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I used 30 minute epoxy to assemble the hardwood spar and wing halves. To achieve proper alignment of the wing, I recommend a second set of hands during this step. Also, I kept lots of paper towels and a bottle of isopropyl alcohol handy for removing the e

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Posted by: dawnron1 on Jul 19, 2006 06:47 AM

The Rocket is an ARF in the truest sense. It came with everything needed to complete the assembly, including a spinner, a nice set of decals, even a pre-painted and pre-installed pilot!

The fuselage came very nicely pre-covered in Oracover and the pilot and canopy were already installed.

I needed to cut holes in the covering and then iron back the excess so I could install the rudder and elevator servos. Also, 12" extensions were used for the elevator and rudder servos. To ensure the connections wouldn't come loose, we used ordinary denta

Another example of the completeness and quality of this ARF. The standard servos I used for the Rocket dropped right into the wing servo mounts, which are made of reinforced light plywood.

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