Assemble The Fuselage; Install The Landing Gear; Attach The Horizontal And Vertical Stabilizers - GREAT PLANES SYNCRO Instruction Manual

ASSEMBLE THE FUSELAGE

Install the Landing Gear (Optional)
The landing gear for the Syncro is optional. If you prefer the
streamlined appearance of a glider (with the glider wing) or the
jet-like appearance with the landing gear retracted (with the
sport wing) you may simply leave the landing gear off. Of course
your Syncro will then have to be hand-launched and landed on
soft terrain so as not to damage the bottom of the fuselage.
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Press-fi t the main and nose landing gear into the molded-
in landing gear mounts. It doesn't matter which way the main
gear goes in (there isn't a right or a left), but the nose gear
should be installed with the wire "bending" back as illustrated.
Attach the Horizontal and
Vertical Stabilizers
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1. Bend the elevator up and down several times to free up
the hinge. Do the same with the rudder.
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2. Temporarily fi t the vertical stabilizer (fi n) to the horizontal
stabilizer (stab) and fi t the assembly to the fuselage. Also
temporarily fi t the pushrods into the middle holes of each
control horn. If necessary, carefully use a sharp hobby knife
to enlarge the holes in the horns so the pushrods will fi t.
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3. Remove the pushrods from the horns and separate the
fi n and stab from the fuselage and from each other.
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4. The fuselage will be easier to work on if the battery is in
position to hold the nose down, so apply the softer, "loop" side
of the included hook-and-loop material to your battery.
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