Fitting the covering.

The directions that come with the Monokote have always said to cover the wing with four pieces of material. That makes an overlap joint at the leading edge which will loosen from repeated wipeings to remove exhaust residue. Being of the lazy but intelligent side of the Rose family I got rid of the leading edge joint. I now cover all my wings and flight control surfaces with one piece of covering that wraps around the leading edges coming together at the trailing edges. It takes a bit of patience and masking tape and a dry erase marker.
  I start by making sure the width of the covering, generally 26 inches, is enough to wrap the wing at the root. On this wing I need 23 inches so I'm good to proceed. Measure the span of one wing panel and  ad a few inches. The sweep of the leading edge will cause the covering at the tip to fold back and if you didn't leave enough you will have a bare spot at the tip. Make it 3 inches extra. Roll off 33 inches from the roll and cut the piece off. This wing is 30 inches per panel so I cut 33 inches on the second panel. The first was very close to not being long enough. Trim off one of the clear selvedge edges. Lay the covering on the wing, align the trimmed selvedge edge with the trailing edge and tape it in place. Turn the plane over and pull the covering snug against the leading edge and lay it against the fuselage. Mark where it needs to be trimmed along the fuselage and the trailing edge. Cut the trailing edge first then the fuselage side as the excess will be used to cover the flaps. Lay the covering over the wing to see if it needs any more trimming before sticking it down. If not you are ready to iron the covering down.