apply CA to all of the 90 degree support joints at the fuselage, wing and stabilizer and apply
accelerant.
