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WARRANTY .....Top Flite Models guarantees this kit to be free from defects in both material and workmanship at the date of purchase. This warranty does not cover any component parts damaged by use or modification. In no case shall Top Flite’s liability exceed the original cost of the purchased kit. Further, Top Flite reserves the right to change or modify this warranty without notice. In that Top Flite has no control over the final assembly or material used for final assembly, no liability shall be assumed nor accepted for any damage resulting from the use by the user of the final user-assembled product. By the act of using the user- assembled product, the user accepts all resulting liability. If the buyer is not prepared to accept the liability associated with the use of this product, the buyer is advised to return this kit immediately in new and unused condition to the place of purchase. To make a warranty claim send the defective part or item to Hobby Services at the address: Include a letter stating your name, return shipping address, as much contact information as possible (daytime telephone number, fax number, e-mail address), a detailed description of the problem and a photocopy of the purchase receipt. Upon receipt of the package the problem will be evaluated as quickly as possible. READ THROUGH THIS MANUAL BEFORE STARTING CONSTRUCTION. IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS AND WARNINGS CONCERNING THE ASSEMBLY AND USE OF THIS MODEL. Hobby Services 3002 N. Apollo Dr. Suite 1 Champaign IL 61822 USA Top Flite Models Champaign, IL Telephone (217) 398-8970, Ext. 5 airsupport@top-flite.com Entire Contents © Copyright 2007 TOPZ0980 for TOPA0980 V1.0 Wingspan: 88.5 in [2255mm] Wing Area: 1036 sq in [66.8 dm 2 ] Weight: 17- 19 lbs [7710 – 8620g] Wing Loading: 38 – 42 oz/sq ft [115 – 129g/dm 2 ] Length: 71 in [1795mm] Scale: 1/9th (11%) Radio: 8-channel, 13 servos Engine: .70 cu in [11.5cc] four-strokes, .46 – .50 cu in [7.5 – 8.0cc] two-strokes

Scale: Radio: READ THROUGH THIS MANUAL …manuals.hobbico.com/top/topa0980-manual.pdf · WARRANTY..... Top Flite Models guarantees this kit to be free from defects in both material

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Tha

nk y

ou f

or p

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asin

g th

e To

p F

lite

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d E

ditio

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9th-s

cale

B-2

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RF.

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le n

o A

RF

mod

el

will

pr

ovid

e th

e le

vel

of

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il ne

cess

ary

to

take

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vel

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mbe

r of

sc

ale

feat

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lude

d w

ith t

his

mod

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we’

ve

done

our

bes

t to

bala

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leve

l of a

uthe

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nd

deta

il w

ith th

e re

quire

men

ts fo

r sim

plic

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at a

n A

RF

m

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xpec

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or e

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ple,

the

mai

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ar

door

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the

ful

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th a

fter

the

gear

ha

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trac

ted

and

afte

r it h

as e

xten

ded

(look

at p

hoto

s of

a B

-25

sitti

ng o

n th

e ta

rmac

—no

tice

that

the

gea

r do

ors

are

clos

ed!)

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athe

r th

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e fu

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req

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dio

with

add

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hann

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air

cont

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ditio

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push

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kage

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ir lin

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sequ

ence

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and

cons

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able

tim

e,

expe

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and

skill

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nd r

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r th

an a

band

onin

g fu

nctio

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doo

rs

alto

geth

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e di

d it

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“har

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ay” b

ack

in th

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op b

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tim

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fi gu

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ut h

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atin

g,

scal

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at th

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RF

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ssem

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p F

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ratin

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prin

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ors

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use

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cal l

ever

s to

ope

n an

d cl

ose,

th

us e

limin

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g al

l the

afo

rem

entio

ned

para

pher

nalia

th

at w

ould

be

requ

ired.

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whi

le o

ther

sca

le d

etai

ls i

nclu

ding

the

nos

e-gu

nner

int

erio

r, co

ckpi

t in

terio

r, ta

il-gu

nner

can

opy

and

mac

hine

gun

s ar

e no

t exa

ct re

plic

as, t

hese

sca

le

feat

ures

stil

l “ge

t the

poi

nt a

cros

s” w

ith th

eir p

rese

nce

and

stan

d-of

f acc

urac

y. W

ith a

ll th

is d

etai

l als

o co

mes

th

e tim

e co

mm

itmen

t to

put

it a

ll to

geth

er,

but

in t

he

end

we

know

it

will

all

be w

orth

whi

le w

hen

you’

re

exec

utin

g sl

ow fl

y-by

s st

raig

ht d

own

the

runw

ay w

ith

the

fl aps

and

gea

r ex

tend

ed a

nd e

very

body

els

e at

th

e fi e

ld s

tand

ing

by w

atch

ing.

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“Gol

d” B

-25

is a

lso

a us

er-fr

iend

ly m

odel

for b

reak

ing

dow

n fo

r tra

nspo

rt a

nd s

et u

p. M

ost m

odel

ers

will

sim

ply

rem

ove

the

outb

oard

win

g pa

nels

allo

win

g th

e m

odel

to

fi t e

asily

into

a m

ini v

an. I

f it’

s st

ill t

oo b

ig,

the

inbo

ard

win

g pa

nels

and

ver

tical

and

hor

izon

tal s

tabi

lizer

s ca

n al

so b

e ea

sily

rem

oved

with

the

stu

rdy

build

ing

stan

d su

ppor

ting

the

mod

el d

urin

g th

e pr

oces

s.

For

the

late

st te

chni

cal u

pdat

es o

r man

ual c

orre

ctio

ns

to th

is m

odel

vis

it th

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p F

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site

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ww

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pen

the

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age

of th

e B

-25

that

app

ears

. If

ther

e is

new

tec

hnic

al in

form

atio

n or

ch

ange

s th

ere

will

be

an “

Impo

rtan

t! T

EC

H N

OT

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” bo

x on

the

uppe

r le

ft co

rner

of t

he p

age.

Clic

k on

the

Tech

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ice

box

to r

ead

the

info

.

3

SC

AL

E C

OM

PE

TIT

ION

The

sca

le o

f th

is m

odel

is

1/9th

(or

11%

). T

hese

fi g

ures

wer

e de

rived

fro

m c

ompa

ring

the

win

g sp

an

and

fuse

lage

leng

th o

f thi

s m

odel

to th

e w

ings

pan

and

fuse

lage

len

gth

of t

he f

ull-s

ize.

Tho

ugh

the

Top

Flit

e B

-25J

Mitc

hell

is a

n A

RF

and

may

not

hav

e th

e sa

me

leve

l of

deta

il as

an

“all-

out”

scra

tch-

built

com

petit

ion

mod

el, i

t is

a sc

ale

mod

el n

onet

hele

ss a

nd is

ther

efor

e el

igib

le t

o co

mpe

te i

n th

e F

un S

cale

cla

ss i

n A

MA

co

mpe

titio

n (w

e re

ceiv

e m

any

favo

rabl

e re

port

s of

ou

r A

RF

s in

sca

le c

ompe

titio

n!).

In F

un S

cale

, th

e “b

uild

er o

f th

e m

odel

” ru

le d

oes

not

appl

y. T

o re

ceiv

e th

e fi v

e po

ints

for

scal

e do

cum

enta

tion,

the

only

pro

of

requ

ired

that

a fu

ll si

ze a

ircra

ft of

this

type

in th

is p

aint

/m

arki

ngs

sche

me

did

exis

t is

a si

ngle

she

et s

uch

as a

ki

t box

cov

er fr

om a

pla

stic

mod

el, a

pho

to, o

r a p

rofi l

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intin

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tc. I

f a b

lack

-and

-whi

te p

hoto

is u

sed,

oth

er

writ

ten

docu

men

tatio

n of

co

lor

mus

t be

pr

ovid

ed.

Con

tact

the

AM

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r a

rule

boo

k w

ith fu

ll de

tails

. See

be

low

for

the

AM

A c

onta

ct in

form

atio

n.

If yo

u w

ould

lik

e ph

otos

of

the

full-

size

B-2

5J f

or

scal

e do

cum

enta

tion,

or

if yo

u w

ould

like

to s

tudy

the

phot

os t

o ad

d m

ore

scal

e de

tails

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oto

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y a

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of t

he A

MA

, pl

ease

jo

in!

The

A

MA

is

th

e go

vern

ing

body

of

m

odel

av

iatio

n an

d m

embe

rshi

p pr

ovid

es li

abili

ty in

sura

nce

cove

rage

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tect

s m

odel

ers’

rig

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and

inte

rest

s an

d is

req

uire

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o of

the

mos

t im

port

ant t

hing

s yo

u ca

n do

to p

rese

rve

the

radi

o co

ntro

lled

airc

raft

hobb

y ar

e to

avo

id fl

yin

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ar f

ull-s

cale

airc

raft

and

avoi

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ing

near

or

over

gro

ups

of p

eopl

e.

IMA

A

The

Top

Flit

e B

-25

AR

F q

ualifi

es

as a

“gia

nt-s

cale

” mod

el

and

is t

here

fore

elig

ible

to

fl y i

n IM

AA

(In

tern

atio

nal

Min

iatu

re A

ircra

ft A

ssoc

iatio

n) e

vent

s. T

he IM

AA

is a

n or

gani

zatio

n th

at p

rom

otes

non

-com

petit

ive

fl yin

g of

gi

ant-

scal

e m

odel

airc

raft.

If y

ou p

lan

on a

ttend

ing

an

IMA

A e

vent

ref

er t

o th

e IM

AA

Saf

ety

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con

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info

rmat

ion

is a

lso

avai

labl

e in

Mod

el A

viat

ion,

the

mon

thly

new

slet

ter

mag

azin

e fr

om th

e A

MA

. The

IMA

A c

an a

lso

be c

onta

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at t

he

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MO

DE

L,

YO

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SE

LF

A

ND

O

TH

ER

S. F

OL

LO

W T

HE

SE

IMP

OR

TAN

TS

AF

ET

Y P

RE

CA

UT

ION

S

1. Y

our

Top

Flit

e B

-25J

Mitc

hell

AR

F s

houl

d no

t be

co

nsid

ered

a t

oy,

but

rath

er a

sop

hist

icat

ed,

wor

king

m

odel

th

at

func

tions

ve

ry

muc

h lik

e a

full-

size

ai

rpla

ne. B

ecau

se o

f its

per

form

ance

cap

abili

ties,

the

B-2

5 A

RF,

if

not

asse

mbl

ed a

nd o

pera

ted

corr

ectly

, co

uld

poss

ibly

cau

se in

jury

to

your

self

or s

pect

ator

s an

d da

mag

e to

pro

pert

y.

2. Y

ou m

ust

asse

mbl

e th

e m

odel

acc

ord

ing

to

th

e in

stru

ctio

ns.

Do

not

alte

r or

mod

ify t

he m

odel

, as

do

ing

so m

ay r

esul

t in

an

unsa

fe o

r un

fl yab

le m

odel

. In

a fe

w c

ases

the

inst

ruct

ions

may

diff

er s

light

ly fr

om

the

phot

os. I

n th

ose

inst

ance

s th

e w

ritte

n in

stru

ctio

ns

shou

ld b

e co

nsid

ered

as

corr

ect.

3. Y

ou m

ust t

ake

time

to b

uild

str

aig

ht,

tru

ean

d st

ron

g.

4. Y

ou m

ust

use

an R

/C r

adio

sys

tem

tha

t is

in g

ood

cond

ition

and

cor

rect

ly s

ized

eng

ine

and

com

pone

nts

as s

peci

fi ed

in th

is in

stru

ctio

n m

anua

l. A

ll co

mpo

nent

s m

ust b

e co

rrec

tly in

stal

led

so th

at th

e m

odel

ope

rate

s co

rrec

tly o

n th

e gr

ound

and

in th

e ai

r. Yo

u m

ust c

heck

th

e op

erat

ion

of th

e m

odel

and

all

com

pone

nts

befo

re

ever

y fl i

ght.

5. I

f yo

u ar

e no

t an

exp

erie

nced

pilo

t or

hav

e no

t fl o

wn

this

typ

e of

mod

el b

efor

e, w

e re

com

men

d th

at

you

get t

he a

ssis

tanc

e of

an

expe

rienc

ed p

ilot i

n yo

ur

R/C

clu

b fo

r yo

ur fi

rst

fl ig

hts.

If

you’

re n

ot a

mem

ber

of a

clu

b, y

our

loca

l ho

bby

shop

has

inf

orm

atio

n ab

out c

lubs

in y

our a

rea

who

se m

embe

rshi

p in

clud

es

expe

rienc

ed p

ilots

.

6. W

hile

thi

s ki

t ha

s be

en fl

ight

tes

ted

to e

xcee

d no

rmal

use

, if

the

plan

e w

ill b

e us

ed f

or e

xtre

mel

y hi

gh s

tres

s fl y

ing,

or

if en

gine

s la

rger

tha

n on

es i

n th

e re

com

men

ded

rang

e ar

e us

ed,

the

mod

eler

is

resp

onsi

ble

for

taki

ng s

teps

to

rein

forc

e th

e hi

gh

stre

ss

poin

ts

and/

or

subs

titut

ing

hard

war

e m

ore

suita

ble

for

the

incr

ease

d st

ress

.

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9. W

AR

NIN

G:

Som

e of

the

part

s in

this

kit

are

mad

e of

fi b

ergl

ass,

the

fi b

ers

of w

hich

may

cau

se e

ye,

skin

and

res

pira

tory

tra

ct i

rrita

tion.

Nev

er b

low

int

o on

e of

the

se p

arts

to

rem

ove

fi ber

glas

s du

st,

as

the

dust

will

blo

w b

ack

into

you

r ey

es.

Alw

ays

wea

r sa

fety

gog

gles

, a

part

icle

mas

k an

d ru

bber

glo

ves

whe

n gr

indi

ng,

drill

ing

and

sand

ing

fi ber

glas

s pa

rts.

V

acuu

m th

e pa

rts

and

the

wor

k ar

ea th

orou

ghly

afte

r w

orki

ng w

ith fi

berg

lass

par

ts.

We,

as

the

kit m

anuf

actu

rer,

prov

ide

you

with

a to

p qu

ality

, th

orou

ghly

tes

ted

kit

and

inst

ruct

ions

, bu

t ul

timat

ely

the

qual

ity a

nd fl

yabi

lity

of y

our

fi nis

hed

mod

el d

epen

ds o

n ho

w y

ou b

uild

it; t

here

fore

, w

e ca

nnot

in a

ny w

ay g

uara

ntee

the

per

form

ance

of

your

com

plet

ed m

odel

, an

d no

rep

rese

ntat

ions

ar

e ex

pres

sed

or im

plie

d as

to th

e pe

rfor

man

ce o

r sa

fety

of y

our

com

plet

ed m

odel

.

Rem

emb

er:

Take

yo

ur

tim

e an

d

follo

w

the

inst

ruct

ion

s to

en

d u

p w

ith

a w

ell-

built

mo

del

that

is

str

aig

ht

and

tru

e.

DE

CIS

ION

S Y

OU

MU

ST

MA

KE

Thi

s is

a p

artia

l lis

t of

ite

ms

requ

ired

to fi

nis

h th

is

mod

el t

hat

may

req

uire

pla

nnin

g or

dec

isio

n m

akin

g be

fore

sta

rtin

g as

sem

bly.

Ord

er n

umbe

rs a

re p

rovi

ded

in p

aren

thes

es.

EN

GIN

E R

EC

OM

ME

ND

AT

ION

S

As

spec

ifi ed

on

the

fron

t cov

er o

f thi

s in

stru

ctio

n m

anua

l, th

e To

p F

lite

B-2

5J A

RF

is in

tend

ed fo

r tw

in .

70 fo

ur-

stro

kes

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o-st

roke

s. T

here

isn’

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h m

ore

that

can

be

said

oth

er t

han

it is

unn

eces

sary

(as

wel

l as

ina

dvis

able

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ove

rpow

er t

his

mod

el w

ith l

arge

r en

gine

s. E

ngin

es i

n th

e sp

ecifi

ed r

ange

will

pro

vide

m

ore

than

eno

ugh

thru

st to

fl y

this

mod

el in

a s

cale

-like

m

anne

r w

ith p

lent

y of

ext

ra p

ower

to

perfo

rm e

vasi

ve

man

euve

rs i

f th

e si

tuat

ion

aris

es.

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tom

lin

e is

with

tw

o-st

roke

.46’

s or

four

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oke

.70’

s yo

u’ll

fi nd

your

self

crui

sing

aro

und

at h

alf-

thro

ttle

mos

t of t

he ti

me.

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AC

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ND

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AR

Your

B-2

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itche

ll A

RF

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e in

clud

ed fi

xed

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ding

gea

r or

ret

ract

able

lan

ding

ge

ar. I

f fi x

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ndin

g ge

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use

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ditio

nal i

tem

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ill b

e ne

eded

to in

stal

l the

gea

r. If

inst

allin

g re

trac

ts,

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mod

el is

des

igne

d fo

r R

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t pne

umat

ic r

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cts.

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ired

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valv

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ller

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air

tank

bef

ore

it is

rea

dy.

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air

pum

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ill a

lso

be r

equi

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for

fi llin

g th

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ith a

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p is

sim

ply

a sm

all 1

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bicy

cle

air

com

pres

sor.

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pow

er c

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hav

e to

be

con

vert

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rom

a c

igar

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lig

hter

con

nect

or t

o al

ligat

or c

lips

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omet

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n be

con

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our

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nect

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If fl y

ing

the

B-2

5 w

ith

fi xed

la

ndin

g ge

ar

seve

n ch

anne

ls

will

be

re

quire

d;

one

chan

nel

for

the

aile

rons

, on

e fo

r el

evat

or,

one

for

each

eng

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one

fo

r th

e ru

dder

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e fo

r th

e fl a

ps a

nd o

ne c

hann

el fo

r th

e no

se s

teer

ing

serv

o. T

he e

ngin

es c

ould

be

linke

d w

ith a

Y-h

arne

ss,

but

it is

rec

omm

ende

d to

lin

k th

e th

rottl

es e

lect

roni

cally

via

mix

ing

in t

he t

rans

mitt

er.

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n, th

e th

rottl

es c

an b

e “d

ecou

pled

” usi

ng a

sw

itch

on th

e tr

ansm

itter

for

star

ting

and

tuni

ng th

e en

gine

s in

divi

dual

ly. I

t is

also

rec

omm

ende

d to

link

the

rudd

er

serv

os a

nd n

ose

stee

ring

serv

o el

ectr

onic

ally

thro

ugh

mix

ing

in y

our

tran

smitt

er s

o th

e no

se s

teer

ing

serv

o ca

n be

trim

med

sep

arat

ely

from

the

rudd

ers.

If in

stal

ling

retr

acta

ble

land

ing

gear

eig

ht c

hann

els

will

be

requ

ired,

with

an

addi

tiona

l sta

ndar

d se

rvo

to

oper

ate

the

air

cont

rol v

alve

.

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ardi

ng s

ervo

s, t

he a

ilero

ns,

fl aps

, no

se s

teer

ing

and

air c

ontr

ol v

alve

may

all

be o

pera

ted

with

sta

ndar

d se

rvos

(s

uch

as

Fut

aba

S30

03—

FU

TM

0031

). A

st

rong

er b

all b

earin

g se

rvo

with

no

less

tha

n 50

oz.

in

. of t

orqu

e (s

uch

as th

e F

utab

a 90

01—

FU

TM

0075

) sh

ould

be

used

on

the

elev

ator

. Tw

o m

ini s

ervo

s w

ith

a to

rque

rat

ing

of a

t le

ast

35 o

z.-in

. (su

ch a

s F

utab

a S

3115

—F

UT

M04

15)

are

requ

ired

on th

e ru

dder

s.

No

te:

Kee

p in

m

ind

that

th

e st

anda

rd

serv

o re

com

men

datio

ns f

or t

he fl

aps

and

aile

rons

are

the

m

inim

ums.

Hig

her-

torq

ue,

ball

bear

ing

serv

os c

ould

be

use

d fo

r m

ore

fl igh

t pre

cisi

on.

The

follo

win

g se

rvo

exte

nsio

ns a

nd Y

-har

ness

es w

ere

also

use

d in

thi

s m

odel

. See

the

dia

gram

s on

pag

es

48-4

9 th

at s

how

s w

here

all

the

exte

nsio

ns a

re u

sed.

5

❏ (4

) 6"

[150

mm

] ext

ensi

ons

(HC

AM

2701

for

Fut

aba)

❏ (2

) 12"

[300

mm

] ext

ensi

ons

(HC

AM

2711

for F

utab

a)❏

(5) 2

4" [6

00m

m] e

xten

sion

s (H

CA

M27

21 fo

r Fut

aba)

❏ (1

) 36

" [9

10m

m] e

xten

sion

(H

CA

M27

26 fo

r F

utab

a)❏

(5) Y

-har

ness

es (

HC

AM

2751

for

Fut

aba)

A

min

imum

2,

000m

Ah

rece

iver

ba

ttery

co

uld

be

used

, but

you

will

hav

e to

clo

sely

mon

itor t

he b

atte

ry’s

ca

paci

ty a

nd v

olta

ge t

o av

oid

drai

ning

the

bat

tery

to

o fa

r. A

bat

tery

lar

ger

than

2,0

00m

Ah

wou

ld b

e m

ore

suita

ble

and

prov

ide

mor

e fl i

ght

time

betw

een

char

ges.

Fol

low

ing

are

two

suita

ble

batte

ry p

acks

:

❏ H

ydriM

ax™

Ultr

a 4.

8V 4

,200

mA

h su

b C

NiM

H

rece

iver

bat

tery

w/F

utab

a co

nnec

tor

(HC

AM

6335

)❏

Hyd

riMax

Ultr

a 4.

8V 2

,000

mA

h A

A N

iMH

rece

iver

ba

ttery

w/F

utab

a co

nnec

tor

(HC

AM

6321

)

AD

DIT

ION

AL

ITE

MS

RE

QU

IRE

D

HA

RD

WA

RE

AN

D A

CC

ES

SO

RIE

S

In a

dditi

on t

o th

e ite

ms

liste

d in

the

“D

ecis

ion

s Yo

u

Mu

st M

ake”

sec

tion,

follo

win

g is

the

list o

f har

dwar

e an

d ac

cess

orie

s re

quire

d to

fi n

ish

the

B-2

5. O

rder

nu

mbe

rs a

re p

rovi

ded

in p

aren

thes

es.

❏ 1

/4"

R/C

Foa

m R

ubbe

r (H

CA

Q10

00)

❏ 3

' [90

0mm

] Sta

ndar

d S

ilico

ne F

uel

Tubi

ng (

GP

MQ

4131

)❏

Ern

st #

124

Cha

rge

Rec

epta

cle

❏ S

tick-

on S

egm

ente

d Le

ad W

eigh

ts (

GP

MQ

4485

)❏

Pro

pelle

rs (

and

spar

es)

suita

ble

for

your

eng

ines

AD

HE

SIV

ES

AN

D B

UIL

DIN

G S

UP

PL

IES

In a

dditi

on t

o co

mm

on h

obby

too

ls a

nd h

ouse

hold

to

ols,

thi

s is

the

“sh

ort

list”

of t

he m

ost

impo

rtan

t ite

ms

requ

ired

to b

uild

the

B-2

5 A

RF.

Gre

at P

lan

es

Pro

™ C

A a

nd E

poxy

glu

e ar

e re

com

men

ded.

Fore

mos

t, a

Gre

at P

lane

s S

tand

ard

3/32

" B

all W

ren

ch

(GP

MR

8002

) an

d a

Gre

at P

lane

s S

tand

ard

.050

" B

all W

ren

ch (

GP

MR

8000

) ar

e vi

rtua

l nec

essi

ties

for

asse

mbl

ing

this

mod

el. T

hese

are

lon

g-ha

ndle

Alle

n w

renc

hes

that

will

be

inva

luab

le f

or m

ount

ing

the

cow

ls a

nd o

ther

the

scal

e de

tails

.

❏ 1

oz.

[30g

] Thi

n P

ro C

A (

GP

MR

6002

)❏

1 o

z. [3

0g] M

ediu

m P

ro C

A+

(G

PM

R60

08)

❏ C

A A

pplic

ator

Tip

s (H

CA

R37

80)

❏ C

A A

ctiv

ator

2 o

z. [5

7g] S

pray

Bot

tle (G

PM

R60

35),

or

4 o

z. [1

13g]

Aer

osol

(G

PM

R63

4)❏

Pro

30-

Min

ute

Epo

xy (

GP

MR

6047

)❏

Mill

ed F

iber

glas

s (G

PM

R61

65) -

OR

- Mic

roba

lloon

s (T

OP

R10

90)

❏ T

hrea

dloc

ker T

hrea

d Lo

ckin

g C

emen

t (G

PM

R60

60)

❏ #

1 H

obby

Kni

fe (

HC

AR

0105

)❏

#11

Bla

des

(5-p

ack,

HC

AR

0211

)❏

#11

Bla

des

(100

-pac

k, H

CA

R03

11)

❏ D

rill B

its: 1

/16"

[1.6

mm

], 5/

64" [

2mm

], 3/

32" [

2.4m

m],

7/64

" [2.

8mm

], 1/

8" [3

.2m

m],

5/32

" [4m

m],

#29

Dril

l an

d 4-

40 T

ap (

or G

reat

Pla

nes

4-40

Tap

and

Dril

l S

et (

GP

MR

8101

)❏

Tap

han

dle

(GP

MR

8120

)❏

Sol

derin

g Ir

on o

r H

obby

Hea

t™ M

icro

Tor

ch II

(H

CA

R07

55)

❏ S

ilver

Sol

der

w/F

lux

(GP

MR

8070

)❏

Den

atur

ed A

lcoh

ol fo

r E

poxy

Cle

anup

❏ P

last

ic-C

ompa

tible

Oil

for

Hin

ge P

ins

❏ R

otar

y To

ol a

nd C

uttin

g B

its (

See

Pag

e 20

)❏

Rot

ary

Tool

Rei

nfor

ced

Cut

-Off

Whe

el (G

PM

R82

00)

❏ F

ine-

poin

t fel

t-tip

pen

(Top

Flit

e® P

anel

Lin

e P

en—

TOP

Q25

10)

❏ B

lack

Pai

nt fo

r C

ockp

it In

terio

r❏

Med

ium

-Grit

(22

0 –

320-

Grit

) S

andp

aper

OP

TIO

NA

L S

UP

PL

IES

AN

D T

OO

LS

Her

e is

a li

st o

f opt

iona

l too

ls th

at a

re a

lso

men

tione

d in

the

man

ual.

❏ E

poxy

Bru

shes

(6,

GP

MR

8060

)❏

Mix

ing

Stic

ks (

50, G

PM

R80

55)

❏ M

ixin

g C

ups

(GP

MR

8056

)❏

CA

Deb

onde

r (G

PM

R60

39)

❏ D

ead

Cen

ter™

Eng

ine

Mou

nt H

ole

Loca

tor

(GP

MR

8130

)

❏ C

urve

d-T

ip C

anop

y S

ciss

ors

for

trim

min

g pl

astic

pa

rts

(HC

AR

0667

)❏

Non

-Ela

stic

Str

ing

for

stab

alig

nmen

t (s

uch

as

K&

S #

801

Kev

lar

thre

ad o

r fi s

hing

Kev

lar

thre

ad)

❏ 9

/32"

[7m

m]

O.D

. K

+S

bra

ss t

ube

for

fuel

ing

line

(See

pag

e 22

)❏

Mas

king

tape

(TO

PR

8018

)❏

3M

77

Spr

ay A

dhes

ive

(MM

MR

1990

)❏

Acc

uThr

ow D

efl e

ctio

n G

auge

(G

PM

R24

05)

❏ C

G M

achi

ne™

(G

PM

R24

00)

❏ L

aser

Inci

denc

e M

eter

(G

PM

R40

20)

❏ P

reci

sion

Mag

netic

Pro

p B

alan

cer

(TO

PQ

5700

)

CO

VE

RIN

G T

OO

LS

A c

over

ing

iron

will

be

requ

ired

for

tight

enin

g th

e co

verin

g on

the

mod

el a

fter

it is

rem

oved

fro

m t

he

box.

Fol

low

ing

are

the

cove

ring

tool

s re

com

men

ded:

❏ 2

1ST C

entu

ry® S

ealin

g Ir

on (

CO

VR

2700

) ❏

21S

T C

entu

ry Ir

on C

over

(C

OV

R27

02)

❏ 2

1ST C

entu

ry T

rim S

eal I

ron

(CO

VR

2750

)

The

Top

Flit

e B

-25

AR

F i

s fa

ctor

y co

vere

d w

ith

Top

Flit

e M

onoK

ote

fi lm

. S

houl

d re

pairs

ev

er

be r

equi

red,

fol

low

ing

is a

lis

t of

col

ors

used

on

this

mod

el a

nd o

rder

num

bers

for

6' [

1.8m

] ro

lls.

(At

som

e ho

bby

shop

s M

onoK

ote

can

also

be

purc

hase

d by

the

foot

.)

Fla

t Oliv

e D

rab

(TO

PQ

0510

)F

lat D

ove

Gra

y (T

OP

Q05

11)

Fla

t Bla

ck (

TOP

Q05

08)

Whi

te (

TOP

Q02

04)

No

te:

The

sta

biliz

er a

nd w

ing

inci

denc

es a

nd e

ngin

e th

rust

ang

les

have

bee

n fa

ctor

y-bu

ilt i

nto

the

B-2

5.

How

ever

, so

me

tech

nica

lly-m

inde

d m

odel

ers

may

w

ish

to c

heck

the

se m

easu

rem

ents

any

way

. To

view

th

is in

form

atio

n, v

isit

the

web

site

at w

ww

.top-

fl ite

.com

an

d cl

ick

on “

Tech

nica

l Dat

a.”

