Model Tech SE5a SCOUT Instructions For Final Assembly page 14

STEP 4: ALIGNING AND MOUNTING THE TOP WING
With the bottom wing installed onto the fuselage, set the fuselage in your airplane stand and secure it firmly to the stand,
using a couple of large rubber bands or several small weights.
IMPORTANT It's important that the fuselage be secured firmly and cannot move during the next few procedures.
Airplane shown upside down for photo clarity only
Remove the incidence meter from the wing, then remove the fuselage from your airplane stand.
Look carefully from the top of the airplane at both the top and the bottom wings. The leading edges and trailing edges
of the top and bottom wings should be parallel to each other. Now, look carefully at the airplane from the front. The top
wing should be parallel to the bottom wing and the top wing should be parallel to the horizontal stabilizer, too.
Look carefully from the end of the top and bottom wings and check for any twisting or warping in either wing. Neither
wing should be twisted or warped.
IMPORTANT If you see any irregularities in the alignment of the wings, you will need to loosen and readjust the
cabane struts and the outer struts, until you are satisfied with the alignment. Take your time. It's important.
Attach your incidence meter to one side of the bottom wing
and check the incidence. Adjust the height of the front or back
of the stand and/or fuselage so that the incidence meter reads
zero degrees (0º).
It may be necessary to use a block of wood or a book to
prop up one end of your airplane stand. If you need to prop it
up, make sure it is secure. It's important that the airplane stand
cannot move.
Carefully set the top wing onto the cabane struts and the
outer struts, and temporarily secure it into place. Secure the
top wing to the cabane struts, using four M3 x 10mm machine
screws, eight M3 flat washers and four M3 lock nuts, then
secure the outer struts to the top wing, using four M3 x 10
socket-cap screws and four M3 flat washers.
IMPORTANT The cabane struts should be mounted on
the outside surface of the strut mounting tabs and the outer
struts and support struts should be mounted in the same
manner that they were mounted to the bottom wing.
With the top wing held temporarily in place, attach your
incidence meter to one side of the top wing.
Carefully adjust the cabane struts and the outer struts until
the incidence meter reads minus one degree (-1º). When
satisfied with the alignment, completely tighten all of the
mounting screws and hex nuts to lock the top wing, cabane
strut assembly and the outer struts into place.
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