Mount The Landing Gear - GREAT PLANES SopWith Camel Instruction Manual

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7. Fit, but do not glue the front cabanes into the fuselage.
When installed correctly, the front cabanes should have a
slightly rearward sweep.
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8. Turn the fuselage upside-down. Fit the cabanes into the
top wing and drill 1/16" [1.6mm] holes into the wing for the
mounting screws. Mount the cabanes to the wing with four
#2 x 3/8" [10mm] fl at-head Phillips screws. Note: If any of
the screws are too long and contact the covering on the top
wing, use wire cutters to cut 1/16" [1.6mm] from the end of
the screws.
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9. Connect a dual servo extension or a Y-harness to the
aileron servo wires coming out the hole in the middle of the
bottom wing. Bolt the bottom wing to the fuselage with the
3 x 20mm screws and 3mm washers. From the top of the
fuselage down inside the cockpit hatch, connect the dual
servo extension to the aileron channel in your receiver.
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10. Use 2.6 x 8mm washer-head screws to mount the
front and rear wing struts to the mounting tabs–the front
struts are approximately 1/16" [1.6mm] shorter than the rear
struts and it doesn't matter which end is up. Use care not to
overtighten the screws or they will strip out of the tabs. If you
do accidentally strip out one of the tabs, or if you would like
the screws to have a little more "bite," remove the screws,
add a drop of thin CA to each hole, allow to harden, and then
remount the struts.
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11. Once both wings are mounted, use thin CA to glue the
cabane struts into the fuselage.
The top and bottom ailerons are ready to be connected, but it
will be easier to do after the landing gear has been mounted
and the plane is sitting on its "legs."

Mount the Landing Gear

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1. Mount the front and rear landing gear struts to the
bottom of the fuselage with six #2 x 3/8" [10mm] fl at-head
Phillips screws. Do not tighten the screws all the way yet. The
struts should be loose.
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