Due

to

man

ufac

turin

g to

lera

nces

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ill h

ave

little

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no e

ffect

on

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way

the

mod

el w

ill fl

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here

may

be

slig

ht d

evia

tions

be

twee

n yo

ur m

odel

and

the

publ

ishe

d va

lues

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to m

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y ar

e of

acc

epta

ble

qual

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If an

y pa

rts

are

mis

sing

or

are

not

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ccep

tabl

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sist

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xact

ly a

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ey a

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ritte

n in

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Kit

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tent

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t on

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EN

TS

1. F

usel

age

2. R

&L

inbo

ard

win

g pa

nels

, in

boar

d fl a

ps,

fl ap

serv

o ha

tche

s 3

. R&

L ou

tboa

rd w

ing

pane

ls, o

utbo

ard

fl aps

, aile

rons

, fl a

p an

d ai

lero

n se

rvo

hatc

hes

4. H

oriz

onta

l sta

biliz

er, e

leva

tors

, rud

der s

ervo

hat

ches

5

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L ve

rtic

al s

tabi

lizer

, rud

ders

6. R

&L

fi ber

glas

s na

celle

cov

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7. F

iber

glas

s en

gine

cow

ls 8

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y/ba

lsa/

hard

woo

d na

celle

ass

embl

y 9

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L ca

rbur

etor

inta

kes

10. R

eplic

a en

gine

s11

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n la

ndin

g ge

ar d

oors

12

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ergl

ass

tail-

gunn

er c

abin

13. T

ail-g

unne

r ca

nopy

14. N

ose-

gunn

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anop

y bo

ttom

15. N

ose-

gunn

er w

indo

w16

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kpit

cano

py17

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e-gu

nner

ca

bin

fl oor

, am

mo

tray

, kn

eelin

g pa

d, a

mm

o bo

xes

and

tops

(4)

18. N

ose-

gunn

er c

abin

bac

k19

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l-gun

ner

cabi

n bu

lkhe

ad, a

rmor

pla

te,

mou

ntin

g br

acke

t20

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t/co-

pilo

t sea

t bac

ks21

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ergl

ass

AD

F “

foot

ball”

ant

enna

w/m

agne

ts

22. T

op tu

rret

tand

em m

achi

ne g

uns

23. N

ose-

gunn

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achi

ne g

un24

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mac

hine

gun

turr

et c

anop

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de g

un p

acks

26. N

ose

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doo

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[68m

m] n

ose

whe

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6-1

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[155

mm

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achi

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un b

arre

ls (

1-no

se

gun,

2-t

op tu

rret

, 4-e

xter

nal g

un p

acks

, (2)

4-7

/8"

[125

mm

] w

aist

mac

hine

gun

bar

rels

, (2

) 4-

7/8"

[1

25m

m] t

ail-g

unne

r m

achi

ne g

un b

arre

ls w

/4-4

0 th

read

ed in

sert

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kpit

fl oor

(pa

inte

d fl a

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ck)

31. R

&L

oil c

oole

r ai

r sc

oops

32. R

&L

wai

st g

un w

indo

ws

33. M

olde

d pl

astic

fi xe

d m

ain

land

ing

gear

blo

cks

34. R

& L

mai

n la

ndin

g ge

ar w

ires

35. (

2) 3

-7/8

" [9

8mm

] mai

n w

heel

s36

. (2)

420

cc F

uel t

anks

w/h

ardw

are

37. 3

0 x

440m

m c

ente

r m

ain

win

g tu

be (

1),

10 x

30

5mm

for

war

d an

d af

t m

ain

win

g tu

bes

(2,

one

end

thre

aded

w/n

ylon

inse

rts)

, 22

x 29

5mm

out

er

pane

l w

ing

tube

s (2

), 1

0 x

150m

m o

uter

pan

el

win

g tu

bes

(2, o

ne e

nd th

read

ed w

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on in

sert

s)38

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vato

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iner

wire

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EP

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To

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plac

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the

Top

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F, u

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the

Rep

lace

men

t P

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at f

ollo

ws.

Rep

lace

men

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rts

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avai

labl

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ly a

s lis

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part

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aila

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labl

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pur

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by s

hops

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rnet

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rm

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ardw

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item

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crew

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uts,

bol

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also

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ilabl

e fr

om t

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tlets

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8

9

PR

EPA

RA

TIO

N

PR

EPA

RE

TH

E C

OV

ER

ING

❏ T

ake

time

now

to

tho

rou

gh

ly s

eal

the

cove

ring

to t

he a

irfra

me.

Are

as o

f co

verin

g th

at a

ren’

t bo

nded

to

the

woo

d un

dern

eath

—ev

en i

f yo

u do

n’t

see

any

wrin

kles

now

—m

ay l

oose

n an

d fo

rm w

rinkl

es l

ater

. T

he b

est w

ay to

sea

l dow

n an

d tig

hten

all

the

cove

ring

is t

o us

e a

cove

ring

iron

with

a p

rote

ctiv

e co

verin

g so

ck t

o go

ove

r th

e en

tire

mod

el. P

ush

dow

n on

the

iro

n to

bon

d th

e co

verin

g to

the

woo

d. If

the

cove

ring

bubb

les

you

may

be

usin

g to

o m

uch

heat

or

leav

ing

the

iron

in o

ne p

ositi

on t

oo l

ong.

In

som

e ar

eas,

w

here

the

shee

ting

is s

oft a

nd th

ere

is n

o su

ppor

ting

stru

ctur

e un

dern

eath

, the

she

etin

g m

ay b

end

inw

ard

mak

ing

it di

ffi cu

lt to

rem

ove

the

wrin

kles

in

thos

e ar

eas.

If

this

hap

pens

, us

e le

ss p

ress

ure

on t

he ir

on

or d

on’t

pres

s do

wn

at a

ll. N

ote

: Thi

s pr

oced

ure

take

s tim

e. If

you

don

’t fe

el li

ke g

oing

ove

r th

e en

tire

mod

el

all

at o

nce,

sta

rt w

ith t

he i

nboa

rd w

ing

pane

ls fi

rst

an

d do

the

rest

of t

he p

arts

as

you

need

them

.

AS

SE

MB

LE

TH

E W

ING

PA

NE

LS

HIN

GE

TH

E F

LA

PS

AN

D A

ILE

RO

NS

Dur

ing

cons

truc

tion

ther

e w

ill b

e se

vera

l occ

asio

ns

whe

re e

poxy

cle

anup

will

be

nece

ssar

y. I

nste

ad

of w

astin

g w

hole

pap

er to

wel

s, s

tack

thre

e or

four

pa

per

tow

els

on t

op o

f ea

ch o

ther

and

cut

the

m

into

sm

all s

quar

es. T

his

will

con

serv

e pa

per t

owel

s an

d th

e lit

tle s

quar

es a

re e

asie

r to

use

than

who

le

pape

r to

wel

s. F

or e

poxy

cle

an u

p da

mpe

n th

e sq

uare

s w

ith d

enat

ured

alc

ohol

.

❏ 1

. Tes

t fi t

bot

h in

bo

ard

fl ap

s to

the

in

bo

ard

win

g pa

nels

with

the

lar

ge p

ivot

poi

nt h

inge

s. M

ake

sure

th

e fl a

ps fi

t wel

l and

piv

ot s

moo

thly

.

❏ 2

. Tak

e ou

t the

hin

ges.

Add

a s

mal

l dro

p of

pla

stic

-co

mpa

tible

oil

or a

sm

all d

ab o

f pet

role

um je

lly to

the

pivo

t poi

nt o

f eac

h hi

nge.

Wor

k th

e oi

l int

o ea

ch h

inge

by

piv

otin

g it

back

and

fort

h a

few

tim

es.

❏ 3

. M

ix a

ppro

xim

atel

y 1/

4 oz

. [5

cc]

of 3

0-m

inut

e ep

oxy.

Use

a p

iece

of w

ire to

app

ly e

poxy

into

the

hing

e ho

les

in b

oth

inbo

ard

win

g pa

nels

and

inbo

ard

fl aps

.

❏ 4

. Wip

e of

f an

y ex

cess

epo

xy f

rom

the

out

side

of

all t

he h

inge

hol

es (

usin

g yo

ur p

aper

tow

el s

quar

es).

One

at

a tim

e, a

pply

a t

hin

coat

ing

of e

poxy

to

on

e

10

sid

e of

eac

h hi

nge.

The

n, i

nser

t th

e hi

nges

int

o th

e w

ing.

Whe

n al

l th

e hi

nges

are

in,

wor

king

qui

ckly

, co

at t

he o

ther

end

of

the

hing

es w

ith e

poxy

. T

hen,

jo

in b

oth

fl aps

. Do

your

bes

t to

wip

e aw

ay a

ny e

xces

s ep

oxy.

Mov

e th

e fl a

ps u

p an

d do

wn

seve

ral t

imes

to

alig

n al

l th

e hi

nges

. S

et t

he w

ing

pane

ls a

side

and

al

low

the

epox

y to

har

den.

❏ 6

. Joi

n th

e ou

tboa

rd fl

aps

and

aile

rons

to th

e ou

tboa

rd

win

g pa

nels

the

sam

e w

ay u

sing

fre

sh b

atch

es o

f ep

oxy.

Not

e th

at th

e ai

lero

ns u

se s

mal

l hin

ges.

❏ 7

. Afte

r th

e ep

oxy

on a

ll th

e hi

nges

has

har

dene

d,

mov

e th

e fl a

ps a

nd a

ilero

ns u

p an

d do

wn

seve

ral

times

to g

et th

em m

ovin

g sm

ooth

ly a

nd e

asily

.

We’

ll in

stal

l th

e se

rvos

and

hoo

k up

the

fl a

ps a

nd

aile

rons

late

r.

MO

UN

T T

HE

EN

GIN

ES

❏ 1

. Use

med

ium

CA

or

epox

y to

glu

e tw

o 8

x 30

mm

gr

oove

d ny

lon

alig

nmen

t pe

gs

into

th

e ho

les

in

each

eng

ine

nace

lle.

Be

cert

ain

the

peg

indi

cate

d pr

otru

des

abov

e th

e ba

se o

f the

nac

elle

app

roxi

mat

ely

3/4"

[19m

m].

❏ ❏

2.

Afte

r th

e ep

oxy

from

the

pre

viou

s st

ep h

as

hard

ened

, us

e fo

ur 1

/4-2

0 x

2" [

50m

m]

nylo

n bo

lts

(indi

cate

d by

the

arr

ows

in t

he p

hoto

) to

mou

nt t

he

left

eng

ine

nace

lle t

o th

e bo

ttom

of

the

left

inbo

ard

win

g pa

nel.

❏ ❏

3. R

ead

the

note

fol

low

ing

this

ste

p. T

hen,

cut

ou

t the

left

En

gin

e M

ou

nti

ng

Tem

pla

te (

sinc

e w

e’re

do

ing

the

left

nace

lle fi

rst)

from

the

back

of t

he m

anua

l fo

r th

e ty

pe o

f en

gine

you

will

be

usin

g—tw

o-st

roke

or

four

-str

oke.

Use

tape

or

spra

y ad

hesi

ve to

hol

d th

e te

mpl

ate

to th

e fi r

ewal

l. T

hen

use

a sh

arpe

ned

piec

e of

wire

or a

larg

e T-

pin

to m

ark

the

cent

er o

f the

hol

es

in th

e te

mpl

ate

into

the

fi rew

all.

No

te: T

he fo

ur-s

trok

e te

mpl

ate

is fo

r the

O.S

. Max

.70

Sur

pass

and

the

tw

o-st

roke

tem

plat

e is

for

an

O.S

. M

ax .

40 o

r .5

0 tw

o-st

roke

. Sin

ce t

he e

ngin

e m

ount

s ar

e ad

just

able

, th

ey s

houl

d fi t

oth

er e

ngin

es i

n th

e si

ze r

ange

, but

if y

ou a

re u

sing

eng

ines

diff

eren

t tha

n O

.S.

the

posi

tioni

ng o

f th

e m

ount

s m

ay h

ave

to b

e ro

tate

d sl

ight

ly t

o al

ign

the

muf

fl er

with

the

muf

fl er

cuto

ut i

n th

e fi b

ergl

ass

nace

lle c

over

. If

this

is

the

case

, yo

u’ll

have

to

mou

nt y

our

engi

ne t

o th

e m

ount

be

fore

mar

king

the

hol

es in

the

fi r

ewal

l. T

hen,

pla

ce

the

nace

lle c

over

ove

r th

e na

celle

on

the

win

g pa

nel

and

posi

tion

the

mou

nt

(with

th

e en

gine

) so

th

e m

uffl e

r fi t

s in

the

muf

fl er

cuto

ut.

❏ ❏

4.

Onc

e th

e en

gine

mou

nt h

oles

hav

e be

en

mar

ked,

dril

l 5/

32"

[4m

m]

hole

s th

roug

h th

e fi r

ewal

l at

eac

h m

ark.

Rem

ove

the

tem

plat

e. P

ush

4-40

blin

d nu

ts i

nto

the

hole

s in

the

bac

k of

the

fi r

ewal

l—if

nece

ssar

y, tr

im a

way

any

ply

woo

d th

at in

terf

eres

with

th

e bl

ind

nuts

.

11

❏ ❏

5. L

oose

ly m

ount

the

engi

ne m

ount

to th

e fi r

ewal

l w

ith

4-40

x

3/4"

[1

9mm

] so

cket

-hea

d ca

p sc

rew

s (S

HC

S)

and

#4 fl

at

was

hers

. A

djus

t th

e m

ount

to

fi t

your

eng

ine.

Tig

hten

the

scre

ws

to p

ull t

he b

lind

nuts

all

the

way

into

the

back

of t

he fi

rew

all.

Tem

pora

rily

clam

p th

e en

gine

to th

e m

ount

so

the

fron

t of t

he d

rive

was

her

will

be

5" [1

27m

m] f

rom

fi re

wal

l. U

se a

Dea

d C

ente

r™

Eng

ine

Mou

nt H

ole

Loca

tor

(GP

MR

8130

) or

ano

ther

m

etho

d to

mar

k th

e ho

les

in th

e m

ount

for

the

engi

ne

mou

ntin

g sc

rew

s. N

OT

E:

The

3/4

" [1

9mm

] sc

rew

s ho

ldin

g th

e m

ount

to th

e fi r

ewal

l are

inte

ntio

nally

sho

rt

so th

ey d

o no

t cut

into

the

fron

t of t

he fu

el ta

nk. L

ater

, w

hen

mou

ntin

g th

e en

gine

for

the

fi n

al t

ime,

you

will

be

inst

ruct

ed to

add

thre

adlo

cker

to th

e th

read

s of

the

scre

ws

so th

ey d

o no

t com

e lo

ose.

❏ ❏

6. R

emov

e th

e en

gine

from

the

mou

nt a

nd ta

ke

the

mou

nt o

ff th

e fi r

ewal

l. A

dd a

few

dro

ps o

f th

in

CA

to

the

edge

s of

the

blin

d nu

ts in

the

bac

k of

the

fi r

ewal

l so

they

won

’t co

me

out.

❏ ❏

7. D

rill #

29 h

oles

at t

he m

arks

you

mad

e in

the

engi

ne m

ount

hal

ves

for

mou

ntin

g th

e en

gine

. Tap

4-

40 t

hrea

ds in

to t

he h

oles

. Rem

ount

the

mou

nt t

o th

e fi r

ewal

l and

mou

nt t

he e

ngin

e to

the

mou

nt w

ith fo

ur

4-40

x 3

/4"

[19m

m]

SH

CS

, #4

loc

k w

ashe

rs a

nd #

4 fl a

t was

hers

.

❏ 8

. Mou

nt t

he o

ther

eng

ine

to t

he r

ight

nac

elle

the

sa

me

way

. Mak

e su

re y

ou u

se th

e ri

gh

t eng

ine

mou

ntin

g te

mpl

ate

for

mar

king

the

hole

s in

the

fi rew

all.

HO

OK

UP

TH

E T

HR

OT

TL

E A

ND

INS

TAL

L T

HE

FU

EL

TA

NK

Ref

er t

o t

his

ph

oto

wh

ile h

oo

kin

g u

p t

he

thro

ttle

.

The

thr

ottle

ser

vo m

ay b

e m

ount

ed i

n ei

ther

of

two

loca

tions

dep

endi

ng o

n th

e lo

catio

n of

the

carb

uret

or

arm

on

your

eng

ine.

For

mos

t tw

o-s

tro

ke e

ngin

es, i

t w

ill b

e ea

sies

t to

mou

nt th

e th

rottl

e se

rvo

in th

e lo

wer

lo

catio

n (t

he lo

catio

n in

the

botto

m o

f the

nac

elle

nex

t to

the

lan

ding

gea

r m

ount

). F

or s

ome

fou

r-st

roke

en

gine

s (s

uch

as t

he O

.S. M

ax .

70 il

lust

rate

d in

thi

s m

anua

l), i

t w

ill b

e ea

sies

t to

mou

nt t

he t

hrot

tle i

n th

e u

pp

er lo

catio

n (a

s sh

own

in t

he p

hoto

). If

usin

g th

e O

.S. M

ax .

70,

the

carb

uret

or w

ill a

lso

have

to

be

reve

rsed

to

posi

tion

the

carb

uret

or a

rm o

n th

e to

p.

If us

ing

the

O.S

. .7

0, r

emov

e th

e en

gine

, re

vers

e th

e ca

rbur

etor

and

car

b ar

m,

and

then

rem

ount

the

en

gine

. How

ever

you

dec

ide

to h

ook

up t

he t

hrot

tle,

mak

e ce

rtai

n th

e pu

shro

d w

ill n

ot in

terf

ere

with

the

fuel

ta

nk w

hen

it is

in p

ositi

on la

ter

(you

cou

ld te

mpo

raril

y fi t

the

fuel

tank

whi

le w

orki

ng o

n th

e th

rottl

e).

❏ ❏

1.

Cen

ter

the

thro

ttle

serv

o by

tem

pora

rily

conn

ectin

g it

to th

e re

ceiv

er w

ith a

bat

tery

and

turn

ing

on t

he r

adio

with

the

thr

ottle

trim

on

the

tran

smitt

er

cent

ered

. Cut

off

the

unus

ed s

ervo

arm

s so

the

re is

on

e ar

m r

emai

ning

.

6" [1

50 m

m]

SE

RV

O E

XT

EN

SIO

N

❏ ❏

2. C

onne

ct a

6"

[150

mm

] ser

vo e

xten

sion

to th

e th

rottl

e se

rvo.

(T

here

are

dia

gram

s on

pag

es 4

8-49

th

at s

how

all

the

serv

o ex

tens

ions

that

wer

e us

ed.)

Cut

a

piec

e of

the

3/8"

x 3

" [1

0 x

75m

m] b

lack

hea

t shr

ink

tubi

ng i

n ha

lf an

d fi t

it

over

the

con

nect

ion

betw

een

the

serv

o w

ire a

nd th

e ex

tens

ion.

Car

eful

ly s

hrin

k th

e tu

bing

with

hea

t fro

m a

hea

t gun

or

a lig

hter

.

❏ ❏

3.

Pla

ce t

he t

hrot

tle s

ervo

in

the

mou

ntin

g lo

catio

n yo

u w

ill b

e us

ing—

if us

ing

the

uppe

r th

rottl

e se

rvo

mou

ntin

g lo

catio

n sh

own,

the

nace

lle w

ill h

ave

to b

e re

mov

ed fr

om th

e w

ing.

Use

the

mou

ntin

g ho

les

in th

e se

rvo

as a

gui

de to

dril

l 1/1

6" [1

.6m

m] h

oles

for

the

serv

o m

ount

ing

scre

ws

that

cam

e w

ith th

e se

rvo.

Te

mpo

raril

y m

ount

the

ser

vo w

ith t

he s

crew

s. T

hen,

re

mov

e th

e sc

rew

s an

d se

rvo.

Add

a f

ew d

rops

of

thin

CA

to e

ach

scre

w h

ole,

allo

w to

har

den,

and

then

re

mou

nt th

e se

rvo.

❏ ❏

4.

Hoo

k up

thr

ottle

usi

ng a

2-5

6 x

17-1

/2"

[445

mm

] pu

shro

d an

d a

nylo

n cl

evis

on

the

serv

o

12

end

and

a br

ass

scre

w-lo

ck c

onne

ctor

with

a n

ylon

re

tain

er a

nd a

4-4

0 x

1/8"

[3m

m]

sock

et-h

ead

cap

scre

w (S

HC

S) o

n th

e ca

rbur

etor

arm

. Cut

a s

lot i

n th

e fi r

ewal

l for

the

thro

ttle

push

rod.

Ben

d th

e pu

shro

d as

ne

cess

ary

to c

onne

ct to

the

carb

uret

or a

rm.

❏ ❏

6.

For

ins

talli

ng t

he f

uel

tank

, m

ount

ing

the

fi ber

glas

s na

celle

cov

er a

nd m

ount

ing

the

land

ing

gear

, it

will

be

easi

er t

o ha

ve t

he e

ngin

e ou

t of

the

w

ay. R

emov

e th

e en

gine

mou

nt fr

om th

e fi r

ewal

l and

se

t the

eng

ine

asid

e.

❏ ❏

7. A

ssem

ble

both

fuel

tank

s—a

thre

e-lin

e se

tup

is re

com

men

ded—

one

for t

he v

ent/p

ress

ure

line

goin

g to

the

muf

fl er,

one

for f

uel p

icku

p to

the

carb

uret

or a

nd

a th

ird li

ne f

or f

uelin

g/de

fuel

ing.

Thi

s se

tup

will

allo

w

fuel

ing

and

defu

elin

g w

ithou

t ha

ving

to

disc

onne

ct

any

lines

fro

m t

he c

arbu

reto

r an

d w

ithou

t ha

ving

to

turn

the

mod

el u

psid

e-do

wn.

To

set

up t

he f

uel t

ank

this

way

, cut

two

of th

e al

umin

um tu

bes

to a

leng

th o

f 1-

3/8"

[35m

m] a

nd le

ave

the

othe

r, lo

nger

tube

as-

is.

Ass

embl

e th

e st

oppe

r as

sem

bly

with

the

alu

min

um

tube

s, b

end

the

long

er v

ent

tube

upw

ard

so it

will

be

at t

he t

op o

f th

e ta

nk,

and

then

cut

the

sili

cone

line

s to

the

corr

ect l

engt

h so

the

clun

ks w

ill n

ot c

onta

ct th

e re

ar o

f the

tank

. Con

nect

the

lines

to th

e tu

bes

in th

e st

oppe

r an

d fi t

the

sto

pper

into

the

tan

k an

d tig

hten

th

e sc

rew

. M

ake

sure

the

clu

nks

do n

ot c

onta

ct t

he

rear

of t

he ta

nk; o

ther

wis

e, th

ey c

ould

get

stu

ck.

❏ ❏

8. M

ount

the

left

nace

lle to

the

win

g w

ith th

e ny

lon

bolts

. Fit

the

fuel

tank

into

the

nace

lle. T

hen,

inst

all a

nd

glue

two

3/8"

x 3

-1/1

6" [1

0 x

78m

m] p

lyw

ood

fuel

tan

k st

icks

from

the

lase

r-cu

t ply

woo

d sh

eet i

nto

the

slot

s to

hol

d th

e fu

el ta

nk in

pos

ition

. No

te: E

ven

thou

gh fu

el

lines

app

ear

in a

few

of

the

follo

win

g ph

otos

, th

ere’

s no

nee

d to

con

nect

them

unt

il la

ter

afte

r th

e co

wl h

as

been

mou

nted

—th

e m

anua

l will

inst

ruct

you

late

r.

❏ 9

. Ret

urn

to s

tep

1 an

d m

ount

the

engi

ne, h

ook

up

the

thro

ttle

and

inst

all t

he fu

el ta

nk in

the

right

nac

elle

th

e sa

me

way

.

MO

UN

T T

HE

MA

IN L

AN

DIN

G G

EA

R

RE

TR

AC

T IN

STA

LL

AT

ION

(If

no

t m

ou

nti

ng

ret

ract

s, s

kip

to

“F

ixed

Gea

r In

stal

lati

on

” o

n t

he

nex

t p

age.

)

Sam

e as

we’

ve b

een

doin

g so

far,

star

t w

ith t

he le

ft,

inbo

ard

win

g pa

nel.

❏ ❏

1. D

eter

min

e w

hich

col

or o

f ai

r lin

e yo

u w

ill b

e us

ing

for

the

“up”

lin

e an

d w

hich

col

or y

ou w

ill b

e us

ing

for

the

“dow

n” li

ne—

the

up li

ne c

onne

cts

to th

e fi t

ting

on th

e ba

ck e

nd o

f the

air

cylin

der a

nd th

e do

wn

line

conn

ects

to th

e fi t

ting

on th

e fr

ont o

f the

cyl

inde

r th

at c

omes

out

of t

he s

ide.

Cut

the

up li

ne to

a le

ngth

of

21"

[53

0mm

] an

d cu

t th

e do

wn

line

to a

leng

th o

f 18

" [4

60m

m].

❏ ❏

2. C

onne

ct t

he li

nes

to t

he a

ir cy

linde

r. R

otat

e th

e fi t

ting

on t

he d

own

line

as s

how

n so

it

will

be

easi

er to

fi t t

he g

ear

betw

een

the

rails

.

❏ ❏

3. I

nsta

ll th

e re

tract

and

gui

de th

e ai

r lin

es th

roug

h th

e ho

le in

the

botto

m o

f the

pan

el, p

ast t

he fl

ap s

ervo

ha

tch

and

out r

oot e

nd o

f the

pan

el—

note

that

the

up li

ne

goes

thro

ugh

the

hole

in th

e ba

ck o

f the

nac

elle

fi rs

t.

13

❏ ❏

4. H

oldi

ng th

e re

trac

t cen

tere

d in

the

rails

with

th

e st

rut r

etra

cted

so

it w

ill b

e ou

t of t

he w

ay, d

rill f

our

7/64

" [2

.8m

m]

hole

s fo

r th

e m

ount

ing

scre

ws.

Mou

nt

the

retr

act w

ith fo

ur #

6 x

1/2"

[13m

m] P

hilli

ps s

crew

s.

❏ ❏

5. U

se a

rota

ry to

ol w

ith a

fi be

r-re

info

rced

cut

off

whe

el t

o cu

t th

e on

e of

the

mai

n la

ndin

g ge

ar a

xles

th

at c

ame

with

the

ret

ract

s to

the

cor

rect

leng

th. F

ile

a fl a

t sp

ot o

n th

e ax

le f

or t

he s

et s

crew

tha

t m

ount

s th

e ax

le t

o th

e st

rut.

Mou

nt t

he w

heel

with

a d

rop

of

thre

adlo

cker

on

the

set

scre

w.

Add

a d

rop

of o

il to

bo

th s

ides

of t

he w

heel

at t

he s

trut

and

the

axle

.

❏ 6

. Mou

nt th

e ot

her

retr

act t

o th

e rig

ht in

boar

d w

ing

pane

l the

sam

e w

ay.

FIX

ED

GE

AR

INS

TAL

LA

TIO

N

❏ ❏

1.

Ass

embl

e on

e of

the

lan

ding

gea

r m

ount

s by

usi

ng e

ight

3 x

12m

m fl

at-h

ead

Phi

llips

scr

ews

to

mou

nt a

n al

umin

um m

ount

ing

brac

ket t

o ea

ch s

ide

of

one

of th

e m

olde

d pl

astic

mai

n la

ndin

g ge

ar b

lock

s.

Ref

er to

this

pho

to w

hile

mou

ntin

g th

e la

ndin

g ge

ar.

❏ ❏

2.

Cen

ter

the

land

ing

gear

m

ount

on

th

e m

ount

ing

rails

. The

n, d

rill f

our 7

/64"

[2.8

mm

] hol

es fo

r th

e m

ount

ing

scre

ws.

Mou

nt t

he la

ndin

g ge

ar m

ount

w

ith fo

ur #

6 x

1/2"

[13m

m] P

hilli

ps s

crew

s.

❏ ❏

3. M

ount

the

left,

mai

n la

ndin

g ge

ar w

ire in

to th

e la

ndin

g ge

ar m

ount

usi

ng tw

o ny

lon

stra

ps a

nd fo

ur #

4 x

1/2"

[13m

m] s

crew

s. M

ount

one

of t

he m

ain

whe

els

to t

he la

ndin

g ge

ar w

ire w

ith t

wo

5mm

whe

el c

olla

rs

and

6-32

set

scr

ews

with

thre

adlo

cker

on

the

thre

ads.

❏ 4

. Mou

nt th

e ot

her l

andi

ng g

ear t

o th

e rig

ht in

boar

d w

ing

pane

l th

e sa

me

way

. A

dd a

dro

p of

oil

to b

oth

side

s of

the

whe

els

whe

re th

ey c

onta

ct th

e co

llars

.

MO

UN

T TH

E F

IBE

RG

LAS

S N

AC

ELL

E C

OV

ER

S

❏ ❏

1. I

f you

hav

en’t

done

so

alre

ady,

rem

ove

the

left

engi

ne f

rom

the

eng

ine

mou

nt s

o th

e na

celle

cov

er

will

fi t o

ver

the

nace

lle. P

lace

the

left

fi ber

glas

s na

celle

co

ver

over

the

nac

elle

on

the

win

g. U

se a

pus

hrod

sh

arpe

ned

on th

e en

d or

a D

ead

Cen

ter™

Eng

ine

Mou

nt

Hol

e Lo

cato

r to

mar

k th

e lo

catio

n of

the

thre

e m

ount

ing

scre

ws

for t

he n

acel

le c

over

into

the

botto

m o

f the

win

g.

❏ ❏

2. R

emov

e th

e na

celle

cov

er. D

rill 3

/32"

[2.4

mm

] ho

les

into

the

win

g at

the

mar

ks.

