Top Flite TOPA0700 - Manual (Page 17)

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1.
T
e
st fit the
wing joiner
in one
, then the other
wing half
.
The plyw
ood side goes f
orw
ard.
T
est join
the wings with the joiner
.
Mak
e an
y necessar
y
adjustments so the wings fit together w
ell.
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2.
Gather e
v
er
ything required f
or gluing the wings
together including 30-min
ute epo
xy
, mixing stic
ks
,
epo
xy br
ushes
, a 12" [300mm] piece of wire or a
small do
w
el (f
or spreading epo
xy), small paper to
w
e
l
squares
, denatured alcohol (f
or epo
xy clean up),
masking tape
, #64 r
u
b
ber bands and mixing cups
.
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3.
Mix up 2 oz.
of 30-min
ute epo
xy
.
W
orking
quic
kl
y
, pour a generous amount into one wing half
where the joiner goes
.
Use y
our wire or do
w
el to
thor
oughl
y
distr
ib
ute the epo
xy
, coating all surf
aces
inside the wing.
Coat the end of the wing and the half of
the joiner that goes in the wing with the epo
xy
, then
inser
t the joiner
.Proceed
immediatel
y
to the ne
xt step
.
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4.
Coat the other side of the joiner and the inside
of the other wing the same w
a
y.
Join the wings
, then
stand the wing on-end with one of the tips resting on the floor (use a piece of R/C f
oam or something
similar to cushion and stabiliz
e the wing tip so it w
on’t
slide around).
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5.
With the wing resting on end, use paper to
w
e
l
squares to wipe up e
xcess epo
xy as it squeez
es out.
Wr
ap #64 r
u
b
ber bands around the tr
ailing edges of the
wing inboard of the flaps and around the wing do
w
els
.
A clamp could be used at the wheel w
ells also
.
Add
se
ve
ral str
ips of masking tape to
tightl
y
hold the wings
together as y
ou contin
ue to wipe a
w
a
y
e
xcess epo
xy as
it squeez
es out.
B
e cer
tain the leading and tr
ailing
edges of the wing
accuratel
y
align.
Do not disturb the
wing until the epo
xy has fully hardened.
P
erf
orm step R6 onl
y if y
ou ha
ve installed
retracts.
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R6.
Join the matching air lines from each wing
half with a couple of
T
-fittings that came with the air
control kit.
Cut tw
o 10" [250mm] pieces of air line
(also from the air control kit) and fit each line to the “T”
fittings
.
Connect one quic
k-connector
with
an
O-r
ing to one of the lines and one quic
k connector
without
an O-r
ing to the other line
.
This will pre
v
ent
improper connection to the quic
k-connectors on the
air v
alv
e when mounting the wing to the fuselage
.
Note:
When joining cr
itical components such as
the wing, it is imper
ativ
e to coat
all joining par
ts
with epo
xy
.
In other w
ords
, don’t coat only one of
the contacting end r
ibs
.
C
oat the end r
ibs of
both
wing panels
.
Similar
ly
, don’t just coat the
joiner
.
Also coat the insides of the wing where
the joiners go
.
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