Now let's get the tray glued in.
Here are a couple of trays prepared for different receivers.
Note the marks at the rear of the tray. They show the position of the wing joiner. The
tray runs underneath the wing joiner with enough clearance for the snakes to also go
under the joiner. It is wise to put your fuselage wiring loom in place prior to gluing the
tray in as this saves having to try to thread it through after the tray is in position!
As per the lower fuselage in the first picture, thread some drinking straws over your
pushrods to protect them from glue. Put your tray in place. Angle it such that the
pushrod run will allow them to easily come up to the height of the servo head. Make
sure that the marks line up with the joiner hole. Tack your tray in position with some
thin CA in a couple of small places. Then, once you are happy with the placement,
mix up some epoxy with thickener and make a fillet between the tray and the fuse to
bond it in place. If you want to be a real pro, then you can lay some carbon tow into
the fillet as shown!
Using a mixing stick, get some epoxy under the tray as well where accessible to
create a filler underneath in as many place as you can. Now the nose of your
MiniVec is very strong indeed! In the second picture, note the support blob of
thickened epoxy used on the end of the pushrod outer for the elevator.
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