Great Planes Super Sportster 40 MkII Kit - GPMA0205 - Manual (Page 17)

D 8. Use 6-minute epoxy to glue F-1B to F-1C and F-2 to
F-2B. Important: F-1B is slightly shorter than F-1C to
allow for the angle of the cowl bottom. The same height
difference applies to F-2B, which is shorter than F-2.
D 11. Fit a fuse side in position. Make sure all of the notches
and tabs are fully seated. Wick thin CA into all joints
between the formers, the forward crutch, and the aft fuse
top. Add a fillet of medium CA to one side of each former
where they touch the fuse sides. Repeat this operation for
the other fuse side.
D 12. Glue the 9/16" x 2" tapered balsa tail wedge between
the fuse sides, flush with the aft edge of the fuse. Use a
triangle between the fuse side and the building board to
check vertical alignment of the tail wedge.
D 13. Remove the lower fuse frame from the building
board and give it a quick once-over with a sanding block
and 150-grit sandpaper.
D 9. Use 6-minute epoxy to glue the F-1 and F-2 assemblies
into the notches on the forward ply crutch.
D 1. Cut the 36" outer pushrod tube in half to make two
18" tubes. Sand the outside of the tubes with 80-grit
sandpaper to roughen them up.
D 10. Glue the left and right die-cut 3/32" balsa tail
doublers to the aft fuse top and F-7 as shown in the photo.
Do not glue the tail doublers to each other at the
aft end.
D 2. Slide the pushrod tubes through the holes in formers
F-4 through F-7, and out through the slots in the fuse sides.
About 1-1/4" of the tubes should be protruding forward of
F-4. Glue the pushrod tubes to all of the formers and to the
inside of the fuse sides with medium CA.
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