Top Flite TOPA0290 - Manual (Page 52)

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3.
T
est fit the tail cone bottom to the fuselage
.L
ittle b
y
little
, sand the front edge of the cone where necessar
y
to get a good fit.
Hint:
Scuff the outside of the cone with
320-g
rit sandpaper
, then use a lead pencil to mar
k the
cone where necessar
y f
o
r tr
imming.
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4.
Cut the remainder of the 3/8" x 3/8" [9.5 x
9.5mm] bass
w
ood stic
k used f
or mounting the flap
and aileron ser
v
os into six 3/8" [9.5mm] square
tail
cone mounting b
loc
ks
.
Sand an angle on one end
of three of the b
loc
ks so that when glued into position
as sho
wn, the
y will match the angle of the tail cone
.
Glue the b
loc
ks into position where sho
wn in the
photo and on the plan.
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5.
Reposition the bottom tail cone
.Dr
ill 1/16" [1.6mm]
holes through the cone and the mounting b
loc
ks
.Use a
3/32" [2.4mm] dr
ill to enlarge the holes in the cone only
,
then tempor
ar
ily mount the bottom cone with three #2 x
3/8" [9.5mm] b
u
tton head scre
ws
.
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6.
Glue on the other par
t of die-cut 1/8" [3.2mm]
plyw
ood f
o
rm
er
10C
.
Glue a piece of lefto
v
e
r 1/8"
[3.2mm] balsa around the pushrod.
T
rim the piece to
match the cur
v
ature of 10C
.
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7.
Cut out the
top tail cone
.
P
osition, fit and tr
im
the cone as necessar
y f
o
r a good fit.
Note:
These
instr
uctions illustr
ate per
manently gluing on the top
tail cone
.
W
ith the r
udder in position the top tail cone
cannot be remo
v
ed.
Ho
w
e
v
e
r, should y
ou pref
er to
mak
e
the top tail cone remo
v
ab
le
, this could be done
b
y
mounting the cone with the remaining three
mounting b
loc
ks and making the r
udder remo
v
a
b
le
b
y
using remo
v
a
b
le Robar
t hinge poc
k
ets
.
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