ORIGINAL: deadstickdude
The book shows you having to drill holes for the blind nut's in fuse and throuh the wing . The nut were already installed on mine and the holes were drilled in the wing but they are under the covering .
The nut's were also already installed for the engine mounts . This is a great time saver and it all seems to be done well . Im still putting mine together and so far it has been a pleasure .
Yeah one thing I did was make little balsa block guides for the screws. It was almost impossible to get the screws into the blind nuts without the guides (there's an air gap there when the wing is tightened down). Make two little quare blocks of balsa with a cone cut out of them. Start it with a big drill bit and then use a hobby knife and sand paper. Then I dripped a little CA to harden them and glued them in. Now those screws slide right in, no fumbling at the air field. I also cut off 1/4" lengths of fuel hose and put them on the screws at the base against the wing to keep them from falling out of the wing during transport and handling.
One thing though, if the holes in your wings line up perfectly with the blind nuts, maybe you don't need the custom guides. Mine didn't line up that great even though the wing was perfectly straight when it was all tightened down. I mean it was dead on. I just couldn't get those darn screws started.
I used this same idea on my Funtana the other day. The screw goes right in.
Joe