Enl

arge

the

hol

es

in t

he p

lyw

ood

mou

ntin

g ta

bs i

n t

he

nac

elle

cov

er

on

ly w

ith a

1/8

" [3

.2m

m]

drill

. Use

a lo

ng #

1 P

hilli

ps

scre

wdr

iver

to te

mpo

raril

y m

ount

the

nace

lle c

over

to

the

win

g w

ith f

our

#4 x

5/8

" [1

6mm

] P

hilli

ps s

crew

s,

#4 fl

at w

ashe

rs a

nd #

4 lo

ck w

ashe

rs.

❏ ❏

3. R

emov

e th

e na

celle

cov

er. A

dd a

few

dro

ps

of t

hin

CA

to

each

of

the

scre

w h

oles

for

the

nac

elle

co

ver m

ount

ing

scre

ws.

Allo

w th

e C

A to

har

den

befo

re

mou

ntin

g th

e na

celle

cov

er b

ack

to th

e w

ing.

14

❏ ❏

4.

Re-

mou

nt t

he n

acel

le c

over

to

the

win

g.

If yo

u’ve

mou

nted

ret

ract

s, r

ead

the

Ho

t T

ip t

hat

follo

ws.

The

n, c

ycle

the

gea

r a

few

tim

es t

o m

ake

sure

eve

ryth

ing

wor

ks.

(If

nece

ssar

y, u

se a

san

ding

dr

um t

o en

larg

e th

e ha

lf-ro

und

notc

h at

the

fro

nt o

f th

e op

enin

g in

the

nace

lle c

over

.)

The

lan

ding

gea

r ca

n be

eas

ily c

ycle

d w

ith a

can

of

com

pres

sed

air

such

as

a H

obbi

co D

uste

r. C

ut

two

1" [2

5mm

] pie

ces

from

the

tube

that

com

es w

ith

the

can.

Fit

the

tube

s in

to th

e en

ds o

f bot

h ai

r lin

es

com

ing

from

the

win

g th

at a

re c

onne

cted

to

the

gear

. Con

nect

one

tube

to th

e D

uste

r to

ext

end

the

gear

and

con

nect

the

othe

r tu

be to

ret

ract

the

gear

.

❏ 5

. Mou

nt th

e rig

ht n

acel

le c

over

the

sam

e w

ay.

MO

UN

T T

HE

MA

IN L

AN

DIN

G G

EA

R D

OO

RS

(F

OR

RE

TR

AC

TS

ON

LY)

If u

sin

g fi

xed

lan

din

g g

ear,

skip

to

“M

ou

nt

the

Co

wl”

on

pag

e 19

.

❏ ❏

1. R

emov

e th

e na

celle

cov

ers

from

the

win

g pa

nels

.

❏ ❏

2. L

ook

at th

e ph

otos

on

page

15

to s

ee w

here

th

e do

or h

inge

s ar

e m

ount

ed. U

se c

oars

e sa

ndpa

per

to r

ough

en t

he in

side

of

the

left

nace

lle c

over

whe

re

the

land

ing

gear

doo

r hi

nges

will

go.

❏ ❏

3. U

se a

hob

by k

nife

to

scra

pe a

way

the

bla

ck

pain

t fr

om t

he r

eces

ses

insi

de o

ne s

et o

f fi b

ergl

ass

mai

n la

ndin

g ge

ar d

oors

so

the

glue

will

adh

ere

for

the

door

hin

ges.

❏ ❏

4. P

lace

the

door

s on

the

left

nace

lle c

over

. Use

m

aski

ng t

ape

to t

ape

the

door

s to

geth

er,

and

then

ta

pe th

em to

the

nace

lle c

over

.

1/8"

[3m

m]

BA

LL L

INK

S F

OR

RE

AR

DO

OR

HIN

GE

S

❏ ❏

5. U

se a

sin

gle-

edge

razo

r bla

de to

cut

1/8

" [3m

m]

off

two

nylo

n ba

ll lin

ks—

do y

our

best

to

cut

the

ends

sq

uare

. Dril

l the

hol

es fo

r the

scr

ew in

the

ball

links

the

rest

of t

he w

ay th

roug

h w

ith a

5/6

4" [2

mm

] dril

l bit.

(The

se a

re th

e hi

nges

that

are

glu

ed o

nto

the

gear

doo

rs.)

DO

OR

HIN

GE

S

TY

PE

AT

YP

E B

❏ ❏

6.

Mou

nt o

ne o

f th

e ba

ll lin

ks y

ou j

ust

cut

off

to a

“T

YP

E A

” do

or h

inge

and

mou

nt t

he o

ther

bal

l lin

k yo

u ju

st c

ut o

ff to

a “

TY

PE

B”

door

hin

ge w

ith a

15

2-56

x 3

/8"

[9.5

mm

] sc

rew

, #2

loc

k w

ashe

r an

d #2

fl a

t was

her.

The

se h

inge

s w

ill g

o on

the

aft e

nd o

f the

ge

ar d

oors

.

1/16

"[1

.5m

m]

BA

LL L

INK

S F

OR

FR

ON

T D

OO

R H

ING

ES

❏ ❏

7. C

ut 1

/16"

[1.

5mm

] fr

om t

wo

mor

e ny

lon

ball

links

. M

ount

eac

h ba

ll lin

k to

ano

ther

TY

PE

A a

nd

TY

PE

B d

oor

hing

e. T

hese

doo

r hi

nges

will

be

for

the

fron

t of t

he g

ear

door

s.

❏ ❏

8.

Pre

pare

tw

o “T

YP

E A

” na

celle

hin

ges

and

two

“TY

PE

B”

nace

lle h

inge

s by

mou

ntin

g an

0-8

0 ba

ll lin

k ba

ll in

the

bo

tto

m h

ole

of e

ach

hing

e w

ith a

n 0-

80 n

ut a

nd a

dro

p of

thre

adlo

cker

on

the

thre

ads.

❏ ❏

9. S

nap

the

ball

link

balls

of t

he n

acel

le h

inge

s on

to th

e ba

ll lin

ks o

n th

e do

or h

inge

s as

sho

wn.

As

best

as

you

can,

get

the

base

s of

the

hing

esto

lay

flat o

n th

e do

or a

nd o

n th

e na

celle

cov

er.

Mak

e su

re th

e gl

ue p

ress

up

and

fills

the

hole

sof

the

mou

nts.

NA

CE

LL

E C

OV

ER

GE

AR

DO

OR

❏ ❏

10.

Use

coa

rse

sand

pape

r to

roug

hen

the

botto

m

of e

ach

hing

e ba

se s

o gl

ue w

ill a

dher

e. T

est fi

t th

e hi

nge

asse

mbl

ies

to t

he d

oors

and

nac

elle

s—ea

ch h

inge

as

sem

bly

shou

ld b

e in

the

loc

atio

n an

d or

ient

atio

n sh

own.

If

nece

ssar

y, a

djus

t th

e le

ngth

of

any

of t

he

ball

links

by

cutti

ng th

em s

hort

er s

o th

e hi

nges

will

rest

fl a

t, or

nea

rly fl

at, o

n th

e do

ors

and

nace

lle.

❏ ❏

11.

Use

epo

xy m

ixed

with

mill

ed fi

ber

glas

s or

m

icro

bal

loon

s to

glu

e ea

ch d

oor

hing

e to

the

doo

rs.

Afte

r th

e ep

oxy

has

hard

ened

glu

e ea

ch n

acel

le

hing

e to

the

nace

lle.

❏ ❏

12.

Afte

r th

e ep

oxy

on t

he d

oor

hing

es h

as

hard

ened

, re

mov

e th

e m

aski

ng

tape

an

d op

en

the

door

s.

❏ 1

3.

Hin

ge

the

door

s to

th

e ot

her

nace

lle

the

sam

e w

ay.

16

HO

OK

UP

TH

E M

AIN

LA

ND

ING

GE

AR

DO

OR

S

❏ ❏

1.

Glu

e a

1/8"

x 1

/2"

[3 x

15m

m]

hard

woo

d do

wel

lev

er s

top

int

o on

e of

the

lev

er m

ou

nts

as

show

n. T

he e

nd o

f th

e st

op s

houl

d be

fl us

h w

ith t

he

othe

r si

de o

f the

mou

nt.

Use

th

is p

ho

to fo

r th

e n

ext

8 st

eps.

❏ ❏

2.

Hol

d th

e le

ver

mou

nt o

n th

e ba

ck o

f th

e na

celle

as

sh

own—

the

oute

r ed

ge

of

the

mou

nt

shou

ld b

e ev

en w

ith t

he s

ide

of t

he n

acel

le a

nd t

he

top

of th

e m

ount

sho

uld

be e

ven

with

the

botto

m e

dge

of th

e na

celle

(w

here

indi

cate

d by

the

arro

ws)

. Usi

ng

the

smal

l hol

e in

the

rig

ht s

ide

of t

he le

ver

mou

nt a

s a

guid

e, d

rill

a 1/

16"

[1.6

mm

] ho

le i

nto

the

nace

lle.

Mou

nt th

e le

ver

mou

nt to

the

nace

lle w

ith a

#2

x 3/

8"

[9.5

mm

] but

ton-

head

Alle

n sc

rew

.

❏ ❏

3.

Use

the

oth

er h

ole

in t

he l

ever

mou

nt a

s a

guid

e to

dril

l a 3

/32"

[2.4

mm

] hol

e in

to th

e na

celle

for

the

#4 s

crew

that

will

hol

d in

the

bellc

rank

.

❏ ❏

4. R

emov

e th

e le

ver

mou

nt. T

empo

raril

y th

read

a

#4 x

5/8

" [1

6mm

] Phi

llips

scr

ew in

to th

e la

rger

hol

e yo

u dr

illed

. R

emov

e th

e sc

rew

. A

dd a

few

dro

ps o

f th

in C

A to

bot

h sc

rew

hol

es a

nd a

llow

to h

arde

n.

❏ ❏

5. U

se m

ediu

m C

A to

glu

e a

5mm

I.D

. x 1

2mm

O

.D.

thin

, pl

astic

was

her

to t

he f

ront

sur

face

of

the

plyw

ood

bellc

rank

leve

r. (S

ix w

ashe

rs a

re in

clud

ed in

th

e ki

t—tw

o ar

e fo

r th

e le

vers

on

the

mai

n la

ndin

g ge

ar d

oors

, on

e is

for

the

leve

r on

the

nos

e la

ndin

g ge

ar a

nd t

hree

are

left

over

for

spa

res.

) T

he e

asie

st

way

to g

lue

on th

e w

ashe

r is

to p

ick

it up

with

a h

obby

kn

ife,

appl

y a

thin

fi lm

of

thin

CA

to

it an

d pl

ace

it on

the

lev

er c

ente

red

over

the

hol

e. T

hen

turn

the

le

ver

over

and

pre

ss d

own

over

a p

iece

of p

last

ic fi

lm

(fro

m a

san

dwic

h ba

g or

lefto

ver

Mon

oKot

e ba

ckin

g)

or w

ax p

aper

.

❏ ❏

6. R

emou

nt th

e le

ver

mou

nt to

the

nace

lle w

ith

the

#2 x

3/8

" [9

.5m

m] b

utto

n-he

ad s

crew

. Fit

a br

ass

bush

ing

into

the

ply

woo

d b

ellc

ran

k le

ver

as s

how

n.

Mou

nt t

he b

ellc

rank

leve

r to

the

leve

r m

ount

and

the

na

celle

with

the

#4

x 5/

8" [

16m

m]

scre

w. T

ight

en t

he

scre

w a

s m

uch

as p

ossi

ble

with

out c

ausi

ng th

e le

ver

to b

ind.

3/8"

[10m

m]

3/8"

[10m

m]

❏ ❏

7. B

end

a ho

ok o

n ea

ch e

nd o

f the

spr

ing

whe

re

show

n an

d cu

t off

the

exce

ss w

ire. C

onne

ct th

e sp

ring

to th

e be

llcra

nk le

ver a

nd th

e le

ver m

ount

as

show

n—th

ere

shou

ld b

e ju

st e

noug

h te

nsio

n in

the

spr

ing

to

pull

the

leve

r to

the

lev

er s

top.

Lat

er,

if ne

cess

ary,

th

e sp

ring

tens

ion

can

be a

djus

ted

by u

sing

ano

ther

no

tch

in t

he le

ver

mou

nt. M

ove

the

bellc

rank

up

and

dow

n to

mak

e su

re i

t m

oves

sm

ooth

ly w

ith a

sm

all

amou

nt

of

resi

stan

ce

from

th

e sp

ring.

M

ake

any

adju

stm

ents

nec

essa

ry.

❏ ❏

8.

Mou

nt t

he n

acel

le c

over

with

the

doo

rs

atta

ched

to

the

win

g pa

nel.

No

te:

If th

e do

ors

ever

re

quire

rem

oval

for

rep

airs

/ser

vici

ng,

do n

ot p

op o

ff th

e ba

ll lin

ks. I

nste

ad, u

nscr

ew th

e 2-

56 s

crew

s fr

om

the

ball

links

.

If ne

cess

ary,

trim

the

leve

r he

re.

❏ ❏

9.

Test

the

“ac

tion”

of

the

land

ing

gear

and

th

e le

ver

mec

hani

sm b

y op

erat

ing

the

syst

em w

ith

17

com

pres

sed

air.

Mak

e su

re t

he g

ear

lock

s at

bot

h en

ds—

up a

nd d

own.

It

may

be

nece

ssar

y to

slig

htly

tr

im t

he le

ver

to a

llow

the

land

ing

gear

str

ut t

o m

ove

free

ly.

If ne

cess

ary,

rem

ove

the

leve

r, tr

im,

rein

stal

l an

d te

st.

❏ ❏

10.

Use

coa

rse

sand

pape

r to

rou

ghen

the

m

ount

ing

base

of

tw

o sm

all

nylo

n co

ntro

l ho

rns

(sho

wn

in th

e ph

oto

to th

e rig

ht).

3/8"

[10m

m]

2-1/

2"[6

5mm

]

INB

OA

RD

DO

OR

PU

SH

RO

D

❏ ❏

11.

Mak

e an

inb

oar

d d

oo

r pu

shro

d fi

rst b

y cu

tting

pa

rt o

f th

e th

read

ed e

nd a

nd p

art

of t

he u

nthr

eade

d en

d of

a 4

" [1

00m

m] p

ushr

od a

s sh

own

abov

e.

INB

OA

RD

DO

OR

PU

SH

RO

D

❏ ❏

12.

Use

the

ske

tch

as a

tem

plat

e to

ben

d th

e pu

shro

d as

sho

wn.

❏ ❏

13.

The

sam

e as

was

don

e on

the

ball

links

for t

he

door

hin

ges,

cut

1/8

" [3

mm

] fro

m th

e en

d of

two

nylo

n cl

evis

es.

Mak

e th

e o

utb

oar

d d

oo

r p

ush

rod

usi

ng

the

shor

t cl

evis

es a

nd c

ompl

ete

the

inbo

ard

push

rod

usin

g an

othe

r re

gula

r cl

evis

and

the

hard

war

e sh

own.

D

o no

t in

stal

l the

nyl

on r

etai

ner

on t

he b

rass

scr

ew-

lock

pus

hrod

con

nect

or u

ntil

inst

ruct

ed to

do

so la

ter.

❏ ❏

14.

Con

nect

the

ou

tbo

ard

pus

hrod

to

the

bellc

rank

lev

er.

Use

med

ium

CA

to

glue

the

con

trol

ho

rn t

o th

e do

or in

alig

nmen

t w

ith t

he le

ver.

Ret

ract

an

d ex

tend

the

gea

r by

han

d, a

djus

ting

the

leng

th

of t

he p

ushr

od s

o th

e do

or w

ill c

lose

whe

n th

e ge

ar

is r

etra

cted

. R

etra

ct a

nd e

xten

d th

e ge

ar w

ith a

ir pr

essu

re,

mak

ing

sure

it

wor

ks.

Mak

e su

re t

he r

ear

hing

e on

the

out

boar

d do

or is

n’t

rubb

ing

agai

nst

the

whe

el w

hen

the

door

is

clos

ed.

If it

is,

you

can

use

a ho

bby

knife

to

care

fully

trim

dow

n th

e ot

her

side

of

the

whe

el a

roun

d th

e ho

le fo

r th

e ax

le t

o sh

ift t

he

whe

el o

ver,

or r

emou

nt t

he r

ear

of t

he n

acel

le c

over

sl

ight

ly o

ver

to t

he s

ide—

eith

er o

f w

hich

will

giv

e th

e hi

nge

and

whe

el m

ore

clea

ranc

e.

❏ ❏

15.

Mak

e on

e m

ore

bend

in th

e in

boar

d pu

shro

d ab

out 1

/2"

[13m

m] f

rom

the

end

as s

how

n.

18

❏ ❏

16.

Con

nect

the

inb

oard

pus

hrod

to

the

othe

r en

d of

the

ply

woo

d le

ver.

Use

med

ium

CA

to

glue

th

e ho

rn t

o th

e in

boar

d do

or.

In t

he t

op-v

iew

pho

to,

note

how

the

horn

is s

light

ly a

head

of t

he le

ver s

o th

e pu

shro

ds w

ill n

ot in

terf

ere

whe

n th

e do

or c

lose

s.

❏ ❏

17.

Tem

pora

rily

disc

onne

ct th

e ou

tboa

rd p

ushr

od

from

the

bel

lcra

nk l

ever

. R

etra

ct t

he g

ear

by h

and

and

clos

e th

e do

or.

With

the

doo

r cl

osed

, lo

ck t

he

push

rod

to th

e sc

rew

-lock

con

nect

or w

ith a

4-4

0 x

1/8"

[3

mm

] SH

CS

.

❏ ❏

18.

Ext

end

the

gear

and

ope

n th

e do

or b

y ha

nd.

Rec

onne

ct t

he o

utbo

ard

push

rod

and

cycl

e th

e ge

ar w

ith c

ompr

esse

d ai

r—bo

th w

ith t

he n

acel

le

upsi

de-d

own

and

uprig

ht.

Mak

e su

re

both

do

ors

open

and

clo

se a

nd t

hat

the

retr

act

lock

s in

bot

h th

e re

trac

ted

and

exte

nd p

ositi

ons.

Mak

e an

y ne

cess

ary

adju

stm

ents

as

desc

ribed

bel

ow t

o ge

t th

e ge

ar a

nd

door

s op

erat

ing

corr

ectly

.

❏ 1

9. M

ount

and

hoo

k up

the

doo

rs o

n th

e rig

ht

inbo

ard

win

g pa

nel t

he s

ame

way

. Kee

p th

e le

ft pa

nel

near

by s

o it

can

be u

sed

as a

ref

eren

ce.

❏ 2

0. O

nce

you

get

both

doo

rs o

pera

ting

corr

ectly

an

d re

liabl

y, s

nap

a ny

lon

reta

iner

ont

o bo

th s

crew

-lo

ck c

onne

ctor

s on

the

horn

s on

the

inbo

ard

door

s.

Ret

ract

an

d D

oo

r A

dju

stm

ents

:

If th

e re

trac

ts d

on’t

retr

act o

r ex

tend

all

the

way

or

if th

e do

ors

don’

t fu

lly c

lose

, fo

llow

ing

is a

lis

t of

po

ssib

le p

robl

ems

and

solu

tions

:

❏ A

. O

ne o

r bo

th p

ushr

ods

may

be

too

long

. S

hort

en th

e pu

shro

ds in

sm

all i

ncre

men

ts.

❏ B

. O

ne o

r bo

th p

ushr

ods

may

be

too

shor

t no

t al

low

ing

the

gear

to

retr

act

fully

. Le

ngth

en

the

push

rods

.

❏ C

. T

here

may

be

too

muc

h or

not

eno

ugh

tens

ion

in th

e sp

ring.

Mov

e th

e sp

ring

to a

diff

eren

t se

tting

on

the

leve

r m

ount

.

❏ D

. The

re m

ay b

e to

o m

uch

fric

tion

in th

e re

trac

t un

it, n

ot a

llow

ing

it to

ope

rate

fre

ely

and

all

the

way

. Lig

htly

oil

mov

ing

part

s in

the

retr

act u

nit.

❏ E

. S

ome

of t

he p

arts

in

the

door

mec

hani

sm

may

be

bind

ing.

Iso

late

mov

ing

part

s an

d fi n

d ou

t if

any

are

too

tight

(ba

ll lin

ks o

n ba

ll lin

k ba

lls,

clev

ises

, scr

ew-lo

ck p

ushr

od c

onne

ctor

in in

boar

d do

or, s

crew

hol

ding

in b

ellc

rank

leve

r.)

❏ F

. T

he c

levi

s on

the

inb

oard

pus

hrod

tha

t is

co

nnec

ted

to th

e le

ver

may

be

inte

rfer

ing

with

the

inbo

ard

push

rod.

Ben

d th

e in

boar

d pu

shro

d as

ne

cess

ary

to c

lear

the

cle

vis

on t

he o

ther

sid

e of

th

e le

ver.

❏ G

. The

re m

ay n

ot b

e en

ough

air

pres

sure

to fu

lly

retr

act t

he g

ear—

com

pres

sed

air

cans

adv

ertis

ed

as “

dust

ers”

typ

ical

ly p

ut o

ut a

ppro

xim

atel

y 90

-10

0psi

, bu

t yo

ur c

an m

ay b

e to

o lo

w.

60-8

0psi

sh

ould

be

adeq

uate

for

fully

ret

ract

ing

the

gear

—le

ss fo

r ex

tend

ing

gear

.

❏ H

. You

may

be

exte

ndin

g or

ret

ract

ing

the

gear

to

o sl

owly

. A

litt

le m

omen

tum

and

a m

ild “

slam

” w

ill h

elp

the

stru

t and

doo

rs e

xten

d an

d re

trac

t all

the

way

.

19

MO

UN

T T

HE

CO

WL

❏ ❏

1. T

ake

a fe

w m

inut

es t

o st

udy

how

the

cow

l is

m

ount

ed

in

the

follo

win

g ph

otos

. T

he

cow

l is

m

ount

ed v

ia a

cow

l rin

g w

hich

is p

erm

anen

tly g

lued

in

the

cow

l. T

he c

owl

ring

is a

ttach

ed t

o re

mov

able

co

wl

mou

ntin

g ta

bs w

ith 4

-40

x 1/

2" S

HC

S—

thre

e of

the

cow

l m

ount

ing

scre

ws

are

acce

ssib

le f

rom

b

ehin

d th

e co

wl a

nd th

e fo

urth

one

on

the

top

of th

e co

wl i

s ac

cess

ible

thr

ough

the

fro

nt. (

Oth

erw

ise,

the

ca

rbur

etor

int

ake

wou

ld h

ave

to b

e re

mov

ed j

ust

to

rem

ove

the

cow

l.) E

ach

cow

l mou

ntin

g ta

b is

atta

ched

to

the

fi r

ewal

l w

ith t

wo

4-40

x 3

/8"

[9.5

mm

] P

hilli

ps

scre

ws

and

blin

d nu

ts. T

he c

owl

mou

ntin

g ta

bs a

re

rem

ovab

le s

o th

at th

e fi b

ergl

ass

nace

lle c

over

can

be

rem

oved

to a

cces

s co

mpo

nent

s in

the

nace

lle.

❏ ❏

2. D

isco

nnec

t the

retra

ct d

oor p

ushr

ods

and

rem

ove

the

nace

lle c

over

from

the

left,

inbo

ard

win

g pa

nel.

❏ ❏

3.

Dril

l 5/

32"

[4m

m]

hole

s th

roug

h th

e fi r

ewal

l at

the

eigh

t pre

cut m

arks

for

the

cow

l mou

ntin

g ta

bs.

IMP

OR

TAN

T!:

Use

car

e N

OT

to d

rill i

nto

the

fuel

tank

w

hen

drill

ing

thro

ugh

the

botto

m tw

o ho

les!

❏ ❏

4. U

se a

4-4

0 x

3/8"

[9.5

mm

] Phi

llips

scr

ew a

nd

two

#4 w

ashe

rs to

pul

l 4-4

0 bl

ind

nuts

into

the

back

of

each

hol

e ju

st d

rille

d in

the

fi rew

all.

Use

epo

xy to

glu

e in

the

blin

d nu

ts a

s th

ey g

o in

or

use

a fe

w d

rops

of

thin

or

med

ium

CA

to g

lue

in th

e bl

ind

nuts

afte

r th

ey

are

all t

he w

ay in

.

❏ ❏

5.

Not

e th

at t

here

are

tw

o di

ffere

nt p

lyw

ood

cow

l m

ou

nti

ng

tab

s—lo

ng

one

s (“

A”)

and

sh

ort

on

es (

“B”)

. O

ne o

f th

e lo

nger

, “A

” ta

bs h

as a

lar

ger

hole

in t

he t

op. P

ress

a 4

-40

blin

d nu

t in

to t

he la

rger

ho

le o

f tha

t “A

” tab

.

❏ ❏

6.

Mou

nt t

he n

acel

le c

over

to

the

win

g pa

nel.

Use

tw

o 4-

40 x

3/8

" [9

.5m

m]

Phi

llips

scr

ews,

#4

lock

w

ashe

rs a

nd fl

at w

ashe

rs to

mou

nt e

ach

cow

l mou

ntin

g ta

b to

the

fron

t of t

he fi

rew

all—

the

shor

t “B

” tab

s go

on

the

side

s of

the

fi rew

all a

nd th

e lo

ng “A

” tab

s go

on

the

top

and

botto

m o

f the

fi re

wal

l. T

he “A

” tab

with

the

blin

d nu

t go

es o

n to

p o

f th

e w

ing

and

the

blin

d nu

t go

es

tow

ard

the

bac

k. N

ote

: D

o no

t tig

hten

the

scr

ews

all

the

way

so

the

tabs

will

be

allo

wed

to “fl

oat

.”

❏ ❏

7.

Mou

nt t

hree

mor

e 4-

40 b

lind

nuts

int

o th

e th

ree

larg

e ho

les

in o

ne s

ide

of o

ne o

f th

e co

wl

rin

gs

and

glue

the

m i

n—no

te t

hat

one

of t

he h

oles

is

sm

alle

r th

an th

e ot

her

thre

e—do

not

mou

nt a

blin

d nu

t int

o th

at s

mal

l hol

e.

20

❏ ❏

8.

Mou

nt t

he c

owl

ring

to t

he c

owl

mou

ntin

g ta

bs w

ith fo

ur 4

-40

x 1/

2" S

HC

S, #

4 lo

ck w

ashe

rs a

nd

#4 fl

at w

ashe

rs. N

ote

that

the

top

scre

w g

oes

in fr

om

the

fron

t, bu

t the

oth

er th

ree

go in

thro

ugh

the

back

. A

3/32

" ba

ll en

d he

x w

renc

h (G

PM

R80

02)

is v

irtu

ally

a

mu

st fr

om h

ere

on o

ut. O

nce

the

cow

l rin

g ha

s be

en

fast

ened

to a

ll th

e ta

bs, g

o ah

ead

and

tight

en u

p th

e sc

rew

s ho

ldin

g th

e ta

bs to

the

fi rew

all.

❏ ❏

9. M

ount

the

engi

ne m

ount

and

eng

ine

with

out

the

muf

fl er.

Trim

the

cow

l rin

g as

nec

essa

ry u

ntil

you

can

get t

he m

uffl e

r to

fi t.

❏ ❏

10.

Rem

ove

the

muf

fl er

from

the

eng

ine.

Get

re

ady

to s

tart

cut

ting

fi ber

glas

s an

d re

ad t

he H

ot T

ip

belo

w th

at li

sts

reco

mm

ende

d to

ols,

wor

king

tips

and

sa

fety

war

ning

s fo

r cu

tting

fi be

rgla

ss.

Too

ls F

or

Cu

ttin

g F

iber

gla

ss

The

re a

re s

ever

al fi

berg

lass

par

ts o

n th

is m

odel

. A

few

of t

hem

will

requ

ire c

uttin

g an

d tr

imm

ing

to e

nd u

p w

ith th

e be

st fi

t. Fo

llow

thes

e w

arni

ngs

and

use

the

sugg

este

d to

ols

for w

orki

ng s

afel

y w

ith fi

berg

lass

.

A. D

o n

ot b

e ca

sual

wh

en w

ork

ing

with

fi b

erg

lass

. A

lway

s w

ear

eye

and

resp

irato

ry p

rote

ctio

n.

B. W

ork

in a

wel

l-ven

tilat

ed a

rea—

wor

king

und

er a

n ex

haus

t fan

that

will

dra

w fi

berg

lass

dus

t aw

ay is

be

st. I

f pos

sibl

e, c

uttin

g fi b

ergl

ass

outd

oors

may

al

so b

e a

good

idea

.

C. W

ear

a lo

ng-s

leev

e sh

irt w

hen

cutti

ng fi

berg

lass

.

D. I

f usi

ng a

hig

h-sp

eed

rota

ry to

ol, h

earin

g pr

otec

tion

is r

ecom

men

ded.

E. F

ollo

win

g ar

e th

e be

st to

ols

for c

uttin

g fi b

ergl

ass:

I.

A r

otar

y to

ol.

II.

A fi

ne-p

oint

, fel

t-tip

pen

for m

arki

ng. (

Afte

rwar

d,

ink

can

be r

emov

ed w

ith a

pap

er t

owel

and

de

natu

red

alco

hol.)

III.

A 3

/32"

bal

l driv

er w

ill b

e in

disp

ensa

ble

whe

n fi t

ting

the

cow

l lat

er.

IV.

Cur

ved

and

fl at h

obby

fi le

s.

V.

Var

ious

cut

ting

bits

for

you

r ro

tary

too

l—th

e ca

rbid

e cu

tter

is b

est

for

mak

ing

initi

al c

uts.

