Assembling The Model

Set Up
Controls Fuselage Radio 1 Engine Undercarriage Wings Linkages Radio 2 Assembly Last Checks And Finally

Fitting the wing. Remember to connect up the aileron servo(s)!

  1. Wing fitting.
    • The wing should sit firmly in the wing seat on the fuselage.
    • The wing should be properly secured using elastic bands or wing bolts.

  2. Wing retention (Elastic bands).
    • The wing should be firmly attached to the fuselage using a minimum of six bands with the first two fitted from front to rear on the left and right side of the fuselage. The remaining two are fitted from front left to rear right and front right to rear left. This is the best way to stop any of the elastic bands coming off unintentionally.
    • The dowels should be securely attached in the fuselage.
    • The dowels should be sufficiently long to allow the wing bands to be securely fixed.
    • The elastic bands should be a suitable length and thickness for the wing chord and aircraft size.
    • The elastic bands should be in good repair, free from"nicks" and "perishing".

  3. Wing retention (Nylon bolts).
    • The wing should be firmly attached to the fuselage using nylon bolts.
    • The wing bolts should be sufficiently long to pass through the wing and fully through the retaining nuts.
    • The locating dowels should be in good repair, secure in the wing and be sufficiently long to pass completely through the relevant fuselage former.
    • The bolts should be in good repair and free from"nicks" .

  4. Wing alignment.
    • The wing should be centrally positioned on the fuselage
    • The wing should be square to the tailplane and tailfin when veiwed from in front and above.
    • The wing and tail incidences (the angles that the wing and tail kake with respect to the fuselage centre line when veiwed from the side of the model) should be as recommended by the model manufacturer. There are devices available on the market for checking this or someone in your club may have one. An experienced modeller can usually spot excessive angles by looking at the model from about 3m (10') away. Wing, tailplane and fuselage are pretty much parallel.
    • Check that no servo leads etc. are trapped between the wing seat and wing.

Set Up
Controls Fuselage Radio 1 Engine Undercarriage Wings Linkages Radio 2 Assembly Last Checks And Finally