Top Flite TOPA0140 - Manual (Page 48)

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9. Mount your battery pack. On our model we
used leftover 1/8" [3.2mm] plywood to make a 1/8"
[3.2mm]
battery plate and two rails to hold the
battery pack in place. Place the plate between the
fuselage sides over the battery pack (with the
appropriate R/C foam rubber), press down and
glue the rails to the fuse sides only. If you ever
have to remove your battery pack, all you have to
do is slide the plate from under the rails and take
out your battery.
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10. Mount your on/off receiver switch in a
location that does not interfere with the rest of the
radio system (or the cockpit interior if you plan to
install one). It is a good practice to mount the
switch on the side of the model opposite
the exhaust.
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11. If you’re installing retracts, connect a
10-inch piece of air line that came with your
retracts to your air tank. Glue the tank to formers
5B and 6B with RTV silicone or epoxy where
shown on the plans.
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12. Mount your air filler valve. On our prototype
we mounted the filler valve to a piece of leftover
1/8" [3.2mm] plywood and glued the plywood to
the lower crutch with the filler valve protruding
through a hole drilled through the crutch and the
balsa fuse side. Adjust the filler valve so it is flush
with the outside of the fuselage.
INSTALL THE COCKPIT AND CANOPY
Proceed to step eight if you will not be
installing the Top Flite Spitfire Scale Cockpit
Interior kit.
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1. Cut the balsa cockpit floor along the partially
die-cut lines between formers 4 and 3. Remove
that portion of the cockpit floor.
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2. Trim the die-cut 3/32" [2.4mm] balsa cockpit
sub floor to fit between the lower fuse crutches.
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3. Now is the time to install your scale cockpit
interior kit. Trim and paint the scale cockpit sides,
instrument panel, back and floor according to the
instructions included with your cockpit kit. Glue the
cockpit floor to the balsa cockpit sub floor. From
now on this will be called the cockpit floor.
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4. Place the cockpit floor inside the fuse
between the crutches. Temporarily place two
support rails cut from leftover balsa between the
lower fuselage crutches to support the cockpit floor
when you turn the fuselage upright. These
support
rails should have a friction fit so they won’t fall out
before you glue them in place.
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5. Turn the fuselage over and test fit the cockpit
sides and the instrument panel in the cockpit.
Adjust the height of the cockpit floor and the
support rails until the top edges of the cockpit
sides are even with the tops of the balsa cockpit
rails. Trim any parts of the cockpit interior as
necessary for a good fit. Mark the location of both
support rails inside the fuselage.
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6. Remove the cockpit parts and paint them
according to the instructions included with your
cockpit kit.
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