RE: Sweet V Assembly Thread
Next was mounting the landing gear block. Its marked which way goes forward. The landing gear go with straight edge forward.
The front edge of the mounting block is set 1 1/4" from leading edge.
Prepare the area for glueing the landing gear mount and aileron servo mount by sanding through the paint down to but not into the glass.
Drill some holes in the flange of the landing gear mount will help with adhesion.
I like to use West Marines systems epoxy and adhesive filler to do this type of work.
Mix it up with enough filler to make a paste almost toothepast consistency.
Spread liberally on mounting flange and on the inside of the sides to further strengthen (some have added ply doublers to the side).
When glueing use long straight edge to assure landing gear will be parallel to leading edge of wing and measure to make sure centered in wing.
Drill and tap for 1/4-20 bolts.
(By the way, the picture showing the straight edge to check on alignment with leading edge has one of my sillier mistakes in it.....can you spot it....will be revealed in next sentence)
I put a hole in the wing for the aileron servo lead but of course this wing sits with the servo on the bottom side of wing away from the inside of the fuse so hole is wrong side....oooops....)