Finish The Top Of The Wing - GREAT PLANES Tracer Instruction Manual

11. Hook up the pushrods with the gear in the "down"
position and the arm as shown. Pull the pushrods until the
gear locks down, then tighten the set screws on the
screw-lock connectors.
12. Remove the retracts and the servo from the wing.
Note: Leave the pushrods attached to the retracts to
make it easier to reinstall them later.

Finish the Top of the Wing

1. Pin the 3/16" x 3/16" x 30" balsa wing jig to the left
wing view. Align the right wing right-side-up over the left wing
view. Weight the wing in place so that all ribs are touching the
jig and the bottom sheeting is flat on the work surface.
2. Edge glue a 1/16" x 3" x 30" sheet to the LE the
same as you did for the bottom of the wing.
3. Trim the sheeting flush with the outer edge of rib 9.
Using a straightedge, cut the sheeting down the center of
the spar.
4. Lift the LE sheeting away from the ribs and put thick
CA on the ribs and the front half of the spar. Roll the
sheeting down and weight it in place until the glue has dried.
5. Sand the TE so it is flush with the tops of the ribs.
6. Glue one of the 1/16" x 3/4" x 30" balsa TE sheets
to the TE and the ribs. Trim the TE sheet flush with rib 9.
7. Lift the wing off the plan. Repeat steps 1-6 to sheet
the left wing half, remembering to position the left wing
right-side-up over the right wing plan.
8. Use two 1/16" x 3" x 30" balsa sheets to sheet the
bottom center section of the wing. Note: Using a
straightedge aligned with the LE sheeting makes cutting the
forward piece of center sheeting easy.
9. Use leftover pieces from the bottom center sheeting to
support the sheeting around both aileron servo trays.
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