Translations:KAVAN Robin Glider Kit 495mm - Instruction manual/15/en

Tissue covering

Lay the horizontal tailplane on the covering tissue so the tissue “grains” run the long way - from tip to tip. Cut a piece of the tissue 5–8 mm oversized all around the outline wing. Apply the thinned adhesive dope around the external edges of the lower side of the wing and IMMEDIATELY set the tissue in position and smooth the edges with a fingertip before it has a chance to dry. Cut the tissue all around the outline of the wing, leaving it 3–4 mm oversize. Bend and glue with the adhesive and dope the overlapping tissue around the entire tailplane. You will have to cut the tissue against the wing panel joints and in short 4–8 mm portions around the wing tip to follow the curve of the tip. Add a second coat of the adhesive dope on the tissue where it contacts the frame. Do not spread dope on the rest of the tissue yet.