Aeronaut Pilot Manual page 6

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Fig. 9
The hull can now be lifted from the jig, and the
support lugs on the frames removed: you can either
snip off the lugs using side-cutters, or carefully break
them off. Sand the cut or broken edges smooth.
Attach the shaft couplings 20 to the shafts 18, then
screw the motors 21 to frame 5. Slip the shafts
through the slots in the hull bottom 15, and connect
them to the couplings. Slide the shaft supports 19
into the slots in the bottom panels as far as frame 2,
and glue them to the shafts and the bottom panels.
Press the shafts against the shaft supports by
wrapping a rubber band round the whole boat.
The shafts can now be glued to the hull bottom, the
shaft supports and frames 3 and 4. Glue the
reinforcements 5.1 between the motor bulkhead and
the bottom panels to form braces. Check carefully
that the power system is aligned correctly. If you
intend to use a 40 MHz radio control system,
suppressors must be soldered to the motors, but this
is not necessary with a 2.4 GHz system. Glue the
deck girders 27 and 28 in the notches in the hull
frames. Slide the battery plate 30 into frames 2 - 4,
and glue it to the frames with non-permanent
adhesive (to allow for possible repairs below the
battery plate). Rotate the servo plate 31 to fit
between the frames, insert it in the notches in frames
1 - 3, then glue it in place.
Thread the rudder bushes 32 through the servo plate
31 and the hull bottom; they should project on the
underside by about 1 mm. Create a neat fillet of
Stabilit between the bushes and the underside of the
hull. Apply glue all round the rudder bushes where
they meet the hull bottom and the servo plate inside
the hull.
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21
20
5.1
18
Fig. 11
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Fig. 10
30
31 37
36
19
27
Stabilit
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33
40
40
39
Stabilit
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32
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