Top Flite TOPA0290 - Manual (Page 41)

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4.
T
empor
ar
ily install the pull/pull lines and
connect the air v
alv
e to the air v
alv
e ser
v
o using the
hardw
are sho
wn.
Note that the air v
alv
e ser
v
o
can
only mo
v
e
so f
ar bef
ore it will interf
ere with the nose
wheel steer
ing lines
.
T
he air v
alv
e should be fully
open (or closed) when the ser
v
o
is in this position.
This can be adjusted using the AFR or A
TV function
in y
our tr
ansmitter
.
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5.
If installing fix
ed landing gear
, connect the nose
wheel steer
ing ser
v
o
to the steer
ing ar
m with the
hardw
are sho
wn in the photos
.
The pushrod goes
through the hole in the bottom of the fire
w
all and the
cutout f
or the retr
actab
le nose wheel in f
o
rmer F2.
Bend the pushrod as necessar
y and cut it to the
correct length.
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6.
T
est fit the fuel tank and route the lines through
1/4" [6.4mm] holes dr
illed through the fire
w
all.
Secure the tank as sho
wn in the man
ual with a #64
ru
b
ber band connected to a lefto
v
e
r 1/8" [3.2mm]
plyw
ood stic
k glued across the bottom of the tr
a
y.
Don’t f
orget to use R/C f
oam r
u
b
b
er under
neath.
The
lines will be connected later
.
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7.
Use an e
xtended 3/16" [4.8mm] dr
ill or a 3/16"
[4.8mm] br
ass tube shar
pened on the end to dr
ill
holes through the fire
w
all and F2 f
o
r the throttle
pushrod guide tube
.
Use a piece of guide tube
lefto
v
er from the stabiliz
er and r
udder guide tubes
and glue it into position.
Connect the carb
uretor ar
m
to the throttle ser
v
o
with the pushrod and hardw
are
sho
wn on the plan.
CO
VER
THE HORIZONT
AL ST
ABILIZER
It’
s time to get star
ted on the top of the fuselage
, b
ut the
hor
iz
ontal stabiliz
er will be per
manently installed dur
ing
the process
.
It will be m
uch easier to co
ver the stab
bef
ore
attaching it to the fuselage
, so f
ollo
w the
instr
uctions to co
ver the stab
.W
e’v
e e
xper
imented with
se
ve
ral diff
erent methods f
or co
ve
ring the corr
ugations
and f
ound that the method descr
ibed w
o
rks best.
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1.
If y
ou ha
ven’t y
e
t done so
, final-sand the stab to
prepare it f
or co
ve
ring.
Remo
ve
all balsa dust using a
shop-v
ac with a br
ush attachment or compressed air
.
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2.
Star
t b
y
co
v
e
ring the inside edges of the stab
.
First cut a str
ip of co
v
e
ring, then use a 3/8" [9.5mm]
br
ass tube shar
pened on the end to cut a hole in the
str
ip
.
C
ut a slit from the hole to the front of the str
ip
,
then slip the str
ip o
v
er one of the br
ass tubes
.
Iron
the str
ip into position.
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3.
Co
v
er the rest of the w
a
y around the inside
edge of the stab
, then cut the co
v
e
ring appro
ximately
1/16" [1.6mm] from the outer surf
aces
.
Iron the
co
v
e
ring do
wn.
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