A

bras

ive

drum

san

ders

wor

k w

ell

for

“fi n

e-tu

ning

.” V

I. A

sm

all s

andi

ng b

oard

mad

e fr

om a

pie

ce o

f pl

ywoo

d w

ith s

andp

aper

glu

ed o

n. V

II. S

mal

l sh

eets

of

med

ium

-grit

san

dpap

er t

o sm

ooth

rou

gh e

dges

.

❏ ❏

11.

Ret

rieve

you

r fi b

ergl

ass

cutti

ng t

ools

and

sa

fety

equ

ipm

ent.

Cut

one

of

the

fi ber

glas

s en

gine

co

wls

to

fi t o

ver

the

engi

ne—

it do

esn’

t m

atte

r w

hich

of

the

tw

o co

wls

you

cho

ose

beca

use

they

are

bot

h th

e sa

me.

Cut

ting

the

hole

is b

asic

ally

a tr

ial-a

nd-e

rror

pr

oces

s w

here

you

cut

-and

-fi t

and

cut-

and-

fi t th

e co

wl

until

it g

oes

over

the

eng

ine.

If

usin

g a

4-st

roke

, th

e co

wl fi

ttin

g pr

oced

ure

will

be

easi

er if

the

valv

e co

ver

is t

empo

raril

y re

mov

ed.

If us

ing

a 2-

stro

ke t

he c

owl

will

be

easi

er to

fi t i

f the

hea

d is

tem

pora

rily

rem

oved

. T

his

will

allo

w th

e co

wl t

o fi t

with

out h

avin

g to

fi na

lize

the

exac

t si

ze,

shap

e an

d lo

catio

n of

the

cut

out

until

af

ter

the

cow

l has

bee

n pe

rman

ently

mou

nted

. Sta

rt

by t

ryin

g to

fi t

the

cow

l ov

er t

he e

ngin

e as

far

as

it w

ill g

o. U

se a

fi n

e-po

int

felt-

tip p

en o

r a

lead

pen

cil

to m

ark

the

insi

de o

f th

e co

wl

in t

he a

ppro

xim

ate

loca

tion

whe

re th

e en

gine

will

stic

k ou

t.

21

❏ ❏

12.

Usi

ng th

e m

arks

insi

de th

e co

wl a

s a

guid

e,

use

your

rot

ary

tool

with

a c

arbi

de c

utte

r to

cut

a

rou

gh

, u

nd

ersi

ze s

tart

er h

ole

in

the

cow

l. S

ee i

f yo

u ca

n fi t

the

cow

l ove

r th

e en

gine

. Con

tinue

fi tt

ing

and

cutti

ng t

he c

owl u

ntil

you

can

get

it in

to p

ositi

on

over

the

head

and

the

cow

l rin

g—cu

t onl

y as

muc

h as

ne

eded

to g

et th

e co

wl o

ver

the

engi

ne—

fi nal

cut

ting

and

trim

min

g w

ill b

e do

ne l

ater

afte

r th

e co

wl

and

cow

l rin

g ha

ve b

een

perm

anen

tly jo

ined

.

❏ ❏

13.

If

you

have

n’t

yet

done

so,

ass

embl

e th

e bu

ildin

g st

and

that

cam

e w

ith t

his

kit

by u

sing

epo

xy

or w

hite

glu

e to

glu

e th

e pl

astic

tub

es i

nto

the

foam

cr

adle

s. A

pply

the

foam

cus

hion

str

ips

to th

e fr

ont a

nd

back

of b

oth

crad

les

whe

re th

ey s

uppo

rt th

e fu

sela

ge.

❏ ❏

14.

Onc

e yo

u ca

n ge

t the

cow

l ove

r th

e en

gine

, pl

ace

the

fuse

lage

in t

he b

uild

ing

stan

d. T

hen,

fi t

the

inbo

ard

win

g pa

nel t

o th

e fu

sela

ge w

ith th

e al

umin

um

join

er t

ubes

—no

nee

d to

use

the

scr

ews

to s

ecur

e th

e tu

bes

in t

he w

ing

pane

l at

thi

s tim

e. C

ount

er-

wei

ght

mad

e fr

om b

ags

of s

hot

or s

omet

hing

sim

ilar

will

be

need

ed o

n th

e tu

bes

com

ing

out

of t

he r

ight

si

de o

f the

fuse

lage

.

❏ ❏

15.

Use

med

ium

-grit

san

dpap

er to

rou

ghen

the

insi

de o

f th

e co

wl a

ll th

e w

ay a

roun

d w

here

the

cow

l rin

g w

ill g

o.

16.

Test

fi t

th

e le

ft,

fi ber

glas

s ca

rbu

reto

r in

take

to

the

top

of t

he w

ing.

Mak

e an

y ad

just

men

ts

nece

ssar

y fo

r a g

ood

fi t. T

hen,

dril

l 1/1

6" [1

.6m

m] h

oles

in

to t

he w

ing

thro

ugh

the

hole

s in

the

int

ake.

Mou

nt

the

carb

uret

or in

take

to

the

win

g w

ith e

ight

#2

x 3/

8"

[9.5

mm

] but

ton-

head

Alle

n sc

rew

s.

❏ ❏

17.

Trim

the

top

of

the

cow

l as

nec

essa

ry t

o ac

com

mod

ate

the

inta

ke. W

ith th

e in

take

and

cow

l in

posi

tion,

pla

ce a

pro

pelle

r on

the

engi

ne a

nd p

ositi

on

the

cow

l so

it

look

s be

st—

due

to t

he o

ut t

hrus

t an

d do

wn

thru

st o

f the

eng

ine,

a c

ompr

omis

e w

ill h

ave

to

be m

ade

betw

een

cent

erin

g th

e pr

opel

ler

in th

e co

wl

and

alig

ning

the

cow

l w

ith t

he n

acel

le c

over

—if

the

prop

elle

r w

as c

ente

red

in t

he f

ront

of

the

cow

l, th

e ou

twar

d an

d do

wnw

ard

angl

e of

the

cow

l w

ould

n’t

look

rig

ht. I

f th

e co

wl w

ere

alig

ned

perf

ectly

with

the

na

celle

the

prop

elle

r w

ould

be

too

far

off c

ente

r in

the

cow

l. Lo

ok a

t the

cow

l fro

m d

iffer

ent a

ngle

s an

d ge

t it

posi

tione

d w

here

it lo

oks

best

.

❏ ❏

18.

Onc

e sa

tisfi e

d w

ith th

e po

sitio

n of

the

cow

l, us

e m

ediu

m C

A a

nd a

ccel

erat

or to

tack

glu

e th

e co

wl

to th

e co

wl r

ing

in a

bout

four

or

six

diffe

rent

spo

ts.

❏ ❏

19.

With

out a

ccid

enta

lly b

reak

ing

the

cow

l rin

g fr

ee fr

om th

e co

wl,

use

your

3/3

2" b

all-e

nd h

ex w

renc

h to

loo

sen

the

scre

ws

and

care

fully

rem

ove

the

cow

l fr

om t

he n

acel

le.

Use

30-

min

ute

epox

y m

ixed

with

m

illed

fi b

ergl

ass

or m

icro

ballo

ons

to s

ecur

ely

glue

th

e co

wl r

ing

to th

e co

wl w

ith a

sm

all fi

llet

all

the

way

ar

ound

bot

h si

des.

❏ ❏

20.

Cut

a s

mal

l, ro

unde

d sl

ot in

the

top

of

the

cow

l to

acc

omm

odat

e th

e ba

ll-en

d he

x w

renc

h to

ac

cess

the

top

cow

l mou

ntin

g sc

rew

. Acc

ess

thro

ugh

this

slo

t will

be

nece

ssar

y af

ter t

he re

plic

a en

gine

has

be

en in

stal

led.

22

No

w i

t’s t

ime

to fi

nal

ize

the

eng

ine

cuto

ut

and

m

ake

the

cuto

ut

for

the

mu

ffl e

r.

❏ ❏

21.

Mou

nt t

he m

uffl e

r to

the

eng

ine.

Rep

eat

the

cut-

and-

fi t p

roce

dure

to

cut

out

the

cow

l fo

r th

e m

uffl e

r. P

roce

ed s

low

ly, c

uttin

g a

littl

e at

a t

ime

and

test

fi tti

ng th

e co

wl o

ften

as y

ou p

roce

ed.

❏ ❏

22.

Now

tha

t th

e co

wl

has

been

rou

gh-c

ut t

o fi t

aro

und

the

engi

ne a

nd m

uffl e

r, us

e a

rota

ry t

ool

with

a s

andi

ng d

rum

to

mak

e an

y fi n

al c

uts

so t

here

w

ill b

e ad

equa

te c

lear

ance

aro

und

the

engi

ne a

nd

muf

fl er

and

so t

he c

utou

ts l

ook

good

with

sm

ooth

lin

es, s

trai

ght e

dges

and

nic

ely-

roun

ded

corn

ers.

You

ca

n al

so m

ake

addi

tiona

l cut

outs

for c

oolin

g ai

r whe

re

nece

ssar

y. F

inal

-san

d al

l th

e op

enin

gs w

ith 3

20-g

rit

or 4

00-g

rit s

andp

aper

.

❏ ❏

23.

Cut

any

oth

er h

oles

nec

essa

ry fo

r the

nee

dle

valv

e, lo

w-s

peed

nee

dle

adju

stm

ent s

crew

, glo

w p

lug

igni

ter,

fuel

fi lli

ng, e

tc.

❏ ❏

24.

To

dupl

icat

e th

e fu

elin

g sy

stem

sho

wn

in th

is

man

ual,

mak

e a

fuel

lin

e m

ou

nt f

or th

e fu

el fi

lling

line

from

a b

alsa

blo

ck (

not

supp

lied)

and

a 9

/32"

[7m

m]

O.D

. K

+S

bra

ss t

ube.

Sha

rpen

the

end

of

the

tube

, an

d th

en u

se it

to

cut

a ho

le t

hrou

gh t

he b

alsa

blo

ck.

Rou

nd th

e to

p of

the

bloc

k to

fi t t

he in

side

of t

he c

owl.

Glu

e a

1/4"

[6m

m]

piec

e of

the

bra

ss t

ube

into

the

ba

lsa

bloc

k so

it

stic

ks o

ut t

he r

ound

ed s

ide

of t

he

bloc

k 1/

32"

[.5m

m].

❏ ❏

25.

Cut

a 9

/32"

[7m

m] h

ole

in th

e co

wl w

here

you

w

ant

the

fuel

ing

line

to c

ome

out.

Use

epo

xy m

ixed

w

ith m

icro

ballo

ons

to g

lue

the

bloc

k in

to p

ositi

on.

❏ ❏

26.

Con

nect

8"

[200

mm

] of

sili

cone

fue

l tub

ing

(not

incl

uded

) to

the

fi ll l

ine

com

ing

from

the

fuel

tank

. W

hen

mou

ntin

g th

e co

wl

late

r, gu

ide

the

fi llin

g lin

e th

roug

h th

e br

ass

tube

in

the

cow

l. A

fter

fuel

ing

the

mod

el a

t th

e fi e

ld,

clos

e th

e lin

e w

ith a

n al

umin

um

fuel

line

plu

g. T

hen,

pus

h th

e lin

e ba

ck in

to th

e tu

be.

❏ 2

7. M

ount

the

right

cow

l the

sam

e w

ay.

MO

UN

T T

HE

RE

PL

ICA

EN

GIN

E

❏ ❏

1. S

and

all t

he w

ay a

roun

d th

e ed

ge o

f one

of t

he

repl

ica

engi

nes

so g

lue

will

adh

ere.

San

d th

e in

side

of

the

cow

l whe

re th

e en

gine

will

be

glue

d as

wel

l.

❏ ❏

2. U

se c

urve

d-tip

pla

stic

-cut

ting

scis

sors

or

your

ro

tary

tool

to c

ut o

ut tw

o cy

linde

rs o

f the

repl

ica

engi

ne.

❏ ❏

3. C

aref

ully

tw

ist

a ho

bby

knife

into

the

pla

stic

m

akin

g sm

all h

oles

for

the

wire

rep

lica

push

rods

. Fit

23

the

push

rods

into

the

hole

s. T

hen,

use

med

ium

CA

to

glue

the

push

rods

in.

❏ ❏

4. F

it th

e re

plic

a en

gine

in th

e co

wl a

nd a

lign

the

two

mis

sing

cyl

inde

rs w

ith t

he c

utou

t fo

r th

e en

gine

. Le

vel t

he r

eplic

a en

gine

insi

de t

he f

ront

of

the

cow

l, do

uble

-che

ck t

he a

lignm

ent,

and

then

use

thi

n C

A

to c

aref

ully

glu

e th

e re

plic

a en

gine

into

pos

ition

. Use

ca

re n

ot to

use

too

muc

h C

A w

hich

cou

ld ru

n on

to th

e ou

tsid

e of

the

cow

l.

❏ ❏

5.

If ne

cess

ary,

cut

a h

ole

in t

he t

op o

f th

e re

plic

a en

gine

in a

lignm

ent

with

the

slo

t in

the

top

of

the

cow

l for

the

3/32

" A

llen

wre

nch.

❏ ❏

6.

Take

the

driv

e w

ashe

r of

f th

e en

gine

. If

nece

ssar

y, e

nlar

ge th

e ho

le in

the

fron

t of t

he r

eplic

a en

gine

so

the

cow

l w

ill g

o ov

er t

he e

ngin

e. M

ount

th

e co

wl

to t

he n

acel

le a

nd p

ut t

he d

rive

was

her

back

on.

If y

ou p

refe

r no

t to

rem

ove

the

driv

e w

ashe

r fo

r in

stal

ling

the

cow

l, th

e ho

le i

n th

e m

iddl

e of

the

re

plic

a en

gine

will

hav

e to

be

enla

rged

eve

n m

ore.

S

imila

rly,

if yo

u in

stal

l the

val

ve c

over

on

the

engi

ne

afte

r yo

u in

stal

l the

cow

l, th

e ho

le in

the

cow

l for

the

en

gine

can

rem

ain

smal

l.

❏ 7

. Mou

nt th

e ot

her

repl

ica

engi

ne in

the

othe

r co

wl

the

sam

e w

ay.

HO

OK

UP

TH

E F

LA

PS

AN

D A

ILE

RO

NS

❏ 1

. R

etrie

ve y

our

fl ap

and

aile

ron

serv

os.

Cen

ter

each

ser

vo b

y co

nnec

ting

it to

the

rece

iver

, cen

terin

g th

e tr

ims

on t

he t

rans

mitt

er,

and

then

tur

ning

on

the

tran

smitt

er a

nd re

ceiv

er. O

nce

you

fi nd

the

serv

o ar

m

that

’s 9

0-de

gree

s, c

ut o

ff th

e re

st.

❏ 2

. Mou

nt th

e se

rvos

to th

e m

ount

ing

bloc

ks o

n ea

ch

of th

e si

x ha

tche

s by

usi

ng th

e ho

les

in th

e se

rvos

as

guid

es fo

r dr

illin

g 1/

16"

[1.6

mm

] ho

les

into

the

ser

vo

bloc

ks. T

empo

raril

y m

ount

the

serv

os w

ith th

e sc

rew

s th

at c

ame

with

them

, rem

ove

the

scre

ws

and

serv

os,

and

then

har

den

each

hol

e w

ith a

few

dro

ps o

f thi

n C

A.

Allo

w th

e C

A to

har

den.

The

n, r

emou

nt th

e se

rvos

.

6" [1

50 m

m]

SE

RV

O E

XT

EN

SIO

N

❏ 3

. C

onne

ct

a 6"

[1

50m

m]

serv

o ex

tens

ion

to

each

aile

ron

serv

o. (

Ref

er t

o th

e “S

ervo

Ext

ensi

ons”

sk

etch

es in

the

bac

k of

the

man

ual f

or f

ull d

iagr

ams

of w

hat s

ervo

ext

ensi

ons

and

Y-ha

rnes

ses

are

used

.)

Sam

e as

the

thr

ottle

ser

vos,

sec

ure

the

conn

ectio

n w

ith 1

-1/2

" [4

0mm

] pie

ces

of h

eat s

hrin

k tu

bing

.

The

hat

ches

hav

e be

en

enla

rged

for

clar

ity.

LE

FT

WIN

G

RIG

HT

WIN

G

❏ 4

. Not

ing

the

orie

ntat

ion

of th

e se

rvo

hatc

hes

in th

e bo

ttom

of

the

win

g, p

lace

the

ser

vo h

atch

es w

ith t

he

serv

os i

n th

e re

spec

tive

win

g pa

nels

—be

cer

tain

the

sc

rew

s th

at h

old

on th

e se

rvo

arm

s ar

e in

all

the

serv

os!

Use

the

str

ings

in t

he w

ings

to

guid

e th

e se

rvo

wire

s ou

t th

e en

ds o

f th

e pa

nels

—or

jus

t dr

op t

hem

dow

n th

roug

h th

e ho

les

whi

le h

oldi

ng th

e w

ings

on-

end.

❏ 5

. Pre

pare

for m

akin

g th

e fl a

p an

d ai

lero

n pu

shro

ds

by r

eadi

ng t

he fo

llow

ing

“Ho

t Tip

” on

how

to

sold

er.

The

n, g

athe

r yo

ur s

olde

ring

equi

pmen

t.

24

Ho

w t

o S

old

er

A. U

se

dena

ture

d al

coho

l or

ot

her

solv

ent

to

thor

ough

ly c

lean

the

push

rod.

If n

eces

sary

, cut

th

e pu

shro

d w

ire to

the

corr

ect l

engt

h. R

ough

en

the

end

of t

he p

ushr

od w

ith c

oars

e sa

ndpa

per

whe

re it

is to

be

sold

ered

.

B. A

pply

a fe

w d

rops

of s

olde

ring

fl ux

to th

e en

d of

th

e pu

shro

d. T

hen,

use

a s

olde

ring

iron

or a

torc

h to

hea

t it.

“Tin

” the

hea

ted

area

with

silv

er s

old

er

(GP

MR

8070

) by

app

lyin

g th

e so

lder

to

the

end.

T

he h

eat o

f the

pus

hrod

sho

uld

mel

t the

sol

der—

not t

he fl

ame

of th

e to

rch

or s

olde

ring

iron—

thus

al

low

ing

the

sold

er t

o fl o

w. T

he e

nd o

f th

e w

ire

shou

ld b

e co

ated

with

sol

der

all t

he w

ay a

roun

d.

C. P

lace

the

clev

is o

n th

e en

d of

the

push

rod.

Add

an

othe

r dr

op o

f fl u

x, a

nd t

hen

heat

and

add

so

lder

. T

he s

ame

as b

efor

e, t

he h

eat

of t

he

part

s be

ing

sold

ered

sho

uld

mel

t th

e so

lder

, th

us a

llow

ing

it to

fl o

w.

Allo

w t

he j

oint

to

cool

na

tura

lly

with

out

dist

urbi

ng.

Avo

id

exce

ss

blob

s, b

ut m

ake

cert

ain

the

join

t is

tho

roug

hly

sold

ered

. The

sol

der s

houl

d be

shi

ny, n

ot ro

ugh.

If

nece

ssar

y, r

ehea

t the

join

t and

allo

w to

coo

l.

D. I

mm

edia

tely

afte

r th

e so

lder

has

sol

idifi

ed,

but

whi

le it

is s

till h

ot, u

se a

clo

th to

qui

ckly

wip

e of

f th

e fl u

x be

fore

it h

arde

ns. I

mp

ort

ant:

Afte

r th

e jo

int

cool

s, c

oat

with

oil

to p

reve

nt r

ust.

No

te:

Do

not

use

the

acid

fl u

x th

at c

omes

with

silv

er

sold

er fo

r el

ectr

ical

sol

derin

g.

Thi

s is

w

hat

a pr

oper

ly

sold

ered

cle

vis

look

s lik

e—sh

iny

sold

er w

ith g

ood

fl ow

, no

blo

bs, fl

ux

rem

oved

.

❏ 6

. H

ook

up

the

fl aps

an

d ai

lero

ns

usin

g th

e ha

rdw

are

show

n. F

or t

he fl

aps

, no

te t

hat

whe

n th

e fl a

ps a

re f

ully

ret

ract

ed (

“up”

) th

e se

rvo

arm

s sh

ould

be

bac

k an

d w

hen

the

fl aps

are

ext

ende

d th

e se

rvo

arm

s sh

ould

be

forw

ard.

Als

o no

te th

at th

e fr

ont e

dge

of th

e fl a

p co

ntro

l hor

ns is

set

bac

k 3/

8" [1

0mm

] fro

m

the

TE

of

the

win

g an

d th

e fr

ont

edge

of

the

aile

ron

cont

rol

horn

s is

3/1

6" [

5mm

] fr

om t

he T

E o

f th

e w

ing.

Dril

l 1/

16"

[1.6

mm

] ho

les

for

the

cont

rol

horn

m

ount

ing

scre

ws.

Mou

nt t

he h

orns

with

#2

x 3/

8"

[9.5

mm

] P

hilli

ps s

crew

s an

d m

ount

the

hat

ches

with

#2

x 3

/8"

butto

n-he

ad A

llen

scre

ws.

Afte

r in

stal

ling

all t

he w

ood

scre

ws,

tem

pora

rily

rem

ove

the

scre

ws,

ad

d a

few

dro

ps o

f thi

n C

A to

eac

h ho

le, a

llow

the

CA

to

har

den

and

then

rei

nsta

ll al

l the

scr

ews.

AS

SE

MB

LE

TH

E T

AIL

HIN

GE

TH

E E

LE

VATO

RS

AN

D R

UD

DE

RS

❏ 1

. Use

30-

min

ute

epox

y to

hin

ge th

e ru

dder

s to

the

vert

ical

sta

biliz

ers.

Be

cert

ain

the

mou

ntin

g po

ints

in

the

rudd

ers

for

mou

ntin

g th

e co

ntro

l hor

ns a

re o

n th

e b

ott

om

and

als

o m

ake

sure

the

rudd

ers

aren

’t pu

shed

to

o cl

ose

up t

o th

e ve

rtic

al s

tabi

lizer

s. O

ther

wis

e,

cont

rol

thro

w m

ay b

e lim

ited.

Set

the

rud

ders

asi

de

whi

le w

orki

ng o

n th

e el

evat

ors.

❏ 2

. U

se c

oars

e sa

ndpa

per

to r

ough

en t

he t

orqu

e ar

m p

ortio

ns o

f th

e el

evat

or j

oine

r w

ire s

o gl

ue w

ill

adhe

re.

Slid

e tw

o pl

ywoo

d el

evat

or

join

er m

ou

nts

ov

er b

oth

ends

of t

he e

leva

tor

join

er w

ire. T

hen,

glu

e th

e tw

o se

ts o

f mou

nts

toge

ther

.

25

❏ 3

. Tes

t fi t

both

ele

vato

rs to

the

elev

ator

join

er w

ire.

If ne

cess

ary,

car

eful

ly b

end

the

join

er w

ire s

o th

at

both

ele

vato

rs w

ill b

e pa

ralle

l with

eac

h ot

her.

❏ 4

. Trim

tw

o 1/

4" [

6mm

] st

rips

of c

over

ing

from

the

tr

ailin

g ed

ge o

f the

hor

izon

tal s

tabi

lizer

dire

ctly

beh

ind

the

mou

ntin

g bo

lt ho

les.

❏ 5

. Tes

t fi t

the

elev

ator

s w

ith th

e jo

iner

wire

and

the

hing

es t

o th

e ho

rizon

tal

stab

ilize

r. H

old

the

plyw

ood

join

er m

ount

s in

pos

ition

and

mov

e th

e el

evat

ors

up

and

dow

n. M

ake

any

adju

stm

ents

nec

essa

ry s

o th

at

ever

ythi

ng o

pera

tes

smoo

thly

.

❏ 6

. With

the

ele

vato

rs a

nd h

inge

s st

ill c

onne

cted

, gl

ue th

e pl

ywoo

d jo

iner

mou

nts

to th

e st

ab, b

ut d

o no

t gl

ue a

ny o

f the

hin

ges

yet.

❏ 7

. R

emov

e th

e el

evat

ors

and

hing

es f

rom

the

st

ab a

nd t

he j

oine

r w

ire.

Use

30-

min

ute

epox

y to

pe

rman

ently

join

the

ele

vato

rs t

o th

e st

ab a

nd jo

iner

w

ire w

ith th

e hi

nges

. Sam

e as

the

rudd

ers,

don

’t pu

sh

the

elev

ator

s up

too

clos

e to

the

stab

. Oth

erw

ise,

you

m

ay n

ot b

e ab

le t

o ge

t fu

ll el

evat

or t

hrow

(w

hich

is

1-1/

4" [3

2mm

] up

and

dow

n).

❏ 8

. Whi

le y

ou’v

e go

t so

me

epox

y m

ixed

up,

rou

nd

one

end

of t

he 1

/4"

x 1-

1/2"

[6

x 40

mm

] st

abili

zer

do

wel

. T

hen,

glu

e it

into

the

lea

ding

edg

e of

the

st

abili

zer

with

3/8

" [1

0mm

] pro

trud

ing.

HO

OK

UP

TH

E R

UD

DE

RS

AN

D E

LE

VATO

RS

❏ 1

. Tak

e th

e ru

dder

ser

vo h

atch

es o

ff th

e ho

rizon

tal

stab

. Rei

nfor

ce th

e gl

ue jo

int b

etw

een

the

ends

of t

he

horiz

onta

l st

ab w

here

the

ver

tical

sta

bs m

ount

and

th

e to

p an

d bo

ttom

of t

he s

tab

shee

ting

with

thin

CA

. A

llow

to h

arde

n, a

nd th

en fo

llow

up

with

a s

mal

l fi ll

et

of m

ediu

m C

A.

❏ 2

. M

ount

the

rud

der

serv

os t

o th

e ha

tche

s—yo

u sh

ould

be

an e

xper

t at m

ount

ing

serv

os b

y no

w. (

Dril

l 1/

16"

[1.6

mm

] ho

les,

inst

all t

he s

crew

s, r

emov

e, a

dd

a fe

w d

rops

of t

hin

CA

to e

ach

hole

, allo

w to

har

den,

an

d th

en m

ount

the

serv

o.)

❏ 3

. C

ente

r th

e ru

dder

ser

vos

by c

onne

ctin

g th

em

to y

our

radi

o. C

ut o

ff th

e un

used

ser

vo a

rms.

The

n,

conn

ect t

he a

rms

to th

e se

rvos

with

the

scre

ws.

26

❏ 4

. The

rud

der

serv

os m

ove

toge

ther

, so

the

y m

ay

be l

inke

d w

ith a

Y-h

arne

ss c

onne

ctor

(ra

ther

tha

n us

ing

the

mix

ing

in y

our

tran

smitt

er).

Use

the

str

ings

in

the

stab

to g

uide

two

12" [

300m

m] s

ervo

ext

ensi

ons

thro

ugh

each

hat

ch o

peni

ng a

nd o

ut t

he r

ound

hol

e in

th

e bo

ttom

. C

onne

ct

the

rudd

er

serv

os

to

the

exte

nsio

ns

and

secu

re

the

conn

ectio

ns

with

he

at

shrin

k tu

bing

.

❏ 5

. Tem

pora

rily

mou

nt t

he r

udde

r se

rvo

hatc

hes

in

the

hatc

h op

enin

gs w

ith #

2 x

3/8"

[9.

5mm

] bu

tton-

head

Alle

n sc

rew

s. R

emov

e th

e sc

rew

s an

d ad

d a

drop

of

thin

CA

to

each

scr

ew h

ole.

Allo

w t

he C

A t

o ha

rden

and

rem

ount

the

hatc

hes.

❏ 6

. C

onne

ct

the

ends

of

th

e se

rvo

exte

nsio

ns

outs

ide

the

stab

to

a Y-

harn

ess

and

secu

re t

hose

co

nnec

tions

with

hea

t shr

ink

tubi

ng to

o.

❏ 7

. Mou

nt b

oth

vert

ical

sta

biliz

ers

to t

he h

oriz

onta

l st

abili

zer

with

4-4

0 x

3/8"

[9.

5mm

] P

hilli

ps s

crew

s an

d th

read

lock

er o

n th

e th

read

s.

❏ 8

. Con

nect

the

rud

ders

to

the

rudd

er s

ervo

s w

ith

push

rods

and

the

hard

war

e sh

own

in th

e ph

oto.

Don

’t fo

rget

to a

dd th

in C

A to

the

hole

s in

the

rudd

er fo

r th

e w

ood

scre

ws.

❏ 9

. Now

wou

ld b

e a

good

tim

e to

cen

ter t

he r

udde

rs

by a

djus

ting

the

leng

th o

f th

e pu

shro

ds a

nd s

ettin

g th

e co

ntro

l thr

ows

as s

how

n on

pag

e 43

.

…B

ack

to t

he

elev

ato

r se

rvo

❏ 1

0. M

ount

the

ele

vato

r se

rvo

in t

he t

op o

f th

e el

evat

or—

if ne

cess

ary,

cu

t a

notc

h in

th

e se

rvo

open

ing

in t

he b

otto

m o

f th

e st

ab t

o ac

com

mod

ate

the

serv

o w

ire.

Con

nect

the

ele

vato

r se

rvo

to t

he

elev

ator

s us

ing

the

hard

war

e sh

own—

don’

t fo

rget

to

rem

ove

the

serv

o m

ount

ing

scre

ws

and

hard

en t

he

scre

w h

oles

with

thin

CA

. Rem

ount

the

serv

o.

❏ 1

1. C

onne

ct a

36"

[910

mm

] ser

vo e

xten

sion

to th

e el

evat

or s

ervo

and

sec

ure

the

conn

ectio

n w

ith h

eat

shrin

k tu

bing

.

