Hobby Lobby Zip Supplementary instructions Please refer to the included drawings while using these assembly instructions

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1 Materials needed: 15 or 30 minute epoxy Medium CA Masking tape Scotch tape Servo Tape Wax paper Tools Needed: Pencil or marker Flat building surface Hobby knife or razor blade 7/64" or 3mm drill bit 3/16" or 5mm drill bit Wing Assembly You will need the wing center section and tips, masking tape, wax paper,some misc weights and epoxy to complete this step. Cover your building surface with a piece of wax paper 24" inches long. Lay the wing center section upside down on your wax paper covered building surface lay the left and right tips upside down on the appropriate sides of the wing. Align the wing tips to the center section making sure the leading and trailing edges are flush. Tape the wing joints as shown. Carefully flip the wing over without pulling apart the taped wing tips. Lay the wing flat. You will notice the tip joints will open up while the wing is laying flat. Mix up enough epoxy to attach the wing tips. Careful do not over glue as it will add weight. Make sure the leading edge spar, center spare and trailing edge areas get good epoxy coverage. The rest of the area can be epoxied on the outer edges of the rib. Lift the area of the joint so it spreads out to apply epoxy to the bottom area of the rib.

2 After applying the epoxy, weigh down the center section. Careful! Use only enough weight to hold down the center section. Do not damage the ribs or covering. Lift both of the wing tips and prop them so they measure 70mm metric or 2 25/32" inch from the building surface to the bottom of the wing center spar. Clean up any epoxy that squeezes out of the wing joints. Do not disturb the wing assembly until epoxy has completely cured. After your wing has cured you may install the dowel for in the wing for launching per the reference drawings. It gets installed behind the main spar in the area of the wing with the double reinforcement. Drill a 3/16 inch or 5mm hole and epoxy in place with the dowel sticking out equal lengths on both the top and bottom of the wing. The launching dowel can be installed in either the left or right wing tip depending on your side arm launching preferences. Horizontal stabilizer Assembly

3 You will need the tail boom, rudder and elevator pieces. Set the elevator on your building surface. Place the tail boom on the center of the elevator and trace the tail boom lightly with a pencil or fine point marker. Remove the covering between these two pencil marks. This will become the bottom of your horizontal stabilizer. Be careful not to cut into balsa when removing the covering as this will weaken the structure. Place the elevator control surface on your work surface with the top facing up. You will notice that this piece has an angle front edge, this is your hinge side. The top of this piece is denoted when you place the elevator pieces together and no gap shows between the pieces. Measure and mark the center of the elevator control surface at the front. Make another mark 13mm or 1/2" inch to the left of your center mark. From your 1/2" mark, measure back 4.76mm or 3/16" inch and mark. This is the location for your elevator control horn. Drill a 3mm or 7/64" hole at the mark. Do not install the control horn at this time, you will install the control horn in a later step. Hinging

4 Set the elevator parts on your building surface with the tops facing up. You will now tape your elevator hinge. Cut a piece of scotch tape 30cm or 11 3/4 inches. Place the scotch tape lengthwise centered on the top of the hinge line. Flip over the elevator assembly and move the control surface until it is laying under the foreword part of the assembly. Cut a second piece of scotch tape 30cm or 11 3/4 inches put the front edge of this tape even with the front of the rear piece of balsa of the covered elevator structure. Now keeping the elevator folded completely over carefully fold the tape around the hinge point until the lower hinge is completely taped. Rub the tape lightly to make sure it is secure. Unfold the control surface. Your elevator is now hinged. Lay the Elevator assembly on your work surface top (area with covering removed up. Mix up a small amount of epoxy and spread evenly onto the area of the elevator that the covering was removed from. Place the boom between the marks you made earlier to remove the area of covering. Weigh down or clamp the assembly to insure and good secure and square joint. Remember epoxy is rather heavy, only use just enough to glue the boom. Excess epoxy will add weight. Follow the above hinge taping instructions for the rudder as well. The hole for the rudder control horn is also 3mm or 7/64" inch and is located 45mm or 1 3/4" inch up from the bottom and 4.76mm or 3/16" back from the hinge edge. Again, do not install the control horn at this time. Hold the rudder in place on the horizontal stab and boom. Mark the area on the horizontal stab that covering will need to be removed for gluing. Cut and remove covering. Glue the rudder on with CA making sure it is centered and square on both the boom and the stab. Pod Assembly

5 You will need the Pod, pod cover, tail boom assembly, wing hold down dowel and lite ply wing supports. Locate and cut the covering to open up the wing hold down dowel holes in the pod at the second bulkhead. Insert and center wing hold down dowel and glue in place with CA. Cut out and fit the pod cover as needed. Refer to the included drawings for pod cover location. Set aside pod cover when finished. Glue the pod to the tail boom assembly making sure everything is strait. Install the lite ply wing saddles per the reference drawings included with the kit. You should also install the tow hook at this time if you chose to use it. Install the control horns on the tail surfaces at this time and your radio gear. The control rod tubes are held to the boom with wraps of sctoch tape. The push rod adjustment bends are put 10 to 15 mm in front of the Z-bends at the control horns as shown. This will allow for adjustment with out removal of any covers or the wing. You will want to use some thin ca and give the balsa a light coating of it where ever you use servo tape or velcro. This will help prevent the balsa ripping if you ever need to remove the servo tape or velcro from the balsa. The following pictures are for reference only, your installation may vary. Balance your model per the CG balance point on the reference drawings. Have fun flying your new Zip Side arm launch sailplane.