2. Preparation

To make building the QFII as efficient as possible, it's recommended you have the following resources and tools at your disposal

• Workbench of at least 1500 x 500mm in size (for general building)
• Pinnable build surface of at least 800 x 250mm in size (for building the wings)
• Fast CA glue
• White-glue (PVA, Aquahere, Weldbond etc)
• Epoxy (may be supplanted by Polyurethane/Gorilla glue etc)
• Methylated spirits / Denatured Alcohol (for thinning epoxy)
• 12,000 strand Carbon fiber tow/rovings or iron on CF strips (for wings)
• (ADVANCED) 1~2oz/ft.sq fiberglass cloth (for fuselage)
• (ADVANCED) 25g/m.sq or 1oz/yd.sq fiberglass cloth (for tail surfaces)
• Polyurethane clear varnish/paint or ``Minwax Polyacrylic'' (for glassing fuselage)
• Balsa Plane (not essential but makes building a lot easier)
• Balsa stripper (again, makes building a lot easier and accurate)
• Xacto type No.11 blade knife
• Assortment of clamps and pegs
• Straight-edge rule
• Patience (yes, seriously, patience, your plane will turn out a lot nicer if you don't rush it )

Throughout this manual there will be references to using various tools to do certain tasks, you are not obliged to follow strictly what is done in the manual, everyone has their own preferred methods. Gluing of items is additionally a rather subjective affair, the selection of glues in this manual is based on anticipated loads and stresses that a particular join may be required to take, if you feel that you prefer another selection of glue then certainly go ahead, it is after all a personal judgement call.

Some people may laugh at the requirement of patience, the truth is that after years of building, it would appear that patience can actually speed up a build and result in a better quality finished item, this is because there will be less accidents due to rushing an item (CA is a wonderful glue that bonds fast and strong but it can commit mistakes equally as well).

Examine your kit and make sure that all the parts are included and none of the items are missing from the laser cut out sheets. Also check that none of the parts in the kit are broken. It helps at times if you mark off the parts on the plan as this gives your mind a chance to associate where things go.

All dimensions and weights are specified in metric, for reference a conversion table is provided at the end of this manual.