RC-Xplanes EDGE 540 T Outrunner Tabs Instruction Manual
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4C:
In the area indicated in shade, Install 3/4” strapping tape on both sides of the fuselage. Trim it as shown for a taper from 10” to zero at the
stabilizer trailing edge. Use a heat gun or hair drier on low or a covering iron with a cover sock to adhere the tape to the fuse. Do not
overheat the foam. It is more resistant to heat than most foam but can be melted.
10"
Step 5: 45 Degree Support System
5A:
Find the two long 45 Degree Fuselage Supports that run from the rear stabilizer trailing edge to the motor mount area and prepare them
with a 45 degree bevel for the entire thickness of the foam and length of the part on both long edges facing the same surface. You should
have two parts that are prepared like the left picture below.
Start by lining up the narrow end of the 45 Degree Support with the stabilizer trailing edge. Use thin, foam safe RC-Xplanes CA to tack
glue about 1" of the support at the rear aligned with the stabilizer trailing edge, 1” at the wing trailing edge and 1” at the front end on the
fuselage and 90 degree supports. When you are satisfied with the alignment, apply some accelerator to these six points to hold it in place.
Now use light pressure to hold the support against the fuselage and 90 degree supports. Run a bead of the RC-Xplanes thin CA along the
45 degree support to fuselage joint and the 45 to 90 degree support joint to the wing trailing edge. When you are satisfied with its
placement, use just enough pressure to hold it in place and not distort the fuselage while you apply the accelerator to the portion of the
support joints that CA has been applied stopping short of the end of the last CA application by an inch or so. Continue this process to the
front of the fuselage. Repeat the process for the other side.
Trim the overhanging front edge of the 45 degree support even with the profile of the front radius of the front 90 degree fuselage support
to finish it off. The right picture below shows what the front should look like after you have trimmed it. You should really be able to notice
the rigidity of the triangulated RC-Xplanes fuselage system as compared to any other foamy you have built.
