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Old 01-04-2009 | 09:15 AM
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Default RE: EDF Predator UCAV from Nitro Planes

I skipped over the gear installation to install the wings. The fiberglass fuselage was only cut out for the aluminum bar so you needed to drill two holes for the wooden dowel supports and a slot for the servo control wire on each side. The fuselage had impressions for these areas so it was easy to drill and cut in the proper places. The four wooden dowels, two per wing half, were glued to the wing with epoxy. A T-nut is pre-installed in each wing half between the aluminum bar and servo wire opening. Once the wing is pressed against the fuselage, a M4x20mm hex head screw and washer hold it securely in place from inside the fuselage.

There wasn't a photo for the missile assembly but I could see the correct orientation from the "Main Wing" drawing on the back of the manual. This was a two step process in which you first glued the missile mounting piece onto the wing end, with 5-minute epoxy, and then glued the missile in place. I shaved the side of the missile to be glued flat before gluing it in place. The covering was also removed from the wing end before gluing the mounting piece in place.
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