Section 7: Top Wing Installation - Model Tech SE5a SCOUT Instructions For Final Assembly

SECTION 7: TOP WING INSTALLATION

(1) Top Wing w/Ailerons
(2) Prebent Aluminum Cabane Struts (6-3/4" Long)
(2) Prebent Aluminum Cabane Struts (5-5/8" Long)
(2) Prebent Aluminum Cabane Struts (7-5/8" Long)
(4) Prebent Aluminum Strut Mounting Plates
(8) M3 x 12mm Wood Screws
(4) M3 Hex Nuts
Kwik Bond 5 Minute Epoxy
Pacer Z-42 Blue Threadlocker
# 2 Phillips Head Screwdriver
2.5mm Hex Wrench
Needle Nose Pliers
Excel Modeling Knife
STEP 1: INSTALLING THE STRUT MOUNTING PLATES
STEP 2: INSTALLING THE CABANE STRUTS
IMPORTANT When you install the cabane struts in the next few procedures, it's important that you don't completely
tighten them down yet. Leave the cabane struts slightly loose so that you are able to make adjustments to the assembly
when you install the top wing. This will make it much easier for you to line up the top wing properly. Note that blind nuts
have been preinstalled in the fuselage sides to mount the cabane struts to the fuselage, too.
YOU'LL NEED THE FOLLOWING PARTS FROM THE KIT:
YOU'LL NEED THE FOLLOWING TOOLS AND SUPPLIES:
12
(4) M3 Lock Nuts
(4) Precovered Outer Struts (W43)
(2) Precovered Outer Strut Supports (W42)
(8) M3 x 10mm Socket-Cap Screws
(12) M3 x 10mm Machine Screws
(28) M3 Flat Washers
Ernst Airplane Stand
Robart Incidence Meter
Ruler
Pencil
NHP Epoxy Mixing Sticks
NHP Epoxy Mixing Cups
Remove the two ailerons and four C/A style hinges from the
top wing and set them aside for now.
Turn the wing upside down and carefully install the four
prebent aluminum strut mounting plates to the bottom of the
wing, using eight M3 x 12mm wood screws and eight M3 flat
washers. Holes have been predrilled in the wing to install the
wood screws. This ensures the proper location of the plates.
IMPORTANT The vertical sides of the mounting plates
should be toward the tips of the wing, as shown.
Mount one short cabane strut (5-5/8" long) to the forward
hole in the left side of the fuselage and one longer cabane strut
(6-3/4" long) to the rear hole in the left side of the fuselage,
using two M3 x 10mm machine screws and two M3 flat washers.
IMPORTANT Note that there are right- and left-side
cabane struts. The struts also have a top and a bottom. On
the bottom of the struts, the distance between the end of the
strut and where the strut is bent is longer than on the top.
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