Great Planes Lil' Poke Park Flyer Kit - GPMA0005 User Manual

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Refer to this photo for the following four steps.

❏ ❏ 5. Glue the laser-cut 1/16" [1.6mm] balsa ribs W5
through W7 to the bottom spars and trailing edge sheeting.
Also glue rib W7 and the trailing edge sheeting to the tip.

❏ ❏ 6. Cut one of the top spars from the remainder of the
1/8" x 1/4" [3.2 x 6.4mm] balsa sticks used for the bottom
spars. Cut the other top spar from another 1/8" x 1/4" x 24"
[3.2 x 6.4 x 610mm] balsa stick. Use a small razor saw or a
single-edge razor blade to cut partway through both top
spars at rib W6 so they can make the bend downward. Glue
the top spars to ribs W5 through W7.
Note: The spars extend to W4.

❏ ❏ 7. Position, but do not glue one of the laser-cut 1/16"
[1.6mm] balsa W4 ribs on the panel so the vertical cutlines
for the polyhedral braces are facing the outside (toward the
fuse). Using the laser-cut 1/16" balsa polyhedral gauge,
set rib W4 at the correct angle and glue it into position.

❏ ❏ 8. Glue the top trailing edge sheet into position. Cut the
leading edge dowel to the correct length from the 1/8" x 24"
[3.2 x 610mm] hardwood dowel (after building the second
outer panel, save the remainder of the dowel for the wing
and landing gear dowels on the fuse). Cut partway through
the dowel at rib W6 allowing it to bend toward rib W7, then
glue the dowel into position.

❏ ❏ 9. Make the wing tip supports from leftover 1/8" x 1/4"
[3.2 x 6.4mm] balsa and glue them into position.

❏ ❏ 10. Remove the left wing panel from the plan. Sand the
leading edge dowel, spars and trailing edge sheeting flat
and even with rib W4. Sand the spars even with the tops and
bottoms of the ribs.

❏ 11. Return to step 2 and build the right wing panel the
same way.

❏ 1. Cut through the lines on ribs W3 and W4 on both ends
of the center section and on the ends of both outer panels.
Remove the section of balsa to accommodate the laser-cut
1/16" [1.6mm] plywood polyhedral braces.

Join the Outer Panels

to the Center Section

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