Top Flite TOPA0101 - Manual (Page 16)

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7. Test fit the bottom skin. Make any
adjustments necessary for a good fit. Apply
medium or slow CA to all the structure that will
contact the bottom wing skin between T-1 and T-6.
Carefully position the bottom wing skin on the
structure between ribs T-1 and T-6.
The skin
should cover half of the rib T-6 . Hold the skin in
place until the glue cures (masking tape is often
helpful in holding skins in place while glue sets).
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8. Do any trimming necessary to fit the skin
piece cut off at step 5, over ribs T-6 and T-7. Glue
the tip skin in place.
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9. Make two 1/4" x 1" pushrod exit stiffeners
from leftover 1/16" balsa. Glue them in place around
the aileron linkage exit in the bottom wing skin.
REPEAT STEPS 5 to 9
FOR THE OTHER TIP PANEL
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10. Cut the top outer panel wing skins from 2
remaining blanks made earlier. The top tip panel is
skinned in one piece from the center of T-1 to T-7.
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11. When you are ready to skin the top of the
wing, cut the remaining jig tabs off the T-7’s. Be
careful not to twist the tip panels while
applying the top skin
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12. Apply medium or slow CA to all structures
that will contact the top wing skin. Position the top
wing skin on the structure and hold it in place until
the glue sets.
REPEAT STEPS 10 to 12
FOR THE OTHER TIP PANEL
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13. Trim and sand the edges of all tip panel
wing skins with a knife and bar sander.
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14. Refer to the photos and plan to see the grain
directions of the sheeting on the top of the wing
center section. All sheeting in the top center section
is applied in prejoined sections as in photos. Study
the photos in this section...when making the skins
with angled grain, cut the sheets at 45 degree
angles to conserve wood. The grain direction shown
for these wing skins represents the best technique
for sheeting the Corsair’s bent wing.
NOTE: You may find it faster and easier to do
both left and right wings at the same time to
avoid having to determine the sheet shapes
twice. Skin sizes given are approximate
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15. Make a slightly oversize skin to cover the
area forward of the spar from R-3 to T-1. Trim the
wood until it fits well along the edge at T-1.
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16. Wet the outside of the skin with a water
soaked paper towel. Glue the skin in place starting
at T-1. You may apply glue from the underside of
the wing structure.
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17. Trim the skin edges to the middle of the
spar and the middle of R-3.
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