Section 1: Framing of the Airframe – Cont.
Step 26 – cont.
Leave approximately ¼" to ½" of the tubing
protruding through the #1 ribs. Next, glue the
tubing in with thin CA then thick CA, on both
sides of every hole the tubing intersects.
Step 27
Continue to apply the rest of the cross grain
sheeting on the bottom of the airframe. The
last piece should stop at the firewall (it will
have to be trimmed).
Then, turn the airframe over and apply one
more cross grain sheet to the topside of the
airframe, in front of the fin cross grain sheet,
for a total of 8" of sheeting in front of the
trailing edge of the aircraft.
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