❏ 1

2. G

uide

the

serv

o ex

tens

ions

thro

ugh

the

plas

tic

tube

in

the

fuse

lage

up

to t

he r

adio

com

part

men

t. If

you

can’

t get

the

exte

nsio

ns to

go

dow

n th

roug

h, y

ou

coul

d fi r

st i

nser

t a

piec

e of

str

ing

with

a w

eigh

t on

th

e en

d do

wn

thro

ugh

the

fron

t of

the

tub

e, a

nd t

hen

conn

ect

the

strin

g to

the

ext

ensi

ons

and

pull

them

ba

ck th

roug

h. M

ount

the

stab

to th

e fu

sela

ge w

ith tw

o 4-

40 1

-1/2

" [3

8mm

] S

HC

S a

nd #

4 lo

ck w

ashe

rs,

fl at

was

hers

and

a d

rop

of t

hrea

dloc

ker

on t

he t

hrea

ds.

Con

nect

the

elev

ator

and

rudd

er s

ervo

s to

the

rece

iver

an

d op

erat

e th

e co

ntro

ls t

o m

ake

sure

eve

ryth

ing

wor

ks s

moo

thly

. Mak

e an

y ad

just

men

ts n

eces

sary

.

MO

UN

T T

HE

NO

SE

GE

AR

Ref

er t

o t

his

ph

oto

for

the

follo

win

g fo

ur

step

s.

❏ 1

. Tem

pora

rily

conn

ect t

he s

ervo

you

will

be

usin

g fo

r th

e no

se s

teer

ing

to y

our

radi

o an

d ce

nter

the

se

rvo.

Cut

off

the

two

unus

ed a

rms.

27

❏ 2

. Con

nect

one

of

the

24"

[610

mm

] br

aide

d st

eel

cabl

es t

o a

bras

s co

uple

r w

ith a

cop

per

swag

e—if

you

can’

t ge

t th

e en

d of

the

cab

le t

o go

thr

ough

the

sw

age,

use

a h

obby

kni

fe to

scr

ape

som

e of

the

plas

tic

coat

ing

from

the

end

of th

e ca

ble.

Tig

htly

squ

eeze

the

swag

e w

ith p

liers

so

the

cabl

e w

on’t

com

e ou

t.

❏ 3

. Pre

pare

ano

ther

cab

le t

he s

ame

way

. Con

nect

bo

th c

able

s to

the

nos

e st

eerin

g se

rvo

with

2-5

6 m

etal

cle

vise

s an

d si

licon

e cl

evis

ret

aine

rs.

❏ 4

. M

ount

the

nos

e st

eerin

g se

rvo

in t

he n

ose

stee

ring

serv

o tr

ay d

own

insi

de t

he f

usel

age—

it’s

alm

ost o

ut o

f rea

ch, b

ut n

ot to

o di

ffi cu

lt to

get

to.

❏ 5

. Gui

de th

e st

eerin

g ca

bles

up

thro

ugh

the

plas

tic

tube

s in

the

fron

t of t

he fu

sela

ge

Fro

m th

is p

oin

t fo

rwar

d s

tep

s th

at a

re fo

r ret

ract

s o

nly

are

pre

ced

ed b

y an

“R

” an

d s

tep

s th

at a

re

for

fi xe

d g

ear

on

ly a

re p

rece

ded

by

an “

F.”

If in

stal

ling

ret

ract

s sk

ip t

he

follo

win

g t

wo

ste

ps.

❏ F

6. A

ssem

ble

the

nose

gea

r m

ount

by

usin

g ei

ght

3 x

12m

m fl

at

head

Phi

llips

scr

ews

to a

ttach

th

e al

umin

um m

ount

ing

brac

kets

the

pla

stic

nos

e ge

ar b

lock

. Not

e w

hich

sid

e of

the

nose

gea

r bl

ock

is

the

botto

m.

❏ F

7. A

ttach

the

nos

e ge

ar w

ire t

o th

e no

se g

ear

mou

nt u

sing

the

hard

war

e sh

own

and

use

thre

adlo

cker

on

all

the

scre

ws.

If in

stal

ling

fi xe

d la

nd

ing

gea

r,sk

ip t

he

nex

t si

x st

eps.

Ref

er t

o t

his

ph

oto

for

the

follo

win

g t

hre

e st

eps.

❏ R

8. R

emov

e th

e st

rut

asse

mbl

y fr

om t

he r

etra

ct

unit

of t

he r

etra

ctab

le n

ose

land

ing

gear

. Grin

d a

fl at

spot

in

the

stee

ring

shaf

t fo

r th

e se

t sc

rew

in

th

e st

eeri

ng

arm

on

ly.

Thi

s is

bes

t do

ne w

ith a

cut

off

whe

el in

a r

otar

y to

ol to

get

the

fl at s

pot s

tart

ed, a

nd

then

usi

ng a

sm

all m

etal

fi le

to s

quar

e it

up.

❏ R

9. R

eass

embl

e th

e st

rut

asse

mbl

y, b

ut d

o no

t fi t

it

into

the

retr

act u

nit.

28

❏ R

10.

With

the

str

ut a

ssem

bly

back

tog

ethe

r bu

t st

ill o

ut o

f the

ret

ract

uni

t, al

ign

the

stee

ring

arm

with

th

e ax

le a

nd h

old

it in

pos

ition

with

the

top

set s

crew

. R

emov

e th

e bo

ttom

set

scr

ew a

nd u

se a

fi n

e-po

int

felt-

tip p

en t

o m

ark

the

loca

tion

of t

he h

ole.

Grin

d an

othe

r fl a

t sp

ot a

t th

e m

ark.

Rea

ssem

ble

the

unit

mak

ing

sure

the

ste

erin

g ar

m h

as r

emai

ned

para

llel

with

the

axl

e. A

djus

t th

e fl a

t sp

ot if

nec

essa

ry. W

hen

asse

mbl

ing

the

unit

for t

he fi

nal t

ime,

use

thre

adlo

cker

on

the

thre

ads

of a

ll th

e se

t scr

ews.

❏ R

11. R

eass

embl

e th

e st

rut t

o th

e re

trac

t uni

t.

❏ R

12. M

ount

an

0-80

bal

l lin

k to

bot

h st

eerin

g ar

ms

with

a d

rop

of th

read

lock

er a

nd 0

-80

nuts

.

❏ R

13.

Con

nect

18"

[48

0mm

] of

air

line

to e

ach

fi ttin

g on

the

air

cylin

der

on t

he n

ose

gear

. D

o no

t co

nnec

t th

e sh

ort

piec

es o

f tu

bing

fro

m y

our

can

of

com

pres

sed

air

to th

e ai

r lin

es u

ntil

step

R17

.

❏ R

14. H

oldi

ng t

he r

etra

ct u

nit

in y

our

hand

, re

trac

t th

e ge

ar (

put t

he g

ear

up).

Gui

de th

e ai

r lin

e at

tach

ed

to t

he s

ide

of t

he a

ir cy

linde

r th

roug

h th

e sm

all h

ole

in f

orm

er F

2 in

the

fus

elag

e. T

hen,

pla

ce t

he r

etra

ct

in th

e m

ount

ing

rails

in th

e fu

sela

ge.

NO

TE

: T

he

rest

o

f th

e n

ose

g

ear

mo

un

tin

g

inst

ruct

ion

s ar

e fo

r b

oth

fi

xed

g

ear

and

re

trac

tab

le g

ear

even

th

ou

gh

ret

ract

s ar

e sh

own

. W

her

e ap

plic

able

, sep

arat

e n

ote

s fo

r ea

ch s

etu

p

are

pro

vid

ed.

❏ 1

5. P

lace

the

nose

gea

r in

the

mou

ntin

g ra

ils in

the

fuse

lage

. M

ark

the

loca

tions

of

the

scre

w m

ount

ing

hole

s on

to t

he w

ood

rails

(fo

r re

trac

tabl

e no

se g

ear

this

will

be

easi

er t

o do

if

the

gear

is

retr

acte

d).

If in

stal

ling

fi xed

gea

r, te

mpo

raril

y re

mov

e th

e no

se

gear

. Dril

l fo

ur 7

/64"

[2.

8mm

] ho

les

thro

ugh

the

rails

at

eac

h m

ark.

Mou

nt th

e ge

ar to

the

rails

with

four

#6

x 1/

2" [1

3mm

] Phi

llips

scr

ews.

❏ 1

6. M

ount

the

nos

e w

heel

to

the

gear

. If

usin

g re

trac

ts,

cut

the

axle

to

the

corr

ect

leng

th a

nd g

rind

or fi

le a

fl at

spo

t fo

r th

e se

t sc

rew

. If

usin

g fi x

ed g

ear

mou

nt t

he n

ose

whe

el w

ith t

wo

colla

rs a

nd 6

-32

set

scre

ws—

and

use

thre

adlo

cker

on

all s

crew

s.

❏ R

17. I

f mou

ntin

g re

tract

able

nos

e ge

ar, o

pera

te th

e ge

ar b

y ha

nd a

nd w

ith y

our

can

of c

ompr

esse

d ai

r. M

ake

cert

ain

the

gear

ope

rate

s fr

eely

, doe

s no

t hit

the

edge

s of

the

open

ing

and

is a

ble

to lo

ck in

bot

h th

e up

an

d do

wn

posi

tions

. Mak

e an

y ad

just

men

ts n

eces

sary

.

❏ 1

8.

Con

nect

th

e no

se

stee

ring

serv

o to

yo

ur

radi

o an

d tu

rn t

he s

yste

m o

n. M

ake

sure

the

ser

vo

arm

is

cent

ered

. N

ote

: A

goo

d w

ay t

o se

t up

the

no

se s

teer

ing

is t

o co

nnec

t th

e se

rvo

to a

n un

used

, av

aila

ble

chan

nel i

n yo

ur r

ecei

ver.

Use

the

mix

ing

in

your

tran

smitt

er to

ele

ctro

nica

lly m

ix th

e no

se s

teer

ing

serv

o to

the

rud

der,

but

assi

gn a

dia

l or

leve

r on

the

tr

ansm

itter

to

the

nose

ste

erin

g se

rvo.

At

the

fl yin

g fi e

ld t

he d

ial

or l

ever

can

be

used

to

trim

the

nos

e w

heel

so

the

mod

el w

ill r

oll s

trai

ght d

own

the

runw

ay.

❏ 1

9. W

ith th

e ra

dio

syst

em o

n (s

o th

e no

se s

teer

ing

serv

o ar

m c

anno

t mov

e), l

oop

the

ends

of t

he s

teer

ing

cabl

es o

ver t

he b

all l

inks

on

the

nose

gea

r and

sec

ure

with

ano

ther

sw

age

on e

ach

cabl

e. T

he lo

ops

in e

ach

cabl

e sh

ould

be

larg

e en

ough

to

slip

ove

r th

e ba

ll lin

k, b

ut s

mal

l eno

ugh

so th

at th

ey w

on’t

com

e of

f on

thei

r ow

n. A

djus

t the

cle

vise

s on

the

serv

o en

d of

the

cabl

es to

cen

ter

the

nose

whe

el.

29

HO

OK

UP

TH

E N

OS

E G

EA

R D

OO

R(F

OR

RE

TR

AC

TS

ON

LY)

Use

th

is p

ho

to fo

r th

e n

ext

thre

e st

eps.

❏ 1

. Sam

e as

was

don

e fo

r th

e le

vers

on

the

mai

n la

ndin

g ge

ar

door

s,

glue

on

e of

th

e th

in,

plas

tic

5mm

x 1

2mm

was

hers

to

the

bac

k su

rfac

e of

the

pl

ywoo

d n

ose

gea

r d

oo

r le

ver.

❏ 2

. M

ount

a 2

-56

ball

link

ball

on t

he b

ack

of t

he

leve

r w

ith a

2-5

6 nu

t and

a d

rop

of th

read

lock

er.

❏ 3

. F

it a

bras

s bu

shin

g in

to t

he f

ront

of

the

leve

r w

ith a

4-4

0 x

1" [

25m

m]

SH

CS

. A

dd a

few

dro

ps o

f th

read

lock

er t

o th

e th

read

s on

the

end

of

the

scre

w.

The

n, m

ount

the

leve

r to

the

woo

d bl

ock

on th

e fr

ont o

f

form

er 2

insi

de th

e fu

sela

ge—

ther

e ar

e ac

cess

hol

es

thro

ugh

the

fron

t tw

o fo

rmer

s th

at y

ou c

an g

uide

you

r 3/

32"

ball

end

wre

nch

thro

ugh

and

ther

e is

a 4

-40

blin

d nu

t in

the

back

of t

he fo

rmer

. Tig

hten

the

scre

w

as m

uch

as p

ossi

ble

with

out b

indi

ng th

e le

ver.

❏ 4

. Tes

t fi t

the

nose

gea

r doo

r to

the

fuse

lage

with

the

spec

ial s

prin

g hi

nges

. No

te: T

he h

inge

s ar

e in

stal

led

to s

prin

g th

e do

or o

pen,

not

clo

sed.

Hol

ding

the

door

cl

osed

, ad

just

the

hin

ges

so t

he d

oor

is c

ente

red

in

the

open

ing.

❏ 5

. Rem

ove

the

door

hin

ges.

Pai

nt th

e hi

nge

rece

sses

w

ith b

lack

or

gray

pai

nt.

❏ 6

. Glu

e th

e hi

nges

in th

e do

ors

and

in th

e fu

sela

ge

with

30-

min

ute

epox

y. U

se m

aski

ng t

ape

and

thin

ca

rdst

ock

to h

old

the

door

clo

sed

and

cent

ered

unt

il th

e ep

oxy

has

hard

ened

.

2-1/

8"[5

5mm

]

NO

SE

GE

AR

DO

OR

PU

SH

RO

D

❏ 7

. C

ut 1

/2"

[13m

m]

from

the

th

read

ed e

nd o

f a

4" [1

00m

m] p

ushr

od. T

hrea

d th

e pu

shro

d ab

out h

alf-

way

into

a n

ylon

bal

l lin

k. C

ut t

he o

vera

ll le

ngth

fro

m

the

end

of t

he b

all

link

to t

he e

nd o

f th

e pu

shro

d to

2-

1/8"

[55m

m].

❏ 8

. S

and

the

base

of

a sm

all

nylo

n co

ntro

l ho

rn

so g

lue

will

adh

ere.

Con

nect

a s

crew

-lock

pus

hrod

30

conn

ecto

r to

the

sec

ond-

from

-the

-bot

tom

hol

e in

the

ho

rn. C

onne

ct th

e pu

shro

d to

the

scre

w-lo

ck p

ushr

od

conn

ecto

r w

ith a

4-4

0 x

1/8"

[3m

m] S

HC

S.

❏ 9

. Sna

p th

e ba

ll lin

k on

the

pus

hrod

ont

o th

e ba

ll on

the

door

leve

r. U

se m

ediu

m C

A to

glu

e th

e ho

rn to

th

e no

se g

ear

door

whe

re s

how

n.

❏ 1

0. T

empo

raril

y gu

ide

the

air

lines

for

the

nos

e ge

ar o

ut th

e fr

ont o

f the

fuse

lage

so

you

can

conn

ect

them

to

your

air

can

to t

est

the

gear

and

doo

r. U

se

com

pres

sed

air

to o

pera

te t

he d

oor

and

adju

st t

he

push

rod

in t

he s

crew

-lock

unt

il th

e do

or c

lose

s fu

lly

whe

n th

e ge

ar is

ret

ract

ed.

FIN

AL

AS

SE

MB

LY

AS

SE

MB

LE

TH

E C

OC

KP

IT

Mos

t of t

he s

cale

det

ails

will

be

done

late

r, bu

t it’s

bes

t to

wor

k on

the

cock

pit n

ow b

efor

e fi n

al ra

dio

inst

alla

tion.

❏ 1

. Cut

bot

h 3/

16" x

3/1

6" x

5" [

5 x

5 x

130m

m] b

alsa

st

icks

to fi

t bet

wee

n th

e fo

rwar

d co

ckpi

t fl o

or a

nd th

e co

ckpi

t bul

khea

d. G

lue

the

stic

ks in

to p

ositi

on.

❏ 2

. Usi

ng th

e ho

les

in th

e pl

ywoo

d co

ckp

it fl

oo

r as

a

guid

e, d

rill

1/16

" [1

.6m

m]

hole

s th

roug

h th

e ba

lsa

stic

ks f

or t

he m

ount

ing

scre

ws.

Mou

nt t

he c

ockp

it fl o

or w

ith f

our

#2 x

3/8

" [9

.5m

m]

butto

n-he

ad A

llen

scre

ws.

Rem

ove

the

scre

ws,

har

den

the

hole

s w

ith a

dr

op o

f thi

n C

A a

nd a

llow

to h

arde

n.

❏ 3

. If

pain

ting

the

cock

pit,

now

is

the

best

tim

e to

do

so.

The

coc

kpit

show

n in

thi

s m

anua

l was

sim

ply

pain

ted

fl at

blac

k, b

ut y

ou c

ould

add

mor

e de

tails

if

pref

erre

d. T

he b

est

met

hod

for

pain

ting

is w

ith a

n ai

rbru

sh b

ecau

se it

coa

ts e

venl

y, b

ut a

reg

ular

bris

tle

brus

h co

uld

also

be

used

.

❏ 4

. Cut

bot

h in

stru

men

t pan

el d

ecal

s fr

om th

e de

cal

shee

t w

ith a

n ap

prox

imat

ely

1/8"

[3m

m]

bord

er a

ll th

e w

ay a

roun

d. U

se 3

M s

pray

adh

esiv

e or

sim

ilar

craf

t ad

hesi

ve t

o gl

ue t

he b

ack

of t

he b

lack

, pl

astic

in

stru

men

t pa

nel t

o th

e fr

ont

of t

he in

stru

men

t pa

nel

deca

l tha

t has

the

inst

rum

ents

.

❏ 5

. Use

a h

obby

kni

fe o

r a

sing

le-e

dge

razo

r bl

ade

to tr

im th

e ed

ges

of th

e de

cal e

ven

with

the

edge

s of

th

e in

stru

men

t pan

el.

❏ 6

. S

tick

the

fron

t of

the

oth

er i

nstr

umen

t pa

nel

deca

l tha

t has

onl

y th

e fa

ces

of th

e in

stru

men

ts to

the

inst

rum

ent p

anel

. Trim

the

edge

s of

the

deca

l aga

in.

31

❏ 7

. Use

a f

ew d

abs

of R

TV

sili

cone

rub

ber

to g

lue

the

com

plet

ed in

stru

men

t pan

el in

to th

e co

ckpi

t.

Ref

er t

o t

his

ph

oto

for

the

nex

t fo

ur

step

s.

❏ 8

. P

aint

the

edg

es o

f th

e th

ree

pilo

t fi g

ures

with

pl

astic

-com

patib

le fl

at

blac

k pa

int.

Whi

le t

he p

aint

is

dryi

ng,

care

fully

cut

the

pilo

t fi g

ures

fro

m t

he d

ecal

sh

eet.

Afte

r th

e pa

int

has

drie

d, a

ttach

the

dec

als

to

both

sid

es o

f eac

h fi g

ure.

❏ 9

. Set

the

tail-

gunn

er fi

gure

asi

de u

ntil

fi nis

hing

the

tail-

gunn

er c

ockp

it la

ter.

Glu

e th

e pi

lot

and

co-p

ilot

fi gur

es to

the

cock

pit fl

oor

.

❏ 1

0. T

rim th

e ba

ses

of th

e co

ckpi

t sea

ts a

s ne

cess

ary.

G

lue

the

seat

s to

the

cock

pit fl

oor

.

❏ 1

1. T

rim t

he b

ack

of b

oth

cont

rol

yoke

s to

fi t

the

yoke

pos

ts. G

lue

the

cont

rol y

okes

to th

e po

sts.

Pai

nt

any

addi

tiona

l sc

ale

deta

ils

pref

erre

d in

side

th

e co

ckpi

t. T

hen,

cut

the

yoke

pos

ts to

the

corr

ect h

eigh

t an

d gl

ue th

em in

to p

ositi

on.

❏ 1

2. P

ositi

on t

he c

ockp

it ca

nopy

ove

r th

e co

ckpi

t. D

rill

two

1/16

" [1

/6m

m]

hole

s th

roug

h ea

ch s

ide

of

the

cano

py in

to t

he f

usel

age

whe

re s

how

n. R

emov

e th

e ca

nopy

, en

larg

e th

e ho

les

in t

he c

anop

y on

ly

with

a 3

/32"

[2.4

mm

] dril

l, an

d th

en m

ount

the

cano

py

to

the

fuse

lage

w

ith

four

#2

x

3/8"

bu

tton-

head

A

llen

scre

ws.

HO

OK

UP

TH

E A

IR S

YS

TE

M

❏ 1

. M

ount

the

air

cont

rol

valv

e to

the

ply

woo

d ai

r co

ntr

ol

valv

e m

ou

nt

as s

how

n an

d gl

ue o

n th

e pl

ywoo

d tr

iang

ular

su

ppor

ts.

Con

nect

ab

out

4"

[100

mm

] eac

h of

“up,

” “do

wn”

and

“fi ll

” lin

e to

the

valv

e an

d m

ount

a 0

-80

ball

link

ball

to th

e va

lve

with

a 0

-80

nut a

nd a

dro

p of

thre

adlo

cker

.

❏ 2

. Mou

nt th

e ai

r fi ll

er v

alve

to th

e pl

ywoo

d fi

ll va

lve

mo

un

t p

iece

s. T

he v

alve

sho

uld

prot

rude

fro

m t

he

fron

t of

the

mou

nt 7

/32"

[5.

5mm

] so

it

will

be

fl ush

w

ith t

he o

utsi

de o

f th

e fu

sela

ge. C

onne

ct a

bout

one

in

ch [

25m

m]

of a

ir lin

e to

the

fi ll

val

ve a

nd c

onne

ct

one

of t

he “

T”

fi ttin

gs t

hat

cam

e w

ith t

he a

ir sy

stem

to

the

line.

32

Ref

er t

o t

his

ph

oto

wh

ile h

oo

kin

g u

p t

he

rest

of

the

air

syst

em.

❏ 3

. C

onne

ct a

ppro

xim

atel

y 2"

[50

mm

] of

air

line

to t

he a

ir ta

nk t

hat

cam

e w

ith t

he r

etra

cts.

Slid

e th

e ai

r ta

nk in

to t

he h

oles

in t

he f

ront

tw

o fo

rmer

s in

the

fu

sela

ge, b

ut d

o no

t glu

e th

e ta

nk in

pla

ce y

et.

❏ 4

. Glu

e th

e ai

r con

trol

val

ve m

ount

to th

e ra

dio

tray

. M

ount

you

r re

trac

t ser

vo. T

hen,

con

nect

the

serv

o to

th

e va

lve

with

a 4

" [10

0mm

] pus

hrod

cut

to th

e co

rrec

t le

ngth

, a

nylo

n ba

ll lin

k an

d a

scre

w-lo

ck c

onne

ctor

on

the

serv

o w

ith a

nyl

on r

etai

ner

and

a 4-

40 S

HC

S.

❏ 5

. Cut

the

cove

ring

from

the

hole

in th

e le

ft si

de o

f th

e fu

sela

ge fo

r the

air

valv

e m

ount

. Glu

e th

e fi l

l val

ve

mou

nt to

the

insi

de o

f the

fuse

lage

.

❏ 6

. Use

the

rem

aini

ng “T

” fi tt

ings

to c

onne

ct th

e re

st

of t

he a

ir lin

es.

Glu

e on

e of

the

ply

woo

d g

uid

es t

o th

e ra

dio

tray

for k

eepi

ng th

e ai

r lin

es a

nd s

ervo

wire

s or

gani

zed.

You

can

glu

e an

othe

r gu

ide

to o

ne o

f th

e fo

rmer

s fa

rthe

r af

t ins

ide

the

fuse

lage

.

❏ 7

. If y

ou h

aven

’t do

ne s

o al

read

y, c

ut th

e co

verin

g fr

om th

e ho

les

in b

oth

side

s of

the

fuse

lage

for

the

air

lines

and

ser

vo w

ires

to c

ome

out.

Mak

e su

re th

e up

an

d do

wn

lines

goi

ng b

ack

thro

ugh

the

fuse

lage

for

th

e m

ain

land

ing

gear

are

long

eno

ugh

to c

ome

out o

f th

e ho

les

in b

oth

side

s of

the

fuse

lage

for

conn

ectin

g to

the

lines

com

ing

from

the

inbo

ard

win

g pa

nels

. Use

qu

ick

disc

onne

cts

on th

e en

ds o

f the

line

s.

❏ 8

. Use

RT

V s

ilico

ne o

r ep

oxy

to g

lue

the

air

tank

in

to p

ositi

on—

be c

erta

in th

e ba

se, o

r fro

nt o

f the

tank

(f

acin

g th

e fr

ont

of t

he f

usel

age)

doe

s no

t pr

otru

de

mor

e th

an 1

/8"

[3m

m]

forw

ard

of t

he f

ront

for

mer

. O

ther

wis

e, it

will

inte

rfer

e w

ith t

he b

ack

of t

he s

cale

no

se-g

unne

r ca

bin.

On

e F

inal

No

te A

bo

ut

Ret

ract

s: T

est

the

retr

act

syst

em e

ither

now

, or l

ater

whe

n yo

u ha

ve c

ompl

eted

th

e re

st o

f the

radi

o in

stal

latio

n. W

ith a

ll th

ree

land

ing

gear

s co

nnec

ted

and

oper

atin

g, fi

rst

test

the

sys

tem

w

ith t

he p

lane

ups

ide-

dow

n in

the

bui

ldin

g cr

adle

. T

his

will

allo

w y

ou t

o id

entif

y an

d tr

oubl

e-sh

oot

any

prob

lem

s. O

nce

the

gear

is

wor

king

sat

isfa

ctor

ily,

rete

st th

e sy

stem

with

the

mod

el u

prig

ht in

the

stan

d.

Pre

ssur

izin

g th

e ta

nk u

p to

120

psi

. sho

uld

allo

w fo

r tw

o fu

ll cy

cles

, bu

t w

e ha

ve p

ress

uriz

ed o

urs

up t

o 14

0 ps

i. U

se c

autio

n w

hen

usin

g ex

trem

e pr

essu

re. I

f th

e m

odel

sits

in th

e su

n fo

r ex

tend

ed p

erio

ds d

urin

g ho

t w

eath

er t

he li

nes

can

softe

n an

d pr

essu

re in

the

sy

stem

cou

ld r

ise.

CO

MP

LE

TE

TH

E R

AD

IO IN

STA

LL

AT

ION

Ref

er t

o t

his

ph

oto

wh

ile m

ou

nti

ng

th

e re

ceiv

er

and

sw

itch

es.

❏ 1

. Glu

e th

e pl

ywoo

d re

ceiv

er m

ou

nts

to th

e ra

dio

tray

to

fi t y

our

rece

iver

. Mou

nt t

he r

ecei

ver

with

R/C

fo

am r

ubbe

r an

d a

coup

le o

f rub

ber

band

s.

❏ 2

. Cut

the

shee

ting

on th

e ou

tsid

e of

the

fuse

lage

ov

er t

he m

ount

ing

loca

tions

for

the

rec

eive

r on

/off

switc

h an

d an

ext

erna

l cha

rgin

g re

cept

acle

. An

Ern

st

#124

Cha

rge

Rec

epta

cle

is s

how

n. B

efor

e m

ount

ing

the

char

ge r

ecep

tacl

e, s

lide

the

mou

ntin

g ba

ck p

late

ov

er th

e ba

ttery

cha

rgin

g w

ire c

omin

g fr

om th

e on

/off

33

switc

h, g

uide

the

wire

thr

ough

the

mou

ntin

g ho

le i

n th

e fu

sela

ge, a

nd T

HE

N c

onne

ct th

e ch

argi

ng p

lug

to

the

rece

ptac

le m

ount

. M

ount

the

sw

itch

and

char

ge

jack

to th

e fu

sela

ge.

❏ 3

. Ref

er t

o th

e w

iring

dia

gram

s in

the

bac

k of

the

m

anua

l fo

r th

e se

rvo

exte

nsio

ns a

nd Y

-har

ness

es

used

. Ins

tall

and

conn

ect t

he w

ires

as s

how

n. W

here

ap

prop

riate

, se

cure

con

nect

ions

bet

wee

n w

ires

with

he

at s

hrin

k tu

bing

.

Th

rott

le

ho

oku

p:

The

w

iring

di

agra

m

for

conn

ectin

g th

e th

rottl

e se

rvos

sho

ws

each

ser

vo

conn

ecte

d to

sep

arat

e ch

anne

ls in

the

rece

iver

. The

y ar

e lin

ked

elec

tron

ical

ly t

hrou

gh t

he t

rans

mitt

er,

but

your

re

ceiv

er

mus

t al

so

have

an

av

aila

ble

chan

nel

for

this

mix

. Fo

r ou

r F

utab

a ra

dio

we

conn

ecte

d on

e en

gine

to

chan

nel 3

and

the

oth

er

engi

ne to

cha

nnel

8 (A

uxili

ary

2). D

epen

ding

on

the

posi

tion

of th

e as

sign

ed m

ixin

g sw

itch,

the

thro

ttles

ca

n be

ope

rate

d se

para

tely

(fo

r sy

nchr

oniz

atio

n tu

ning

and

sta

rtin

g) o

r tog

ethe

r with

the

thro

ttle

stic

k du

ring

fl igh

t. H

owev

er,

if yo

u do

not

hav

e en

ough

av

aila

ble

chan

nels

to

link

the

thro

ttles

thr

ough

the

tr

ansm

itter

, th

ey c

ould

be

linke

d w

ith a

Y-H

arne

ss

and

conn

ecte

d to

the

sam

e ch

anne

l.

❏ 4

. M

ark

the

ends

of

all

the

serv

o w

ires

that

are

to

be

conn

ecte

d an

d re

mov

ed d

urin

g as

sem

bly

and

disa

ssem

bly

at th

e fi e

ld w

ith m

aski

ng ta

pe a

nd a

pen

.

