The instructions now are out of the window. To make things work 'My Way'
from here on in I'll be going solo. Firstly the wing mounting blocks are not
identified so I'm using the 2 off 1/4 ply destined for the cowl (did I say I've
ordered a Carbon Copy one - more on that later) , and fitted them across the
fuselage in a more traditional setup.
By eye I marked the position on the fuselage and took and angle measurement from
the wing and epoxied it in place, I've also added a support to give just a
little more area for the glue (I know it would have been more effective the
other way, but I wanted to keep the mount close to the wing seat.
Before gluing the wing was checked for incidence and alignment, then it was
clamped and the screw holes drilled through the wing and into the block, using
the already fitted wing hard points as a guide to get the angle right.
Unfortunately the block was say 3mm too far back that I didn't feel comfortable
using the captive nuts (they would be over the edge, that I drilled and tapped
the holes 6mm to accept the wing bolts. Once tapped I ran some thin cyano into
the thread, and re tapped, and repeated one more time. This is a method I've
used before with great success.
Also fitted here are the ply wing fillet bottoms.
The Great Mate is really useful for holding the model while getting the wing (and Tail straight and at the right incidence.
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