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! Position the clear plastic canopy in place over the canopy base. Mark a line with a felt-tip pen
around the base of the canopy below the wood canopy floor and the formers. Make the mark 1/8”
to 1/4" oversize. Remove the plastic canopy from the canopy base, then trim the canopy to the
mark. Epoxy or CA the plastic canopy to the base. Let it dry then trim the canopy flush with the
base. Break away the alignment jig. Note: When gluing the canopy to the base, ensure that the
base doesn’t get twisted.
! Cut two 1” long strips of Tyvek to be used as canopy hinges (the white paper-like material in the
bagged parts). Glue one canopy hinge ¼” from the front of the canopy and the other ¼” from the
back. The hinges are glued to the left side of the canopy lengthwise with half of the hinge
extending past the side of the canopy. Glue them with thin CA.
! Slide the hinges between the fuselage side and the fuselage stringer. Glue with thin CA. Also,
finish gluing the stringer to the fuselage side
! In the parts bag, you’ll find a 1/4”x 1/4” x 3/4" balsa stick with a metal tack pressed into it, and a
small Neodymium magnet. Remove the tack from the balsa stick and align the stick with the base
of the top stringer inside the fuselage cavity. Place this near the back of the fuselage cavity on the
opposite side of the Tyvek canopy hinges. When satisfied with the positioning, glue into place
with CA. Align the Neodymium magnet with the balsa stick and glue to the bottom side of the
canopy assembly.
! Press the tack partially into the 1/4" stick so that the magnet will be aligned with the tack. Apply a
drop of thin CA where the tack meets the stick. Be certain to not get CA between the tack and the
magnet. Close the canopy and press it down until it is flush with the fuselage. The tack will now
have been pushed into the stick the correct height.
Wing Assembly
The wings are assembled by sliding the ribs into the vertical spar, capping the spar, adding the trailing
edge, then gluing everything in place. You have to make sure that you make a left and right side by
orienting one vertical spar to the left, and one to the right. Also note that there are two ribs that have
cutouts for the center spar. These ribs must be placed at the inside end of the vertical spar.
! Set one vertical spar on the building table so that slots are facing up.
! Starting with the last rib (the one closest to the pointed end of the vertical spar) slide the ribs over
the vertical spar. Note that the 3/32” inner rib has the additional opening for the center spar
and the 1/16” rib that is next to the inner rib has notches to accept the center spar and also
has a “2” engraved in it. Do not glue yet.