❏ 5

. G

uide

the

rec

eive

r an

tenn

a do

wn

thro

ugh

the

ante

nna

tube

in th

e fu

sela

ge.

❏ 6

. Te

mpo

raril

y at

tach

the

inb

oard

and

out

boar

d w

ing

pane

ls a

nd t

ail t

o th

e fu

sela

ge a

nd c

onne

ct a

ll th

e se

rvo

wire

s. T

urn

on t

he r

adio

and

mak

e su

re

ever

ythi

ng o

pera

tes

corr

ectly

. Mak

e an

y ad

just

men

ts

nece

ssar

y. N

ow w

ould

als

o be

a g

ood

time

to c

onne

ct

the

air

lines

, pr

essu

rize

the

syst

em a

nd o

pera

te t

he

retr

acta

ble

land

ing

gear

as

wel

l.

NO

TE

: The

rec

eive

r ba

ttery

pac

k w

ill b

e m

ount

ed

afte

r th

e no

se-g

unne

r ca

bin

has

been

com

plet

ed.

MO

UN

T T

HE

INB

OA

RD

WIN

G P

AN

EL

S

We’

ve a

lread

y ha

d th

e w

ings

on

and

off t

he fu

sela

ge

a co

uple

of

times

, bu

t no

w i

t’s t

ime

to m

ount

the

m

“for

rea

l.”

One

end

of t

he fo

rwar

d an

d af

t alu

min

um w

ing

tube

s is

alre

ady

drill

ed a

nd ta

pped

for

4-40

scr

ews,

but

the

othe

r en

d ha

s to

be

drill

ed a

nd ta

pped

too.

The

bal

ance

poi

nt is

5"

[127

mm

]fr

om th

e le

adin

g ed

ge o

f the

win

gw

here

it c

onta

cts

the

fuse

lage

.

5"[1

27m

m]

❏ 1

. If

you

will

not

be

bala

ncin

g th

e m

odel

with

a

Gre

at P

lane

s C

.G. M

achi

ne, y

ou w

ill n

eed

to m

ark

the

bala

nce

poin

t on

the

bot

tom

of

the

win

g so

you

will

kn

ow w

here

to

lift

the

mod

el w

hen

it’s

time

to c

heck

th

e C

.G. l

ater

. Now

wou

ld b

e a

good

tim

e to

do

this

. U

se a

fi ne

-poi

nt fe

lt-tip

pen

to m

ark

the

bala

nce

poin

t

on th

e bo

ttom

of b

oth

inbo

ard

win

g pa

nels

whe

re th

ey

mee

t the

fuse

lage

5"

[127

mm

] bac

k fr

om th

e le

adin

g ed

ge.

The

re w

ill b

e m

ore

info

rmat

ion

on C

.G.

and

bala

ncin

g th

e m

odel

lat

er a

fter

asse

mbl

y ha

s be

en

com

plet

ed,

but

it’s

a go

od id

ea t

o m

ark

the

bala

nce

poin

t now

(if

you

won

’t be

usi

ng a

C.G

. Mac

hine

).

❏ 2

. F

it ei

ther

inb

oard

win

g pa

nel

to t

he f

usel

age

with

the

30 x

440

mm

cen

ter

mai

n w

ing

tube

and

bot

h 10

x 3

05m

m f

orw

ard

and

aft

mai

n w

ing

tube

s. T

he

ends

of

the

smal

ler

tube

s th

at h

ave

the

thre

aded

ho

les

shou

ld b

e in

side

the

win

g yo

u ar

e at

tach

ing

to

the

fuse

lage

fi rs

t.

❏ 3

. Tur

n an

d po

sitio

n th

e fo

rwar

d an

d af

t tub

es s

o th

e th

read

ed h

oles

alig

n w

ith th

e ho

les

in th

e w

ing

pane

l. If

you

cann

ot g

et b

oth

hole

s to

alig

n, t

ry s

witc

hing

tu

bes.

If

the

hole

s st

ill d

on’t

alig

n tr

y sw

itchi

ng w

ing

pane

ls. I

f one

of t

he tu

bes

won

’t go

in q

uite

far e

noug

h to

get

the

hole

s to

alig

n, it

is o

kay

to fi

le th

e en

d of

the

tube

as

nece

ssar

y.

❏ 4

. O

nce

you

have

the

hol

es i

n th

e tu

bes

alig

ned

with

the

hole

s in

one

of t

he w

ing

pane

ls, t

hrea

d 4-

40 x

1"

[25m

m] S

HC

S in

to th

e w

ing

pane

l and

the

tube

s.

❏ 5

. Tig

htly

fi t

the

othe

r in

boar

d w

ing

pane

l to

the

fu

sela

ge a

nd tu

bes.

Usi

ng th

e ho

les

in th

e w

ing

pane

l as

a g

uide

, dril

l #43

hol

es th

roug

h bo

th tu

bes.

❏ 6

. Rem

ove

the

pane

l. U

se a

fi ne

-poi

nt fe

lt-tip

pen

to

writ

e on

eac

h tu

be w

hich

one

is w

hich

and

whi

ch

way

goe

s up

.

34

❏ 7

. Rem

ove

the

tube

s fr

om t

he f

usel

age.

Tap

4-4

0 th

read

s th

roug

h th

e ho

les

you

just

dril

led.

Use

a fi

le to

re

mov

e an

y bu

rrs

from

the

tapp

ed h

oles

. Rem

ount

the

pane

ls t

o th

e fu

sela

ge w

ith 4

-40

x 1"

[25

mm

] S

HC

S

and

a dr

op o

f thr

eadl

ocke

r in

eac

h tu

be.

MO

UN

T T

HE

OU

TB

OA

RD

WIN

G P

AN

EL

S

❏ 1

. D

eter

min

e w

hich

mol

ded

plas

tic o

il co

oler

air

scoo

p is

the

rig

ht a

nd w

hich

one

is

the

left

by t

est

fi ttin

g th

em t

o th

e ou

tboa

rd w

ing

pane

ls.

Hol

d th

e le

ft ai

r sc

oop

to t

he le

ft ou

tboa

rd w

ing

pane

l. U

se a

fi n

e-po

int f

elt-

tip p

en to

mar

k th

e ou

tline

of t

he s

coop

di

rect

ly o

nto

the

win

g.

❏ 2

. C

ut t

he c

over

ing

from

the

win

g 1/

16"

[2m

m]

insi

de t

he l

ines

you

mar

ked,

but

lea

ve t

he b

lack

co

verin

g in

pla

ce. W

ipe

away

the

ink

with

one

of y

our

smal

l pap

er to

wel

squ

ares

and

den

atur

ed a

lcoh

ol.

❏ 3

. Glu

e th

e ai

r sc

oop

to th

e w

ing

with

med

ium

CA

.

❏ 4

. Mou

nt th

e rig

ht a

ir sc

oop

to th

e rig

ht w

ing

pane

l th

e sa

me

way

.

❏ 5

. Fit

the

end

of o

ne o

f the

10

x 15

0mm

alu

min

um

oute

r pan

el w

ing

tube

s th

at h

as th

e th

read

ed h

ole

into

th

e le

ft, in

boar

d w

ing

pane

l. S

ecur

e th

e tu

be in

the

win

g w

ith a

4-4

0 x

3/4"

[19m

m] S

HC

S. A

lso

fi t o

ne o

f the

22

x 29

5mm

out

er p

anel

win

g tu

bes

into

the

pane

l.

❏ 6

. Jo

in t

he o

utbo

ard

pane

l to

the

inb

oard

pan

el

with

a 1

/4-2

0 x

2" [

50m

m]

nylo

n bo

lt. T

ight

en t

he

outb

oard

pan

el to

the

inbo

ard

pane

l

❏ 7

. The

sam

e as

was

don

e fo

r th

e in

boar

d pa

nels

, dr

ill a

#43

hol

e th

roug

h th

e en

d of

the

tub

e in

the

ou

tboa

rd p

anel

.

❏ 8

. Rem

ove

the

outb

oard

pan

el a

nd t

he t

ube.

Tap

4-

40 th

read

s in

to th

e ho

le y

ou d

rille

d in

the

tube

. File

of

f any

bur

rs fr

om th

e ho

les.

35

❏ 9

. Whe

n yo

u re

mov

e th

e ou

tboa

rd p

anel

, if y

ou h

ave

diffi

culty

with

the

nylo

n bo

lt ge

tting

stu

ck in

the

hole

of

the

inbo

ard

pane

l, us

e a

rota

ry to

ol o

r a h

obby

kni

fe to

el

onga

te th

e af

t end

of t

he h

ole

for

the

win

g bo

lt.

❏ 1

0. R

e-fi t

the

out

boar

d pa

nel.

Bol

t th

e ot

her

end

of t

he t

ube

in t

he w

ing

with

ano

ther

4-4

0 x

3/4"

[1

9mm

] SH

CS

.

❏ 1

1. M

ount

the

oth

er o

utbo

ard

win

g pa

nel

the

sam

e w

ay.

SC

AL

E F

EA

TU

RE

S

MO

UN

T T

HE

NO

SE

-GU

NN

ER

CA

NO

PY

❏ 1

. Use

med

ium

CA

to g

lue

the

plyw

ood

rub

ber

ban

d

ho

oks

insi

de th

e cl

ear,

plas

tic n

ose-

gunn

er w

indo

w.

❏ 2

. Tes

t fi t

the

nos

e-gu

nner

can

opy

win

dow

to

the

fi ber

glas

s no

se-g

unne

r ca

nopy

bot

tom

. If

nece

ssar

y,

use

a ba

r-sa

nder

with

med

ium

-grit

san

dpap

er to

true

th

e ed

ges

of t

he w

indo

w f

ram

e w

here

nec

essa

ry fo

r a

good

fi t.

❏ 3

. Use

med

ium

-grit

san

dpap

er t

o sc

uff

the

edge

s of

the

bot

tom

and

the

win

dow

fra

me

whe

re t

hey

will

join

.

❏ 4

. Use

mas

king

tape

to h

old

the

top

to th

e bo

ttom

—th

e be

st w

ay i

s to

lay

bot

h pi

eces

upr

ight

on

your

w

orkb

ench

and

tape

them

toge

ther

.

IMP

OR

TAN

T: F

or t

he f

ollo

win

g tw

o st

eps

a C

A t

ip i

s ne

cess

ary

for g

luin

g to

geth

er th

e no

se-g

unne

r can

opy.

❏ 5

. Wo

rkin

g c

aref

ully

an

d t

akin

g y

ou

r ti

me,

from

in

side

the

can

opy

use

thin

CA

to

glue

onl

y th

e si

de

seam

s to

geth

er.

Sta

rt b

y fi r

st t

acki

ng t

he p

arts

with

a

drop

of

thin

CA

at

the

back

–don

't ap

ply

any

CA

w

here

ther

e is

mas

king

tape

. Oth

erw

ise,

it c

ould

wic

k un

der

the

tape

and

get

on

the

outs

ide.

Add

ano

ther

dr

op o

f C

A t

o th

e sa

me

area

on

the

othe

r si

de o

f th

e ca

nopy

. N

ow t

ack

the

fron

t of

the

sid

e se

ams

toge

ther

. R

emov

e th

e ta

pe,

then

car

eful

ly g

lue

the

rest

of t

he s

ide

seam

s to

geth

er. W

ait s

ever

al m

inut

es

to a

llow

the

CA

to d

ry b

efor

e gl

uing

the

fron

t sea

m in

th

e ne

xt s

tep.

36

❏ 6

. G

lue

the

botto

m,

fron

t se

am t

oget

her

from

th

e ou

tsid

e.

No

te: I

f any

of t

he c

lear

win

dow

s “fo

g” fr

om c

urin

g C

A,

the

fogg

ing

can

be r

emov

ed b

y us

ing

a co

tton

swab

lig

htly

moi

sten

ed w

ith C

A d

ebon

der.

Use

car

e be

caus

e th

e de

bond

er c

an re

mov

e th

e pa

int a

nd s

mea

r the

cle

ar

plas

tic w

indo

ws.

❏ 7

. G

lue

one

of t

he 6

-1/8

" [1

55m

m]

mac

hine

gun

ba

rrel

s in

to th

e no

se m

achi

ne g

un—

be c

erta

in to

glu

e in

the

end

of

the

barr

el t

hat

does

not

hav

e th

e ho

les

in it

. Use

pla

stic

-cut

ting

scis

sors

or

a ho

bby

knife

to

trim

the

pivo

t cup

as

show

n. G

lue

the

pivo

t cup

to th

e ba

rrel

1/4

" [6

mm

] fro

m th

e fr

ont o

f the

gun

.

8. C

ut a

3/8

" [9

.5m

m] d

iam

eter

hol

e in

the

fron

t of

the

nose

-gun

ner

cano

py f

or t

he n

ose

mac

hine

gun

. Te

st fi

t th

e m

achi

ne g

un i

n th

e ho

le t

o m

ake

sure

it

fi ts

wel

l and

can

piv

ot u

p an

d do

wn

and

side

-to-

side

. M

ake

adju

stm

ents

as

nece

ssar

y.

❏ 9

. Mou

nt t

he n

ose

mac

hine

gun

by

usin

g a

piec

e of

lef

tove

r w

ire w

ith a

n “L

” be

nd o

n th

e en

d to

hoo

k tw

o or

fou

r sm

all

rubb

er b

ands

to

the

hook

s on

the

m

achi

ne g

un a

nd t

o th

e ho

oks

in t

he c

anop

y—tw

o ru

bber

ban

ds o

n th

e to

p w

ill m

ake

the

gun

droo

p as

it w

ould

be

whe

n th

e pl

ane

is g

roun

ded

or w

hen

the

gun

is n

ot in

use

—ru

bber

ban

ds o

n th

e to

p an

d bo

ttom

will

hol

d th

e gu

n le

vel.

Op

tio

nal

: F

or a

dded

sca

le e

ffect

, in

sert

eig

ht 0

0-90

x

1/8"

scr

ews

and

00-9

0 nu

ts in

to th

e ca

nopy

aro

und

the

mac

hine

gun

piv

ot (

to r

eplic

ate

the

bolts

on

the

full-

size

sub

ject

). T

he re

tain

er ri

ng c

an a

lso

be p

aint

ed

silv

er a

s th

e m

odel

on

the

kit b

ox c

over

.

Use

th

is p

ho

to fo

r th

e fo

llow

ing

tw

o s

tep

s.

❏ 1

0. U

se a

fi ne

-poi

nt fe

lt-tip

pen

and

a s

trai

ghte

dge

to m

ark

lines

on

the

fuse

lage

cen

tere

d ov

er t

he

mid

dle

of e

ach

of t

he f

our

mou

ntin

g bl

ocks

for

the

no

se-g

unne

r ca

nopy

. Pla

ce t

he n

ose-

gunn

er c

anop

y on

the

fuse

lage

and

tape

it in

to p

ositi

on.

❏ 1

1. D

rill 1

/16"

[1.

6mm

] ho

les

thro

ugh

the

cano

py

and

the

mou

ntin

g bl

ocks

cen

tere

d on

the

line

s 3/

16"

[5m

m] f

rom

the

aft e

dge

of th

e ca

nopy

.

❏ 1

2. R

emov

e th

e ca

nopy

. E

nlar

ge t

he h

oles

in

th

e ca

no

py

on

ly w

ith a

3/3

2" [

2.4m

m]

drill

. M

ount

th

e no

se-g

unne

r ca

nopy

to

the

fuse

lage

with

fou

r #2

x 3

/8"

[9.5

mm

] but

ton-

head

Alle

n sc

rew

s.

CA

UT

ION

: In

dire

ct s

unlig

ht,

extr

eme

heat

may

ca

use

the

top

of t

he n

ose-

gunn

er c

anop

y to

war

p at

the

aft e

dge

whe

re it

mee

ts fu

sela

ge.T

o pr

even

t th

is, i

t may

be

a go

od id

ea to

kee

p th

e m

odel

in th

e sh

ade

or c

over

the

nose

with

a w

hite

clo

th o

r tow

el

whe

n te

mpe

ratu

res

are

high

.

37

INS

TAL

L T

HE

NO

SE

-GU

NN

ER

CA

BIN

❏ 1

. G

lue

toge

ther

the

ply

woo

d pa

rts

of t

he n

ose

-g

un

ner

cab

in p

latf

orm

. F

it, b

ut d

o no

t gl

ue t

he

plat

form

to th

e fr

ont o

f the

fuse

lage

.

❏ 2

. Te

st fi

t th

e m

olde

d pl

astic

nos

e-gu

nner

cab

in

fl oor

and

cab

in b

ack

to t

he f

usel

age.

Trim

the

pla

stic

pa

rts

whe

re n

eces

sary

for

a go

od fi

t.

Ref

er t

o t

his

ph

oto

wh

ile in

stal

ling

th

e re

st o

f th

e n

ose

-gu

nn

er c

abin

.

❏ 3

. Dril

l fi v

e 1/

16"

[1.6

mm

] ho

les

thro

ugh

the

cabi

n ba

ck w

here

sho

wn

for

mou

ntin

g it

to t

he f

ront

of

the

fuse

lage

. E

nlar

ge t

he h

oles

in

the

cabi

n ba

ck o

nly

with

a 3

/32"

[2.4

mm

] dril

l. T

hen,

mou

nt th

e ca

bin

back

w

ith fi

ve #

2 x

3/8"

[9.5

mm

] but

ton-

head

Alle

n sc

rew

s.

❏ 4

. U

se m

ediu

m C

A t

o gl

ue t

he c

abin

fl o

or t

o th

e pl

ywoo

d pl

atfo

rm, b

ut s

till d

o no

t glu

e th

e pl

atfo

rm to

th

e fu

sela

ge.

❏ 5

. Tes

t fi t

the

nose

-gun

ner

cano

py to

the

fuse

lage

. Tr

im t

he n

ose-

gunn

er c

abin

fl o

or w

here

nec

essa

ry

so i

t do

es n

ot i

nter

fere

with

the

fi t

of t

he n

ose-

gunn

er c

anop

y.

❏ 6

. P

aint

the

bac

k of

the

nos

e-gu

nner

tun

nel

fl at

blac

k, o

r cu

t ou

t th

e tu

nnel

and

cov

er t

he f

orm

er o

n th

e fr

ont o

f the

fuse

lage

with

a p

iece

of t

hin

plas

tic o

r pa

per

that

has

bee

n pa

inte

d fl a

t bla

ck. A

dd a

ny o

ther

ad

ditio

nal

scal

e de

tails

you

pre

fer

or d

o an

y ex

tra

pain

ting

that

may

be

mor

e di

ffi cu

lt to

pai

nt a

fter

the

part

s ha

ve b

een

glue

d in

.

❏ 7

. Glu

e th

e to

ps to

the

amm

o bo

xes,

and

then

glu

e th

e am

mo

boxe

s to

the

am

mo

tray

. G

lue

the

amm

o tr

ay t

o th

e to

p ed

ge o

f th

e ca

bin

fl oor

whe

re s

how

n.

Glu

e th

e kn

eelin

g pa

d to

the

pos

t co

min

g up

fro

m

the

fl oor

.

❏ 8

. Add

any

oth

er fi

nal

, sc

ratc

h-bu

ilt,

scal

e de

tails

yo

u lik

e.

❏ 9

. S

ecur

ely

glue

the

ply

woo

d no

se-g

unne

r ca

bin

plat

form

to th

e fu

sela

ge.

❏ 1

0. G

lue

the

plyw

ood

strip

s to

the

bot

tom

of

the

bat

tery

mo

un

t to

mak

e ro

om f

or t

he V

elcr

o st

rap

that

goe

s al

l the

way

aro

und.

Use

the

incl

uded

Vel

cro

mat

eria

l to

mak

e a

stra

p fo

r mou

ntin

g th

e ba

ttery

to th

e m

ount

with

1/4

" [6m

m] R

/C fo

am in

bet

wee

n. M

ount

the

batte

ry to

the

mou

nt. N

ote

: It i

s lik

ely

that

, by

mou

ntin

g th

e ba

ttery

to th

e bo

ttom

of t

he n

ose-

gunn

er p

latfo

rm,

little

or

no a

dditi

onal

lead

bal

last

will

be

requ

ired

to g

et

the

mod

el to

bal

ance

at t

he s

peci

fi ed

bala

nce

poin

t. If,

ho

wev

er, y

ou w

ould

like

to m

ake

cert

ain

you

elim

inat

e or

min

imiz

e an

y ba

llast

req

uire

d, y

ou c

ould

mou

nt

the

batte

ry l

ater

afte

r yo

u fi n

d ou

t w

here

the

mod

el

bala

nces

with

out

it. I

f th

is i

s yo

ur p

refe

renc

e, s

et t

he

batte

ry a

side

unt

il it’

s tim

e to

bal

ance

the

mod

el w

hen

you

get t

o pa

ge 4

1. O

r, go

ahe

ad a

nd g

lue

the

batte

ry

mou

nt to

the

botto

m o

f the

nos

e-gu

nner

pla

tform

now

.

38

MO

UN

T T

HE

TO

P T

UR

RE

T A

ND

MA

CH

INE

GU

NS

❏ 1

. Glu

e tw

o 6-

1/8"

[15

5mm

] m

achi

ne g

un b

arre

ls

into

eac

h of

the

two

top

turr

et m

achi

ne g

uns.

❏ 2

. Pla

ce th

e to

p tu

rret

mac

hine

gun

s on

top

of th

e fu

sela

ge s

o th

e af

t ve

rtic

al b

rack

et i

s 5"

[12

7mm

] fr

om t

he o

peni

ng f

or t

he c

ockp

it an

d so

the

gun

s ar

e ce

nter

ed f

rom

sid

e-to

-sid

e. P

ush

dow

n on

the

m

achi

ne g

uns

hard

eno

ugh

to m

ark

the

bals

a un

der

the

cove

ring.

❏ 3

. U

sing

the

mar

ks i

n th

e to

p of

the

fus

elag

e as

a

guid

e, u

se a

str

aigh

tedg

e to

cut

the

cov

erin

g fr

om

the

top

of th

e fu

sela

ge s

o th

at th

e gu

ns w

ill b

e gl

ued

dire

ctly

to b

alsa

.

❏ 4

. San

d th

e pa

int f

rom

the

botto

m o

f the

top

turr

et

mac

hine

gun

mou

ntin

g br

acke

ts.

Sec

urel

y gl

ue t

he

mac

hine

gun

s to

the

top

of th

e fu

sela

ge.

❏ 5

. P

ositi

on t

he t

op t

urre

t ca

nopy

on

the

fuse

lage

ov

er th

e gu

ns. C

ente

r the

ope

ning

s in

the

turr

et c

anop

y on

the

guns

. The

n, u

se a

fi ne

-poi

nt fe

lt-tip

pen

to m

ark

the

outli

ne o

f the

can

opy

dire

ctly

ont

o th

e fu

sela

ge.

❏ 6

. Cut

the

cov

erin

g 1/

16"

[1-2

mm

] in

side

the

line

yo

u m

arke

d al

l the

way

aro

und.

Cut

ano

ther

line

1/1

6"

[1-2

mm

] ins

ide

the

fi rst

. Rem

ove

the

strip

of c

over

ing

so th

e tu

rret

will

be

glue

d di

rect

ly to

bal

sa.

❏ 7

. P

ositi

on t

he t

urre

t ca

nopy

on

the

fuse

lage

so

the

gun

barr

els

will

be

cent

ered

in

the

open

ings

an

d th

e ca

nopy

will

be

cent

ered

ove

r th

e cu

tout

in

the

cove

ring.

Car

eful

ly u

se t

hin

CA

to

glue

the

tur

ret

cano

py to

the

fuse

lage

.

FIN

ISH

TH

E T

AIL

-GU

NN

ER

CA

BIN

❏ 1

. Te

st-fi

t, tr

im i

f ne

cess

ary,

and

the

n gl

ue t

he

mol

ded

plas

tic t

ail

gu

nn

er b

ulk

hea

d,

arm

or

shie

ld

and

bra

cket

mo

un

t int

o po

sitio

n. U

se fo

am-s

afe

CA

or

epox

y to

glu

e th

e ta

il-gu

nner

pilo

t fi g

ure

into

pos

ition

.

39

❏ 2

. A

dd

any

othe

r ad

ditio

nal

scal

e de

tails

yo

u pr

efer

. The

n, g

lue

the

tail-

gunn

er c

anop

y to

the

tai

l-gu

nner

coc

kpit.

❏ 3

. M

ount

the

tai

l-gun

ner

cabi

n to

the

fus

elag

e w

ith

both

of

th

e tw

o m

achi

ne

gun

barr

els

that

ha

ve t

he 4

-40

thre

aded

ins

erts

. D

rill

1/16

" [1

.6m

m]

hole

s th

roug

h th

e fr

ont

of t

he t

ail-g

unne

r ca

bin

into

th

e pl

ywoo

d m

ount

ing

bloc

ks o

n ea

ch s

ide

of t

he

fuse

lage

. E

nlar

ge o

nly

the

hole

s in

the

cab

in w

ith a

3/

32"

[2.4

mm

] dril

l. M

ount

the

tail-

gunn

er c

abin

usi

ng

two

#2 x

3/8

" [9

.5m

m]

butto

n-he

ad s

crew

s an

d th

e th

read

ed m

achi

ne g

uns.

MO

UN

T T

HE

SID

E G

UN

PA

CK

S A

ND

TH

E W

AIS

T G

UN

WIN

DO

WS

No

te:

Whe

n m

ount

ing

the

side

gun

pac

ks,

mak

e ce

rtai

n yo

u do

n’t

inad

vert

ently

pos

ition

the

fi r

st s

ide

so t

he s

econ

d si

de e

nds

up i

nter

ferin

g w

ith t

he a

ir fi l

l val

ve o

r th

e on

/off

switc

h or

cha

rge

jack

. If

you’

ve

mou

nted

the

switc

hes

and

air fi

ll v

alve

on

the

left

side

, m

ount

the

left

gun

pack

fi rs

t.

❏ 1

. U

se m

ediu

m C

A t

o gl

ue t

wo

6-1/

8" [

155m

m]

mac

hine

gun

bar

rels

into

the

left

sid

e g

un

pac

k. T

he

fron

t of t

he b

otto

m g

un s

houl

d pr

otru

de fr

om th

e fr

ont

of t

he b

liste

r 3-

1/2"

[88

mm

] an

d th

e fr

ont

of t

he t

op

guns

sho

uld

be e

ven

with

the

botto

m o

ne.

The

follo

win

g st

eps

will

be

easi

er t

o do

with

the

w

ings

rem

oved

and

the

fuse

lag

e la

ying

on

its s

ide.

❏ 2

. Pos

ition

the

left

gun

pack

whe

re it

fi ts

the

fuse

lage

an

d so

the

gra

y an

d gr

een

pain

t lin

e on

the

gun

s

mat

ches

the

fus

elag

e. O

nce

posi

tione

d, h

old

dow

n th

e b

ott

om

gun

pac

k an

d us

e a

fi ne-

poin

t ba

llpoi

nt

pen

to m

ark

its o

utlin

e di

rect

ly o

nto

the

fuse

lage

.

❏ 3

. Car

eful

ly c

ut th

e co

verin

g fr

om th

e fu

sela

ge 1

/16"

[1

.5m

m] i

nsid

e th

e lin

e an

d pe

el o

ff th

e co

verin

g.

❏ 4

. Hol

d th

e bo

ttom

gun

pac

k ba

ck o

nto

the

fuse

lage

w

here

it w

as b

efor

e so

it c

over

s th

e ex

pose

d ba

lsa.

N

ow h

old

the

top

gun

pack

dow

n an

d m

ark

its o

utlin

e on

to th

e fu

sela

ge.

❏ 5

. C

ut t

he c

over

ing

from

the

fus

elag

e fo

r th

e to

p gu

n pa

ck. S

et th

e le

ft gu

n pa

ck a

side

.

❏ 6

. Glu

e th

e gu

n ba

rrel

s in

to th

e rig

ht g

un p

ack

and

prep

are

the

right

sid

e of

the

fuse

lage

for t

he r

ight

gun

pa

ck th

e sa

me

way

.

❏ 7

. U

se a

cov

erin

g iro

n an

d a

cove

ring

sock

to

rese

al a

ny lo

ose

edge

s of

cov

erin

g ba

ck d

own

to th

e fu

sela

ge. W

ipe

off

any

ink

with

a p

aper

tow

el s

quar

e an

d de

natu

red

alco

hol.

40

Do

not g

lue

on th

e si

de g

un p

acks

yet

. Pre

pare

the

fuse

lage

for

glu

ing

on t

he w

aist

gun

win

dow

s as

de

scrib

ed b

elow

. Wai

ting

to g

lue

on t

he s

ide

gun

pack

s an

d w

aist

gun

s un

til a

fter

the

fuse

lage

has

be

en p

repa

red

for

them

mak

es it

eas

ier

to la

y th

e fu

sela

ge o

n its

sid

e.

❏ 8

. Glu

e on

e of

the

4-7

/8"

[125

mm

] w

aist

mac

hine

gu

n ba

rrel

s in

to th

e le

ft w

aist

gun

win

dow

as

show

n.

❏ 9

. Sam

e as

for t

he to

p gu

n tu

rret

and

the

gun

pack

s,

use

a fi n

e-po

int b

allp

oint

pen

to m

ark

the

outli

ne o

f the

w

aist

gun

win

dow

dire

ctly

ont

o th

e fu

sela

ge. C

ut a

nd

rem

ove

the

cove

ring

1/16

" [1

.5m

m] i

nsid

e th

e lin

e.

❏ 1

0. P

repa

re t

he r

ight

wai

st g

un w

indo

w a

nd t

he

right

sid

e of

the

fuse

lage

the

sam

e w

ay.

❏ 1

1. P

aint

the

insi

de e

dges

of t

he w

indo

w o

peni

ngs

for

the

wai

st g

uns

fl at b

lack

.

No

w b

ack

to t

he

gu

n p

acks

❏ 1

2. P

lace

the

left

gun

pack

on

the

fuse

lage

. Firs

t gl

ue t

he b

otto

m,

and

then

the

top

gun

pac

k do

wn

usin

g th

in C

A w

ith a

CA

app

licat

or ti

p.

❏ 1

3. G

lue

on t

he r

ight

gun

pac

k, t

hen

the

right

an

d le

ft w

aist

gun

win

dow

s, w

ith t

hin

CA

and

a C

A

appl

icat

or ti

p.

MO

UN

T T

HE

AD

F “

FO

OT

BA

LL”

AN

TE

NN

A

The

AD

F f

ootb

all

ante

nna

is a

ttach

ed t

o th

e m

odel

w

ith m

agne

ts.

Thi

s w

ay i

t ca

n be

eas

ily r

emov

ed

for

tran

spor

tatio

n.

❏ 1

. U

se t

he p

lyw

ood

tem

plat

e as

a g

uide

to

cut

hole

s in

the

fus

elag

e fo

r th

e m

agne

ts w

ith a

3/1

6"

[4.8

mm

] bra

ss tu

be s

harp

ened

on

the

end

or a

3/1

6"

[4.8

mm

] dr

ill.

The

hol

es s

houl

d be

cen

tere

d ov

er

the

mid

dle

strin

ger

in t

he b

otto

m o

f th

e fu

sela

ge.

No

te:

The

E

xecu

tive

Sw

eet

had

the

ante

nna

on

the

botto

m o

f th

e fu

sela

ge,

but

som

e B

-25s

had

the

fo

otba

ll an

tenn

a in

oth

er lo

catio

ns. Y

ou c

an m

ount

the

ante

nna

whe

reve

r yo

u pr

efer

.

❏ 2

. S

tick

the

two

mag

nets

to

the

othe

r m

agne

ts

alre

ady

glue

d in

the

ant

enna

so

you’

ll kn

ow w

hich

w

ay to

glu

e th

em in

.

❏ 3

. Use

med

ium

-grit

san

dpap

er t

o lig

htly

san

d th

e bo

ttom

of

each

mag

net

so g

lue

will

adh

ere.

Mak

ing

41

cert

ain

the

mag

nets

are

in t

he c

orre

ct o

rient

atio

n to

at

trac

t the

mag

nets

in th

e an

tenn

a, p

ress

the

mag

nets

in

to t

he h

oles

you

cut

in t

he f

usel

age

and

glue

the

m

into

pos

ition

with

thin

CA

.

❏ 4

. “S

nap”

the

AD

F f

ootb

all

ante

nna

into

pos

ition

. D

on’t

forg

et to

rem

ove

it w

hen

tran

spor

ting

the

mod

el.

MO

UN

T T

HE

PR

OP

EL

LE

R H

UB

S

Thi

s m

odel

co

mes

w

ith

two

pain

ted,

al

umin

um

prop

elle

r hu

bs w

ith 5

/16"

-24

thre

ads

that

fi t

the

O.S

. .7

0 fo

ur-s

trok

e en

gine

s. If

usi

ng th

ese

prop

elle

r hub

s,

be c

erta

in t

o us

e th

read

lock

er o

n th

e th

read

s so

the

hu

bs w

ill n

ot l

oose

n if

one

of t

he e

ngin

es b

ackfi

res

. S

ecur

ely

tight

en t

he h

ubs

with

a r

ound

, m

etal

bar

(s

uch

as a

scr

ewdr

iver

sha

ft) t

hrou

gh t

he h

oles

in

the

hubs

. If

usin

g di

ffere

nt e

ngin

es t

hat

the

prop

elle

r hu

bs d

o no

t fi t

, H

arry

Hig

ley

mak

es s

imila

r pr

opel

ler

hubs

with

diff

eren

t thr

eads

that

will

fi t y

our

engi

nes.

AP

PLY

TH

E D

EC

AL

S

❏ 1

. Use

sci

ssor

s or

a s

harp

hob

by k

nife

to

cut

the

deca

ls fr

om th

e sh

eet.

❏ 2

. Be

cert

ain

the

mod

el is

cle

an a

nd f

ree

from

oily

fi n

gerp

rints

and

dus

t. P

repa

re a

dis

hpan

or

smal

l bu

cket

with

a m

ixtu

re o

f liq

uid

dish

soa

p an

d w

arm

w

ater

—ab

out o

ne te

aspo

on o

f soa

p pe

r gal

lon

of w

ater

. S

ubm

erse

the

deca

l in

the

soap

and

wat

er a

nd p

eel o

ff th

e pa

per b

acki

ng. N

ote

: Eve

n th

ough

the

deca

ls h

ave

a “s

ticky

-bac

k” a

nd a

re n

ot t

he w

ater

tra

nsfe

r ty

pe,

subm

ersi

ng t

hem

in

soap

& w

ater

allo

ws

accu

rate

po

sitio

ning

and

red

uces

air

bubb

les

unde

rnea

th.

❏ 3

. Pos

ition

the

deca

l on

the

mod

el w

here

des

ired.

H

oldi

ng t

he d

ecal

dow

n, u

se a

pap

er t

owel

to

wip

e m

ost o

f the

wat

er a

way

.

❏ 4

. Use

a p

iece

of

soft

bals

a or

som

ethi

ng s

imila

r to

squ

eege

e re

mai

ning

wat

er f

rom

und

er t

he d

ecal

. A

pply

the

rest

of t

he d

ecal

s th

e sa

me

way

.

GE

T T

HE

MO

DE

L R

EA

DY

TO

FLY

BA

LA

NC

E T

HE

MO

DE

L (

C.G

.)

Mor

e th

an a

ny o

ther

fact

or, t

he C

.G. (

bala

nce

poin

t)

can

have

the

gre

ates

t effe

ct o

n ho

w a

mod

el fl

ies,

an

d m

ay d

eter

min

e w

heth

er o

r no

t yo

ur fi

rst

fl igh

t w

ill b

e su

cces

sful

. If y

ou v

alue

this

mod

el a

nd w

ish

to e

njoy

it fo

r m

any

fl igh

ts,

DO

NO

T O

VE

RL

OO

K

TH

IS I

MP

OR

TAN

T P

RO

CE

DU

RE

. A

mod

el t

hat

is

not

prop

erly

ba

lanc

ed

will

be

un

stab

le

and

poss

ibly

unfl

yab

le.

At

this

sta

ge t

he m

odel

sho

uld

be i

n re

ady-

to-fl

y

cond

ition

with

all

of t

he s

yste

ms

in p

lace

(w

ith t

he

poss

ible

exc

eptio

n of

the

rece

iver

bat

tery

pac

k if

you

deci

ded

to fi

nd

out

whe

re t

he m

odel

bal

ance

s fi r

st),

in

clud

ing

the

engi

nes

with

pro

pelle

rs a

nd p

rope

ller

hubs

, la

ndin

g ge

ar,

the

com

plet

e ra

dio

syst

em a

nd

all t

he s

cale

det

ails

tha

t yo

u w

ill h

ave

in p

lace

whe

n yo

u fl y

the

mod

el. I

f us

ing

retr

acts

, th

e la

ndin

g ge

ar

shou

ld b

e do

wn. The

bal

ance

poi

nt is

5"

[127

mm

]fr

om th

e le

adin

g ed

ge o

f the

win

gw

here

it c

onta

cts

the

fuse

lage

.

5"[1

27m

m]

5" [

127m

m]

(For

illu

stra

tion

purp

oses

the

supp

orts

of t

he C

.G.

Mac

hine

are

sho

wn

outb

oard

of t

he e

ngin

e na

celle

s,

but a

s sp

ecifi

ed in

the

inst

ruct

ions

, the

mod

el s

houl

dac

tual

ly b

e su

ppor

ted

whe

re th

e w

ings

mee

t the

fuse

lage

.)

Gre

at P

lane

sC

.G. M

achi

ne

❏ 1

. If y

ou w

ill b

e us

ing

a G

reat

Pla

nes

C.G

. Mac

hine

to

chec

k th

e ba

lanc

e po

int,

set t

he r

uler

s to

5"

[127

mm

]. If

not u

sing

a G

reat

Pla

nes

C.G

. Mac

hine

, and

if y

ou

have

n’t

alre

ady

done

so,

use

a s

trai

ghte

dge

and

a fi n

e-po

int

felt-

tip p

en t

o m

ark

the

bala

nce

poin

t on

th

e bo

ttom

of

both

inbo

ard

win

g pa

nels

5"

[127

mm

] ba

ck f

rom

the

lea

ding

edg

es w

here

the

y m

eet

the

fuse

lage

. P

lace

1/1

6" t

o 1/

8" [

1.5

to 3

mm

] st

rips

of

tape

ove

r th

e lin

es y

ou m

arke

d so

you

will

be

able

to

feel

the

bal

ance

poi

nt w

ith y

our

fi nge

rs w

hen

liftin

g th

e m

odel

to b

alan

ce.

Thi

s is

whe

re y

our

mod

el s

houl

d ba

lanc

e fo

r th

e fi r

st fl

ight

s. L

ater

, yo

u m

ay w

ish

to e

xper

imen

t by

sh

iftin

g th

e C

.G. u

p to

1/2

" [1

3mm

] for

war

d or

1/2

" [1

3mm

] ba

ck t

o ch

ange

the

fl y

ing

char

acte

ristic

s.

Mov

ing

the

C.G

. fo

rwar

d m

ay

impr

ove

the

smoo

thne

ss a

nd s

tabi

lity,

but

the

mod

el m

ay th

en

requ

ire m

ore

spee

d fo

r ta

keof

f an

d m

ake

it m

ore

diffi

cult

to s

low

for

lan

ding

. M

ovin

g th

e C

.G.

aft

mak

es t

he m

odel

mor

e m

aneu

vera

ble,

but

cou

ld

also

cau

se it

to

beco

me

too

diffi

cult

to c

ontr

ol. I

n an

y ca

se,

star

t at

th

e re

com

men

ded

bal

ance

p

oin

t an

d do

not

at

any

time

bala

nce

the

mod

el

outs

ide

the

spec

ifi ed

ran

ge.

❏ 2

. If

you

have

n’t

yet

done

so,

joi

n th

e w

ings

to

the

fuse

lage

with

all

the

alum

inum

joi

ner

tube

s an

d fa

sten

ers.

If

you

have

n’t

yet

mou

nted

the

rec

eive

r ba

ttery

kee

p it

with

in r

each

so

you

will

be

able

to

plac

e it

on th

e fu

sela

ge to

fi nd

out

whe

re it

sho

uld

be

mou

nted

insi

de.

42

❏ 3

. With

all

part

s of

the

mod

el in

stal

led,

the

mod

el

read

y to

fl y

(le

ss r

ecei

ver

batte

ry),

the

lan

ding

gea

r do

wn

and

an e

mpt

y fu

el t

ank,

pla

ce t

he m

odel

on

a G

reat

Pla

nes

CG

Mac

hine

, or

lift

it w

ith y

our

fi nge

rs

on th

e ba

lanc

e po

int m

arke

d by

the

thin

str

ips

of ta

pe

on th

e bo

ttom

of t

he w

ings

.

❏ 4

. If t

he ta

il dr

ops,

the

mod

el is

“tai

l hea

vy” a

nd th

e ba

ttery

pac

k m

ust b

e m

ount

ed fo

rwar

d or

wei

ght m

ust

be a

dded

to

the

nose

to

bala

nce.

If

the

nose

dro

ps,

the

mod

el is

“no

se h

eavy

” and

the

batte

ry p

ack

mus

t be

mou

nted

aft

or w

eigh

t mus

t be

adde

d to

the

tail

to

bala

nce.

If y

ou h

aven

’t ye

t mou

nted

the

batte

ry p

ack,

pl

ace

it on

top

of th

e fu

sela

ge to

see

whe

re it

sho

uld

be m

ount

ed i

nsid

e to

ach

ieve

the

per

fect

bal

ance

po

int

with

out

havi

ng t

o ad

d an

y ad

ditio

nal

balla

st.

If yo

u al

read

y m

ount

ed t

he b

atte

ry,

or i

f ad

ditio

nal

wei

ght

is r

equi

red,

use

Gre

at P

lane

s (G

PM

Q44

85)

“stic

k-on

” le

ad. T

he b

est

plac

e to

add

stic

k-on

nos

e w

eigh

t is

to

the

botto

m o

f th

e no

se-g

unne

r pl

atfo

rm.

The

bes

t pl

ace

to a

dd t

ail

wei

ght

is i

nsid

e th

e ve

ry

back

of

the

fuse

lage

beh

ind

the

horiz

onta

l sta

biliz

er.

Beg

in b

y pl

acin

g in

crem

enta

lly in

crea

sing

am

ount

s of

w

eigh

t on

the

fuse

lage

ove

r th

e lo

catio

n w

here

it w

ill

be p

erm

anen

tly a

ttach

ed i

nsid

e th

e m

odel

unt

il yo

u ca

n ge

t it t

o ba

lanc

e. O

nce

you

have

det

erm

ined

the

amou

nt o

f wei

ght r

equi

red

(or t

he b

atte

ry p

ositi

onin

g),

it ca

n be

per

man

ently

atta

ched

.

❏ 5

. If

you

have

n’t

yet

done

so,

mou

nt t

he b

atte

ry

pack

in

side

th

e fu

sela

ge,

or

atta

ch

any

requ

ired

lead

bal

last

insi

de t

he n

ose

or t

ail.

No

te:

Do

not

rely

up

on t

he a

dhes

ive

on t

he b

ack

of t

he le

ad w

eigh

t to

pe

rman

ently

hol

d it

in p

lace

. Ove

r tim

e, th

e ad

hesi

ve

may

w

eake

n ca

usin

g th

e w

eigh

t to

fa

ll of

f. U

se

#2 s

heet

met

al s

crew

s, R

TV

sili

cone

or

epox

y to

pe

rman

ently

hol

d th

e w

eigh

t in

plac

e.

❏ 6

. Con

nect

the

rece

iver

bat

tery

to th

e on

/off

switc

h us

ing

a se

rvo

exte

nsio

n if

nece

ssar

y. S

ecur

e th

e co

nnec

tions

with

hea

t shr

ink

tubi

ng.

❏ 7

. IM

PO

RTA

NT:

Onc

e yo

u’ve

mou

nted

the

batte

ry

or a

dded

any

add

ition

al w

eigh

t, re

chec

k th

e C

.G.

afte

r it

has

been

inst

alle

d.

BA

LA

NC

E T

HE

MO

DE

L L

AT

ER

AL

LY

❏ 1

. With

the

win

g le

vel,

have

an

assi

stan

t he

lp y

ou

lift t

he m

odel

und

er th

e m

iddl

e of

the

fuse

lage

beh

ind

the

nose

-gun

ner

cano

py a

nd u

nder

the

tai

l-gun

ner

cock

pit.

Do

this

sev

eral

tim

es.

❏ 2

. If o

ne w

ing

alw

ays

drop

s w

hen

you

lift t

he m

odel

, it

mea

ns t

hat

side

is h

eavy

. Bal

ance

the

air

plan

e by

ad

ding

wei

ght

to t

he o

ther

win

g tip

. A

n a

irp

lan

e th

at h

as b

een

lat

eral

ly b

alan

ced

will

tra

ck b

ette

r in

fl ig

ht

and

mai

nta

in i

ts h

ead

ing

bet

ter

du

rin

g

man

euve

rs w

hen

th

e p

lan

e is

clim

bin

g.

PR

EF

LIG

HT

CH

EC

K T

HE

CO

NT

RO

L D

IRE

CT

ION

S

❏ 1

. Tur

n on

the

tran

smitt

er a

nd r

ecei

ver

and

cent

er

the

trim

s. I

f ne

cess

ary,

rem

ove

the

serv

o ar

ms

from

th

e se

rvos

and

rep

ositi

on th

em s

o th

ey a

re c

ente

red.

R

eins

tall

the

scre

ws

that

hol

d on

the

serv

o ar

ms.

❏ 2

. With

the

tra

nsm

itter

and

rec

eive

r st

ill o

n, c

heck

al

l th

e co

ntro

l su

rfac

es t

o se

e if

they

are

cen

tere

d.

If ne

cess

ary,

adj

ust

the

clev

ises

on

the

push

rods

to

cent

er th

e co

ntro

l sur

face

s.

FU

LL T

HR

OT

TLE

RU

DD

ER

S M

OV

E R

IGH

T

ELE

VAT

OR

MO

VE

S U

PR

IGH

T A

ILE

RO

N M

OV

ES

UP

LEF

T A

ILE

RO

N M

OV

ES

DO

WN

4-C

HA

NN

EL

RA

DIO

SE

TU

P(S

TAN

DA

RD

MO

DE

2)

❏ 3

. M

ake

cert

ain

that

the

con

trol

sur

face

s an

d th

e ca

rbur

etor

res

pond

in

the

corr

ect

dire

ctio

n as

sh

own

in t

he d

iagr

am. I

f an

y of

the

con

trol

s re

spon

d in

the

wro

ng d

irect

ion,

use

the

ser

vo r

ever

sing

in

the

tran

smitt

er t

o re

vers

e th

e se

rvos

con

nect

ed t

o th

ose

cont

rols

. B

e ce

rtai

n th

e co

ntro

l su

rfac

es h

ave

rem

aine

d ce

nter

ed. A

djus

t if n

eces

sary

.

43

SE

T T

HE

CO

NT

RO

L T

HR

OW

S

Use

a

Gre

at

Pla

nes

Acc

uThr

ow

or

a ru

ler

to

accu

rate

ly m

easu

re a

nd s

et th

e co

ntro

l thr

ow o

f eac

h co

ntro

l sur

face

as

indi

cate

d in

the

char

t tha

t fol

low

s. If

yo

ur r

adio

doe

s no

t ha

ve d

ual r

ates

, w

e re

com

men

d se

tting

the

thro

ws

at th

e lo

w r

ate

setti

ng.

NO

TE

: For

the

aile

rons

, th

e th

row

s ar

e m

easu

red

at

the

wid

est

par

t (a

t the

roo

t end

).

Th

ese

are

the

reco

mm

end

ed h

igh

an

d lo

w r

ate

con

tro

l su

rfac

e th

row

s.

H

igh

Rat

e L

ow

Rat

eE

LE

VATO

R:

1-1/

4" u

p 1"

up

1-

1/4"

dow

n 1"

dow

n

[32m

m]

[25m

m]

RU

DD

ER

: 1-

1/4"

rig

ht

3/4"

rig

ht

1-1/

4" le

ft 3/

4" le

ft

[32m

m]

[19m

m]

AIL

ER

ON

S:

5/8"

up

3/8"

up

5/

8" d

own

3/8"

dow

n

[16m

m]

[10m

m]

*FL

AP

S:

1/2"

[13m

m]

1" [2

5mm

]

(1/2

fl ap

) (f

ull fl

ap)

* 1/

4" [6

mm

] of d

own

elev

ator

sho

uld

be m

ixed

in w

ith fu

ll fl a

p de

fl ect

ion

to c

ontr

ol “

pitc

h-up

” whe

n fl a

ps a

re e

xten

ded.

IMP

OR

TAN

T: T

he T

op F

lite

B-2

5J M

itche

ll A

RF

ha

s be

en e

xten

sive

ly fl

own

and

test

ed to

arr

ive

at

the

thro

ws

at w

hich

it fl

ies

best

. Fly

ing

your

mod

el

at t

hese

thr

ows

will

pro

vide

you

with

the

gre

ates

t ch

ance

for s

ucce

ssfu

l fi r

st fl

ight

s. If

, afte

r you

hav

e be

com

e ac

cust

omed

to th

e w

ay th

e B

-25

fl ies

, you

w

ould

like

to c

hang

e th

e th

row

s to

sui

t you

r ta

ste,

th

at is

fi ne

. How

ever

, too

muc

h co

ntro

l thr

ow c

ould

m

ake

the

mod

el d

iffi c

ult

to c

ontr

ol,

so r

emem

ber,

“mor

e is

not

alw

ays

bette

r.”

IDE

NT

IFY

YO

UR

MO

DE

LN

o m

atte

r if

you

fl y a

t an

AM

A s

anct

ione

d R

/C c

lub

site

or

if yo

u fl y

som

ewhe

re o

n yo

ur o

wn,

you

sho

uld

alw

ays

have

you

r na

me,

add

ress

, te

leph

one

num

ber

and

AM

A n

umbe

r on

or in

side

you

r mod

el. I

t is

req

uir

ed

at a

ll A

MA

R/C

clu

b fl y

ing

site

s an

d A

MA

san

ctio

ned

fl yin

g ev

ents

. Fill

out

the

iden

tifi c

atio

n ta

g on

the

deca

l sh

eet a

nd p

lace

it o

n or

insi

de y

our

mod

el.

CH

AR

GE

TH

E B

AT

TE

RIE

SF

ollo

w th

e ba

ttery

cha

rgin

g in

stru

ctio

ns th

at c

ame

with

yo

ur ra

dio

cont

rol s

yste

m to

cha

rge

the

batte

ries.

You

sh

ould

alw

ays

char

ge y

our

tran

smitt

er a

nd r

ecei

ver

batte

ries

the

nigh

t be

fore

you

go

fl yin

g, a

nd a

t ot

her

times

as

reco

mm

ende

d by

the

radi

o m

anuf

actu

rer.

CA

UT

ION

: U

nles

s th

e in

stru

ctio

ns t

hat

cam

e w

ith

your

radi

o sy

stem

sta

te d

iffer

ently

, the

initi

al c

harg

e on

new

tra

nsm

itter

and

rec

eive

r ba

tterie

s sh

ould

be

don

e fo

r 15

hour

s u

sin

g th

e sl

ow-c

har

ger

that

ca

me

with

th

e ra

dio

sys

tem

. Thi

s w

ill "

cond

ition

" th

e ba

tterie

s so

tha

t th

e ne

xt c

harg

e m

ay b

e do

ne

usin

g th

e fa

st-c

harg

er o

f yo

ur c

hoic

e. I

f th

e in

itial

ch

arge

is

done

with

a f

ast-

char

ger

the

batte

ries

may

not

rea

ch t

heir

full

capa

city

and

you

may

be

fl yin

g w

ith b

atte

ries

that

are

onl

y pa

rtia

lly c

harg

ed.

BA

LA

NC

E P

RO

PE

LL

ER

S

Car

eful

ly b

alan

ce y

our

prop

elle

r an

d sp

are

prop

elle

rs

befo

re y

ou fl

y. A

n un

bala

nced

pro

p ca

n be

the

sin

gle

mos

t si

gnifi

cant

cau

se o

f vi

brat

ion

that

can

dam

age

your

mod

el.

Not

onl

y w

ill e

ngin

e m

ount

ing

scre

ws

and

bolts

loo

sen,

pos

sibl

y w

ith d

isas

trou

s ef

fect

, bu

t vi

brat

ion

may

als

o da

mag

e yo

ur r

adio

rec

eive

r an

d ba

ttery

. V

ibra

tion

can

also

cau

se y

our

fuel

to

foam

, w

hich

will

, in

turn

, cau

se y

our

engi

ne to

run

hot

or

quit.

We

use

a To

p F

lite

Pre

cisi

on M

agne

tic P

rop

Bal

ance

r (T

OP

Q57

00)

in

the

wor

ksho

p an

d ke

ep

a G

reat

P

lane

s F

inge

rtip

Pro

p B

alan

cer

(GP

MQ

5000

) in

our

fl i

ght b

ox.

GR

OU

ND

CH

EC

K

If

the

eng

ines

ar

e n

ew,

follo

w

the

eng

ine

man

ufa

ctu

rer’

s in

stru

ctio

ns

to

bre

ak-i

n

the

eng

ines

. Afte

r br

eak-

in, c

onfi r

m th

at th

e en

gine

s id

le

relia

bly,

tra

nsiti

on s

moo

thly

and

rap

idly

to

full

pow

er

and

mai

ntai

n fu

ll po

wer

—in

defi n

itely

. A

fter

you

run

the

engi

nes

on t

he m

odel

, in

spec

t th

e m

odel

clo

sely

to

mak

e su

re a

ll sc

rew

s re

mai

ned

tight

, th

e hi

nges

ar

e se

cure

, th

e pr

ops

are

secu

re a

nd a

ll pu

shro

ds

and

conn

ecto

rs a

re s

ecur

e.

44

RA

NG

E C

HE

CK

Gro

und

chec

k th

e op

erat

iona

l ra

nge

of y

our

radi

o be

fore

the

fi r

st fl

ight

of

the

day.

With

the

tra

nsm

itter

an

tenn

a co

llaps

ed a

nd t

he r

ecei

ver

and

tran

smitt

er

on,

you

shou

ld b

e ab

le t

o w

alk

at l

east

100

fee

t aw

ay f

rom

the

mod

el a

nd s

till h

ave

cont

rol.

Hav

e an

as

sist

ant

stan

d by

you

r m

odel

and

, w

hile

you

wor

k th

e co

ntro

ls,

tell

you

wha

t th

e co

ntro

l su

rfac

es a

re

doin

g. R

epea

t thi

s te

st w

ith

th

e en

gin

es r

un

nin

g a

t va

rious

spe

eds

with

an

assi

stan

t ho

ldin

g th

e m

odel

, us

ing

hand

sig

nals

to

show

you

wha

t is

hap

peni

ng.

If th

e co

ntro

l su

rfac

es d

o no

t re

spon

d co

rrec

tly,

do

n

ot

fl y!

Fin

d an

d co

rrec

t th

e pr

oble

m fi

rst

. Lo

ok f

or

loos

e se

rvo

conn

ectio

ns o

r br

oken

wire

s, c

orro

ded

wire

s on

old

ser

vo c

onne

ctor

s, p

oor

sold

er j

oint

s in

yo

ur b

atte

ry p

ack

or a

def

ectiv

e ce

ll, o

r a

dam

aged

re

ceiv

er c

ryst

al fr

om a

pre

viou

s cr

ash.

EN

GIN

E S

AF

ET

Y P

RE

CA

UT

ION

S

Failu

re t

o f

ollo

w t

hes

e sa

fety

pre

cau

tio

ns

may

re

sult

in s

ever

e in

jury

to

yo

urs

elf

and

oth

ers.

• K

eep

all e

ngin

e fu

el in

a s

afe

plac

e, a

way

from

hig

h he

at, s

park

s or

fl am

es, a

s fu

el is

ver

y fl a

mm

able

. Do

not

smok

e ne

ar t

he e

ngin

e or

fue

l; an

d re

mem

ber

that

eng

ine

exha

ust g

ives

off

a gr

eat d

eal o

f dea

dly

carb

on m

onox

ide.

The

refo

re d

o n

ot r

un

the

eng

ine

in a

clo

sed

ro

om

or

gar

age.

• G

et h

elp

from

an

expe

rienc

ed p

ilot w

hen

lear

ning

to

oper

ate

engi

nes.

• U

se s

afet

y gl

asse

s w

hen

star

ting

or r

unni

ng e

ngin

es.

• D

o no

t ru

n th

e en

gine

in a

n ar

ea o

f lo

ose

grav

el o

r sa

nd; t

he p

rope

ller

may

thro

w s

uch

mat

eria

l in

your

fa

ce o

r ey

es.

• K

eep

your

fac

e an

d bo

dy a

s w

ell

as a

ll sp

ecta

tors

aw

ay f

rom

the

pla

ne o

f ro

tatio

n of

the

pro

pelle

r as

yo

u st

art a

nd r

un th

e en

gine

.

• K

eep

thes

e ite

ms

away

from

the

prop

: loo

se c

loth

ing,

sh

irt s

leev

es, t

ies,

sca

rfs,

long

hai

r or

loos

e ob

ject

s su

ch a

s pe

ncils

or

scre

wdr

iver

s th

at m

ay fa

ll ou

t of

sh

irt o

r ja

cket

poc

kets

into

the

prop

.

• U

se a

“ch

icke

n st

ick”

or

elec

tric

sta

rter

to

star

t th

e en

gine

. Do

not u

se y

our

fi nge

rs to

fl ip

the

prop

elle

r. M

ake

cert

ain

the

glow

plu

g cl

ip o

r co

nnec

tor

is

secu

re s

o th

at it

will

not

pop

off

or o

ther

wis

e ge

t int

o th

e ru

nnin

g pr

opel

ler.

• M

ake

all

engi

ne

adju

stm

ents

fr

om

behi

nd

the

rota

ting

prop

elle

r.

• T

he e

ngin

e ge

ts h

ot!

Do

not

touc

h it

durin

g or

rig

ht

afte

r op

erat

ion.

Mak

e su

re f

uel

lines

are

in

good

co

nditi

on s

o fu

el w

ill n

ot l

eak

onto

a h

ot e

ngin

e,

caus

ing

a fi r

e.

• To

sto

p a

glow

eng

ine,

cut

off

the

fuel

sup

ply

by c

losi

ng

off t

he fu

el li

ne o

r fol

low

ing

the

engi

ne m

anuf

actu

rer’s

re

com

men

datio

ns. D

o no

t use

han

ds, fi

nge

rs o

r an

y ot

her

body

par

t to

try

to

stop

the

eng

ine.

To

stop

a

gaso

line

pow

ered

eng

ine

an o

n/of

f sw

itch

shou

ld b

e co

nnec

ted

to th

e en

gine

coi

l. D

o no

t thr

ow a

nyth

ing

into

the

prop

elle

r of

a r

unni

ng e

ngin

e.

AM

A S

AF

ET

Y C

OD

E (

EX

CE

RP

TS

)R

ead

and

abid

e by

the

fol

low

ing

exce

rpts

fro

m t

he

Aca

dem

y of

Mod

el A

eron

autic

s S

afet

y C

ode.

For

th

e co

mpl

ete

Saf

ety

Cod

e re

fer

to M

odel

Avi

atio

n m

agaz

ine,

the

AM

A w

eb s

ite o

r th

e C

ode

that

cam

e w

ith y

our

AM

A li

cens

e.

GE

NE

RA

L

1) I

will

not

fl y

my

mod

el a

ircra

ft in

san

ctio

ned

even

ts,

air

show

s, o

r m

odel

fl y

ing

dem

onst

ratio

ns u

ntil

it ha

s be

en p

rove

n to

be

airw

orth

y by

hav

ing

been

pr

evio

usly

, suc

cess

fully

fl ig

ht te

sted

.2)

I w

ill

not

fl y

my

mod

el

airc

raft

high

er

than

ap

prox

imat

ely

400

feet

with

in 3

mile

s of

an

airp

ort

with

out

notif

ying

the

air

port

ope

rato

r. I

will

giv

e rig

ht-o

f-w

ay a

nd a

void

fl y

ing

in t

he p

roxi

mity

of

full-

scal

e ai

rcra

ft. W

here

nec

essa

ry,

an o

bser

ver

shal

l be

utili

zed

to s

uper

vise

fl yi

ng to

avo

id h

avin

g m

odel

s fl y

in th

e pr

oxim

ity o

f ful

l-sca

le a

ircra

ft.3)

Whe

re e

stab

lishe

d, I

will

abi

de b

y th

e sa

fety

rul

es

for

the

fl yin

g si

te I

use

, an

d I

will

not

will

fully

and

de

liber

atel

y fl y

my

mod

els

in a

car

eles

s, r

eckl

ess

and/

or d

ange

rous

man

ner.

5) I

will

not

fl y

my

mod

el u

nles

s it

is id

entifi

ed

with

my

nam

e an

d ad

dres

s or

AM

A n

umbe

r, on

or

in t

he

mod

el. N

ote:

Thi

s do

es n

ot a

pply

to

mod

els

whi

le

bein

g fl o

wn

indo

ors.

7) I

will

not

ope

rate

mod

els

with

pyr

otec

hnic

s (a

ny

devi

ce th

at e

xplo

des,

bur

ns, o

r pr

opel

s a

proj

ectil

e of

any

kin

d).

RA

DIO

CO

NT

RO

L

1) I

will

hav

e co

mpl

eted

a s

ucce

ssfu

l rad

io e

quip

men

t gr

ound

che

ck b

efor

e th

e fi r

st fl

ight

of

a ne

w o

r re

paire

d m

odel

.2)

I w

ill n

ot fl

y m

y m

odel

airc

raft

in t

he p

rese

nce

of

spec

tato

rs u

ntil

I be

com

e a

qual

ifi ed

fl ie

r, un

less

as

sist

ed b

y an

exp

erie

nced

hel

per.

3) A

t all

fl yin

g si

tes

a st

raig

ht o

r cur

ved

line(

s) m

ust b

e es

tabl

ishe

d in

fro

nt o

f w

hich

all

fl yin

g ta

kes

plac

e w

ith t

he o

ther

sid

e fo

r sp

ecta

tors

. Onl

y pe

rson

nel

invo

lved

with

fl yi

ng th

e ai

rcra

ft ar

e al

low

ed a

t or

in

the

fron

t of

the

fl ig

ht li

ne. I

nten

tiona

l fl y

ing

behi

nd

the

fl igh

t lin

e is

pro

hibi

ted.

45

4) I

will

ope

rate

my

mod

el u

sing

onl

y ra

dio

cont

rol

freq

uenc

ies

curr

ently

al

low

ed

by

the

Fed

eral

C

omm

unic

atio

ns C

omm

issi

on.

5) I

will

no

t kn

ow

ing

ly o

per

ate

my

mo

del

wit

hin

th

ree

mile

s o

f an

y p

re-e

xist

ing

fl

yin

g

site

ex

cep

t in

ac

cord

ance

w

ith

th

e fr

equ

ency

sh

arin

g a

gre

emen

t lis

ted

[in

the

com

plet

e A

MA

S

afet

y C

ode]

.9)

Und

er

no

circ

umst

ance

s m

ay

a pi

lot

or

othe

r pe

rson

touc

h a

pow

ered

mod

el in

fl ig

ht; n

or s

ho

uld

an

y p

art

of

the

mo

del

oth

er t

han

th

e la

nd

ing

g

ear,

inte

nti

on

ally

to

uch

th

e g

rou

nd

, ex

cep

t w

hile

lan

din

g. C

HE

CK

LIS

T

Dur

ing

the

last

fe

w

mom

ents

of

pr

epar

atio

n yo

ur

min

d m

ay

be

else

whe

re

antic

ipat

ing

the

exci

tem

ent

of t

he fi

rst

fl ig

ht. B

ecau

se o

f th

is,

you

may

be

mor

e lik

ely

to o

verlo

ok c

erta

in c

heck

s an

d pr

oced

ures

tha

t sh

ould

be

perf

orm

ed b

efor

e th

e m

odel

is

fl ow

n. T

o he

lp a

void

thi

s, a

che

ck l

ist

is

prov

ided

to

mak

e su

re t

hese

impo

rtan

t ar

eas

are

not o

verlo

oked

. Man

y ar

e co

vere

d in

the

inst

ruct

ion

man

ual,

so w

here

app

ropr

iate

, ref

er to

the

man

ual

for

com

plet

e in

stru

ctio

ns.

Be

sure

to

chec

k th

e ite

ms

off a

s th

ey a

re c

ompl

eted

.

❏ 1

. Mak

e su

re y

ou h

ave

chec

ked

the

C.G

. acc

ordi

ng

to th

e m

easu

rem

ents

and

pro

cedu

res

prov

ided

.❏

2. B

alan

ce y

our

mod

el la

tera

lly a

s ex

plai

ned.

❏ 3

. Be

cert

ain

the

batte

ry a

nd r

ecei

ver

are

secu

rely

m

ount

ed.

Sim

ply

stuf

fi ng

them

int

o pl

ace

with

fo

am r

ubbe

r is

not

suf

fi cie

nt.

❏ 4

. Ext

end

the

rece

iver

ant

enna

all

the

way

dow

n th

e an

tenn

a tu

be in

the

fuse

lage

.❏

5. U

se t

hrea

dloc

king

com

poun

d to

sec

ure

criti

cal

fast

ener

s su

ch a

s th

e se

t scr

ews

on th

e re

tract

able

la

ndin

g ge

ar s

trut

s an

d ax

les

or w

heel

col

lars

, sc

rew

-lock

pus

hrod

con

nect

ors,

etc

.❏

6. B

e ce

rtai

n th

e sc

rew

s ho

ldin

g th

e ho

rizon

tal

stab

ilize

r an

d th

e ve

rtic

al

stab

ilize

rs

have

be

en s

ecur

ely

tight

ened

with

thr

eadl

ocke

r on

th

e th

read

s.

❏ 7

. Add

a d

rop

of o

il to

the

axl

es s

o th

e w

heel

s w

ill

turn

free

ly.

❏ 8

. Mak

e su

re a

ll hi

nges

are

sec

urel

y gl

ued

in p

lace

.❏

9. R

einf

orce

hol

es f

or w

ood

scre

ws

with

thi

n C

A

whe

re

appr

opria

te

(ser

vo

mou

ntin

g sc

rew

s,

cano

py m

ount

ing

scre

ws,

etc

.).

❏ 10

. Con

fi rm

tha

t al

l con

trol

s op

erat

e in

the

cor

rect

di

rect

ion

and

the

thro

ws

are

set

up a

ccor

ding

to

the

man

ual.

❏ 11

. Mak

e su

re t

here

are

sili

cone

ret

aine

rs o

n al

lth

e cl

evis

es.

❏ 12

. Mak

e su

re a

ll se

rvo

arm

s ar

e se

cure

d to

the

se

rvos

with

the

scre

ws

that

cam

e w

ith th

em.

❏ 13

. Whe

re a

ppro

pria

te, s

ecur

e co

nnec

tions

bet

wee

n se

rvo

wire

s an

d Y-

conn

ecto

rs o

r ser

vo e

xten

sion

s,

and

the

conn

ectio

n be

twee

n yo

ur b

atte

ry p

ack

and

the

on/o

ff sw

itch

with

vin

yl ta

pe, h

eat s

hrin

k tu

bing

or s

peci

al c

lips

suita

ble

for t

hat p

urpo

se.

❏ 14

. Mak

e su

re a

ny s

ervo

ext

ensi

on w

ires

you

may

ha

ve u

sed

do n

ot in

terf

ere

with

oth

er s

yste

ms

(ser

vo a

rms,

pus

hrod

s, c

able

s, e

tc.)

.❏

15. M

ake

sure

the

fuel

line

s ar

e co

nnec

ted

and

are

not k

inke

d.❏

16. B

alan

ce th

e pr

opel

lers

(an

d sp

are

prop

elle

rs).

❏ 17

. Sec

urel

y tig

hten

the

prop

elle

r hu

bs. B

e ce

rtai

n to

use

thre

adlo

cker

on

the

thre

ads.

18. P

lace

you

r na

me,

add

ress

, A

MA

num

ber

and

tele

phon

e nu

mbe

r on

or

insi

de y

our

mod

el.

❏ 19

. Cyc

le y

our

rece

iver

bat

tery

pac

k (if

nec

essa

ry)

and

mak

e su

re it

is fu

lly c

harg

ed.

❏ 20

. If

you

wis

h to

pho

togr

aph

your

mod

el,

do s

o be

fore

you

r fi r

st fl

ight

.❏

21. R

ange

che

ck y

our

radi

o w

hen

you

get

to t

he

fl yin

g fi e

ld.

FLY

ING

The

Top

Flit

e B

-25J

Mitc

hell

AR

F is

a g

reat

-fl yi

ng m

odel

th

at fl

ies

smoo

thly

and

pre

dict

ably

. The

B-2

5 do

es n

ot,

how

ever

, po

sses

s th

e se

lf-re

cove

ry

char

acte

ristic

s of

a p

rimar

y R

/C t

rain

er a

nd s

houl

d be

fl o

wn

only

by

expe

rienc

ed R

/C p

ilots

.

MO

UN

T T

HE

WIN

GS

Ass

umin

g th

e ou

ter

pane

ls

and

tail

have

be

en

mou

nted

to

the

mod

el a

t th

e w

ork

shop

and

you

’ve

tran

spor

ted

it in

this

con

fi gur

atio

n, c

onne

ct th

e ai

lero

n an

d fl a

p se

rvo

wire

s an

d m

ount

the

out

boar

d pa

nels

to

the

inbo

ard

pane

ls.

FU

EL

MIX

TU

RE

AD

JUS

TM

EN

TS

A fu

lly c

owle

d en

gine

may

run

at a

hig

her t

empe

ratu

re

than

an

un-c

owle

d en

gine

. F

or t

his

reas

on,

the

fuel

m

ixtu

re s

houl

d be

ric

hene

d sl

ight

ly s

o th

e en

gine

ru

ns a

t abo

ut 2

00 r

pm b

elow

pea

k sp

eed.

By

runn

ing

the

engi

ne s

light

ly r

ich,

you

will

hel

p pr

even

t de

ad-

stic

k la

ndin

gs c

ause

d by

ove

rhea

ting.

CA

UT

ION

(T

HIS

A

PP

LIE

S

TO

ALL

R

/C

AIR

PLA

NE

S):

If,

whi

le

fl yin

g,

you

notic

e an

al

arm

ing

or u

nusu

al s

ound

suc

h as

a lo

w-p

itche

d “b

uzz,

” th

is

may

in

dica

te

cont

rol

surfa

ce

fl utte

r. F

lutte

r oc

curs

whe

n a

cont

rol s

urfa

ce (

such

as

an

aile

ron

or e

leva

tor)

or

a fl y

ing

surfa

ce (

such

as

a w

ing

or s

tab)

rap

idly

vib

rate

s up

and

dow

n (t

hus

caus

ing

the

nois

e). I

n ex

trem

e ca

ses,

if n

ot d

etec

ted

imm

edia

tely

, fl u

tter

can

actu

ally

cau

se t

he c

ontr

ol

surfa

ce t

o de

tach

or

the

fl yin

g su

rface

to

fail,

thu

s ca

usin

g lo

ss o

f co

ntro

l fo

llow

ed b

y an

im

pend

ing

cras

h. T

he b

est t

hing

to d

o w

hen

fl utte

r is

det

ecte

d is

to

slow

the

mod

el i

mm

edia

tely

by

redu

cing

po

wer

, the

n la

nd a

s so

on a

s sa

fely

pos

sibl

e. Id

entif

y w

hich

sur

face

fl u

ttere

d (s

o th

e pr

oble

m m

ay b

e re

solv

ed)

by c

heck

ing

all

the

serv

o gr

omm

ets

for

dete

riora

tion

or s

igns

of

vibr

atio

n. M

ake

cert

ain

all

push

rod

linka

ges

are

secu

re a

nd f

ree

of p

lay.

If

it fl u

ttere

d on

ce,

unde

r si

mila

r ci

rcum

stan

ces

it w

ill

prob

ably

fl u

tter

agai

n un

less

the

pro

blem

is

fi xed

. S

ome

thin

gs w

hich

can

cau

se fl

utte

r are

; Exc

essi

ve

hing

e ga

p; N

ot m

ount

ing

cont

rol h

orns

sol

idly

; Poo

r fi t

of

clev

is p

in in

hor

n; S

ide-

play

of

wire

pus

hrod

s ca

used

by

la

rge

bend

s;

Exc

essi

ve

free

pl

ay

in

serv

o ge

ars;

Ins

ecur

e se

rvo

mou

ntin

g; a

nd o

ne o

f th

e m

ost p

reva

lent

cau

ses

of fl

utte

r; fl y

ing

an o

ver-

pow

ered

mod

el a

t exc

essi

ve s

peed

s.

46

TAK

EO

FF

Bef

ore

you

get

read

y to

tak

eoff,

see

how

the

mod

el

hand

les

on

the

grou

nd

by

doin

g a

few

pr

actic

e ru

ns a

t lo

w s

pee

ds

on t

he r

unw

ay.

If ne

cess

ary,

ho

ld a

sm

all

amou

nt o

f “d

own”

ele

vato

r to

kee

p th

e no

se w

heel

on

the

grou

nd.

If ne

cess

ary,

adj

ust

the

nose

whe

el s

o th

e m

odel

will

rol

l st

raig

ht d

own

the

runw

ay—

if yo

ur r

udde

rs a

nd n

ose

stee

ring

serv

os

are

conn

ecte

d to

diff

eren

t ch

anne

ls i

n yo

ur r

ecei

ver

(and

are

ele

ctro

nica

lly m

ixed

), y

ou s

houl

d be

abl

e to

do

this

with

one

of t

he d

ials

on

your

tran

smitt

er. I

f you

ne

ed t

o ca

lm y

our

nerv

es b

efor

e th

e m

aide

n fl i

ght,

shut

the

engi

nes

dow

n an

d br

ing

the

mod

el b

ack

into

th

e pi

ts. T

op o

ff th

e fu

el, a

nd th

en c

heck

all

fast

ener

s an

d co

ntro

l lin

kage

s fo

r pe

ace

of m

ind.

Rem

embe

r to

tak

eoff

into

the

win

d. W

hen

read

y,

poin

t th

e m

odel

str

aigh

t do

wn

the

runw

ay. G

radu

ally

ad

vanc

e th

e th

rottl

e an

d us

e th

e ru

dder

s an

d no

se

stee

ring

to k

eep

the

mod

el t

rack

ing

stra

ight

. G

ain

as m

uch

spee

d as

you

r ru

nway

and

fl y

ing

site

will

pr

actic

ally

allo

w b

efor

e ge

ntly

app

lyin

g up

ele

vato

r, lif

ting

the

mod

el in

to th

e ai

r. A

t thi

s m

omen

t you

may

ne

ed to

app

ly ri

ght r

udde

r to

coun

tera

ct e

ngin

e to

rque

. B

e sm

ooth

on

the

elev

ator

stic

k, a

llow

ing

the

mod

el

to e

stab

lish

a g

entl

e cl

imb

to a

saf

e al

titud

e be

fore

tu

rnin

g in

to t

he t

raffi

c pa

ttern

and

ret

ract

ing

the

gear

(s

houl

d yo

u ch

oose

to d

o so

on

your

mai

den

fl igh

t).

FL

IGH

T

For

rea

ssur

ance

and

to

keep

an

eye

on o

ther

tra

ffi c,

it

is a

goo

d id

ea t

o ha

ve a

n as

sist

ant

on t

he fl

ight

lin

e w

ith y

ou. T

ell h

im t

o re

min

d yo

u to

thr

ottle

bac

k on

ce t

he p

lane

get

s to

a c

omfo

rtab

le a

ltitu

de. W

hile

fu

ll th

rottl

e is

usu

ally

des

irabl

e fo

r ta

keof

f, th

e B

-25

shou

ld fl

y w

ell a

t app

roxi

mat

ely

1/2-

thro

ttle.

Take

it

easy

with

the

B-2

5 fo

r th

e fi r

st f

ew fl

ight

s,

grad

ually

ge

tting

ac

quai

nted

w

ith

it as

yo

u ga

in

confi

den

ce. A

djus

t th

e tr

ims

to m

aint

ain

stra

ight

and

le

vel

fl igh

t. A

fter

fl yin

g ar

ound

for

a w

hile

, an

d w

hile

st

ill a

t a s

afe

altit

ude

with

ple

nty

of fu

el, p

ract

ice

slow

fl igh

t an

d ex

ecut

e pr

actic

e la

ndin

g ap

proa

ches

by

redu

cing

the

thro

ttle

to s

ee h

ow th

e m

odel

han

dles

at

slow

er s

peed

s. E

xten

d th

e fl a

ps a

t low

thro

ttle

setti

ngs

to s

ee h

ow t

he m

odel

rea

cts.

Add

pow

er t

o se

e ho

w

she

clim

bs a

s w

ell.

Con

tinue

to

fl y a

roun

d, e

xecu

ting

vario

us

man

euve

rs

and

mak

ing

men

tal

note

s (o

r ha

ving

you

r ass

ista

nt w

rite

them

dow

n) o

f wha

t trim

or

C.G

. cha

nges

may

be

requ

ired

to fi

ne tu

ne th

e m

odel

so

it

fl ies

the

way

you

lik

e. M

ind

your

fue

l le

vel,

but

use

this

fi rs

t fl ig

ht to

bec

ome

fam

iliar

with

you

r m

odel

be

fore

land

ing.

B-2

5 E

NG

INE

-OU

T F

LYIN

G P

RO

CE

DU

RE

S

One

of

the

prim

ary

conc

erns

whe

n fl y

ing

a tw

in-

engi

ne m

odel

is

"wha

t if

one

engi

ne q

uits

?" W

hile

“e

ngin

e-ou

t” is

nev

er d

esira

ble,

thr

ough

exp

erie

nce

and

test

ing

we

have

dev

elop

ed a

mod

el t

hat

will

not

re

act s

udde

nly

or u

nexp

ecte

dly

and

can

be c

ontr

olle

d w

ell e

noug

h to

get

it s

afel

y ba

ck to

the

grou

nd if

one

en

gine

doe

s qu

it.

The

re a

re tw

o di

ffere

nt a

ppro

ache

s th

at c

an b

e ta

ken

if an

eng

ine

quits

. “P

lan

A”

is t

o fo

llow

the

Sin

gle

E

ng

ine-

Ou

t Pro

ced

ure

s to

car

eful

ly fl

y th

e m

odel

on

one

engi

ne a

llow

ing

you

to b

ring

it cl

oser

to th

e la

ndin

g zo

ne o

r ru

nway

. If,

how

ever

, you

bec

ome

conf

used

or

fi nd

your

self

not

able

to

exec

ute

or u

nder

stan

d th

e pr

oced

ures

, it w

ould

be

safe

r to

go

to “

Pla

n B

” w

hich

is

sim

ply

to c

ut t

he t

hrot

tle o

n th

e re

mai

ning

run

ning

en

gine

and

per

form

a d

ead-

stic

k la

ndin

g sa

me

as

you

wou

ld w

ith a

ny o

ther

mod

el. O

f cou

rse,

you

won

’t ha

ve th

e ab

ility

to fl

y th

e m

odel

clo

ser a

nd w

ill h

ave

to

land

with

the

alti

tude

and

dis

tanc

e gi

ven.

To

exec

ute

a si

ngle

-eng

ine

land

ing

follo

w t

he S

ing

le E

ng

ine-

Ou

t P

roce

du

res

belo

w:

SIN

GL

E E

NG

INE

-OU

T P

RO

CE

DU

RE

S

The

fi rs

t th

ing

to d

o is

rec

ogni

ze t

hat

an e

ngin

e ha

s qu

it. T

his

may

not

be

easy

bec

ause

the

plan

e m

ay n

ot

reac

t im

med

iate

ly o

r th

e si

ngle

run

ning

eng

ine

may

be

diffi

cul

t to

hea

r if

othe

r m

odel

s ar

e al

so in

the

air.

O

nce

you’

ve n

otic

ed th

at a

n en

gine

has

qui

t, th

e ne

xt

thin

g to

do

is d

ecid

e! D

ecid

e w

heth

er t

o co

ntin

ue t

o fl y

on

one

engi

ne u

ntil

you

can

get t

he p

lane

clo

ser,

or

to ju

st k

ill t

he r

unni

ng e

ngin

e an

d m

ake

a de

ad-s

tick

land

ing.

The

Top

Flit

e B

-25

has

fl ow

n bo

th l

eft

and

right

-han

d tu

rns

on a

sin

gle

engi

ne,

turn

ing

both

into

th

e de

ad a

nd in

to th

e ru

nnin

g en

gine

. Bot

h si

tuat

ions

w

ill re

quire

the

coor

dina

ted

use

of ru

dder

and

aile

rons

. T

he

key

to m

akin

g tu

rns

on

on

e en

gin

e is

to s

teer

th

e p

lan

e w

ith

th

e ru

dder

an

d u

se t

he

aile

ron

s o

nly

for

keep

ing

the

win

gs

leve

l. U

sing

the

aile

rons

to

mak

e ba

nked

tur

ns m

ay r

esul

t in

a s

tall

or a

spi

n,

so b

e ce

rtai

n to

use

the

rudd

er fo

r tu

rnin

g.

The

oth

er t

hing

to

keep

in

min

d w

hen

fl yin

g on

one

en

gine

is t

hat

whe

n tu

rnin

g to

war

d th

e de

ad e

ngin

e (m

akin

g a

left-

hand

tur

n w

ith t

he l

eft

engi

ne n

ot

runn

ing)

tur

ns m

ay b

e tig

hter

tha

n yo

u ex

pect

. A

nd

whe

n tu

rnin

g aw

ay f

rom

the

dea

d en

gine

(m

akin

g a

right

-han

d tu

rn w

ith t

he le

ft en

gine

out

) tu

rns

may

be

wid

er t

han

you

expe

ct.

If us

ing

the

aile

rons

for

tu

rnin

g aw

ay fr

om th

e de

ad e

ngin

e th

e no

se w

ill p

itch

up th

e pl

ane

will

slo

w u

ntil

it st

alls

, so

agai

n, d

o yo

ur

turn

ing

with

the

rud

der

and

use

the

aile

rons

to

keep

th

e w

ings

leve

l.

In e

ither

sce

nario

the

oth

er t

hing

to

rem

embe

r is

to

keep

the

airs

peed

up.

Pow

ered

by

one

engi

ne,

ther

e w

ill b

e en

ough

thr

ust

to e

xten

d th

e fl i

ght,

but

the

plan

e w

ill s

low

ly l

ose

altit

ude.

If

too

muc

h ai

rspe

ed

is lo

st, o

ne e

ngin

e w

ill n

ot b

e ab

le to

pro

vide

eno

ugh

pow

er r

ecov

er,

so y

ou w

ill h

ave

to p

oint

the

nos

e do

wn

to g

ain

airs

peed

. If

the

plan

e is

alre

ady

too

low

thi

s m

ay n

ot b

e an

opt

ion,

so

fl at

, la

rge

turn

s ar

e th

e ke

y. W

hen

on t

he fi

nal

leg

app

roac

hing

the

ru

nway

, cu

t th

e ru

nnin

g en

gine

just

the

sam

e as

you

w

ould

if p

erfo

rmin

g a

norm

al a

ppro

ach.

Fla

ps a

re n

ot

reco

mm

ende

d fo

r a s

ingl

e-en

gine

land

ing

unle

ss y

ou

are

sure

ly g

oing

to o

vers

hoot

.

47

If no

t pr

ofi c

ient

w

ith

the

rudd

er

or

if an

xiou

s ab

out

beco

min

g co

nfus

ed

with

si

ngle

en

gine

-out

pr

oced

ures

, it

may

be

safe

r ju

st t

o cu

t th

e th

rottl

e an

d pe

rfor

m a

dea

d-st

ick

land

ing

the

sam

e as

you

w

ould

any

oth

er s

ingl

e-en

gine

pla

ne. O

f co

urse

, yo

u w

ill h

ave

to la

nd w

ith th

e al

titud

e an

d di

stan

ce g

iven

. A

gain

, do

not

ext

end

the

fl aps

on

a si

ngle

-eng

ine

or

engi

ne-o

ut l

andi

ng (

unle

ss y

ou a

re a

lread

y ov

er o

r ve

ry n

ear

the

runw

ay).

Her

e’s

a re

view

of

the

Sin

gle

En

gin

e-O

ut

Pro

ced

ure

s:

1. R

eco

gn

ize

that

an

engi

ne h

as q

uit.

2. D

ecid

e w

heth

er to

con

tinue

fl yi

ng o

n on

e en

gine

or

to c

ut th

e ot

her

engi

ne a

nd d

ead-

stic

k im

med

iate

ly.

3. R

emem

ber

—us

e th

e ru

dder

to d

o th

e tu

rnin

g an

d us

e th

e ai

lero

ns to

kee

p th

e w

ings

leve

l. Tu

rns

arou

nd

the

dead

eng

ine

will

be

tight

er a

nd t

urns

aw

ay f

rom

th

e de

ad e

ngin

e w

ill b

e w

ide.

4. M

ain

tain

you

r ai

rspe

ed.

LA

ND

ING

The

B-2

5 m

ay b

e la

nded

with

or

with

out

fl aps

. Fla

ps

incr

ease

lift

and

dra

g, s

o th

e pl

ane

may

be

land

ed

with

le

ss

grou

nd

spee

d,

thus

sh

orte

ning

ro

llout

af

ter

touc

hdow

n (n

ot a

s m

uch

of a

fac

tor

on g

rass

ru

nway

s).

To i

nitia

te a

lan

ding

app

roac

h, l

ower

the

th

rottl

e w

hile

on

the

dow

nwin

d le

g (p

aral

lel

with

the

ru

nway

, bu

t go

ing

the

oppo

site

dire

ctio

n).

If us

ing

fl aps

, al

low

the

mod

el t

o sl

ow,

then

ext

end

the

fl aps

. C

ontin

ue

to

lose

al

titud

e,

but

mai

ntai

n ai

rspe

ed

by k

eepi

ng t

he n

ose

dow

n as

you

tur

n on

to t

he

cros

swin

d le

g. M

ake

the

fi nal

turn

tow

ard

the

runw

ay

(into

the

win

d) k

eepi

ng t

he n

ose

dow

n to

mai

ntai

n ai

rspe

ed a

nd c

ontr

ol.

If la

ndin

g w

ith fl

aps

kee

p a

few

add

ition

al “

clic

ks”

of p

ower

so

the

mod

el d

oesn

’t sl

ow t

oo

muc

h. L

evel

the

atti

tude

whe

n th

e m

odel

re

ache

s th

e ru

nway

thr

esho

ld a

nd i

s ap

prox

imat

ely

ten

feet

[3 m

eter

s] a

bove

the

grou

nd, m

odul

atin

g th

e th

rottl

e as

nec

essa

ry t

o m

aint

ain

the

glid

e pa

th a

nd

airs

peed

. If

you

are

goin

g to

ove

rsho

ot t

he r

unw

ay,

smoo

thly

adv

ance

the

thr

ottle

(al

way

s re

ady

on t

he

right

rudd

er to

cou

nter

act t

orqu

e) a

nd re

trac

t the

fl ap

s w

hen

enou

gh a

irspe

ed is

gai

ned.

Clim

b ou

t to

mak

e an

othe

r at

tem

pt. W

hen

fi nal

ly r

eady

to

land

and

the

m

odel

is a

foot

or s

o of

f the

dec

k an

d yo

u ar

e re

ady

to

mak

e th

e la

ndin

g fl a

re, s

moo

thly

incr

ease

up

elev

ator

un

til t

he w

heel

s ge

ntly

tou

ch d

own.

Onc

e th

e m

odel

is

on

the

runw

ay a

nd h

as lo

st fl

ying

spe

ed, h

old

dow

n el

evat

or to

hol

d th

e no

se o

n th

e gr

ound

. No

te: I

f eve

r th

e oc

casi

on a

rises

whe

n a

dead

-stic

k la

ndin

g m

ust

be p

erfo

rmed

, do

not

ext

end

the

fl aps

unt

il ce

rtai

n

the

mod

el w

ill b

e ab

le t

o re

ach

the

land

ing

zone

(on

de

ad-s

tick

land

ings

it is

com

mon

to la

nd w

ith n

o fl a

ps

at a

ll). W

ithou

t eng

ine

pow

er, fl

aps

can

une

xpec

tedl

y re

duce

the

mod

el’s

ran

ge, t

hus

caus

ing

you

to c

ome

up s

hort

of t

he fi

eld.

One

fi n

al n

ote

abou

t fl y

ing

your

B-2

5 A

RF.

Hav

e a

goal

or

fl igh

t pl

an i

n m

ind

for

ever

y fl i

ght.

The

goa

l co

uld

be le

arni

ng a

new

man

euve

r, pe

rfec

ting

know

n m

aneu

vers

, or

lea

rnin

g ho

w t

he m

odel

beh

aves

in

cert

ain

cond

ition

s (s

uch

as o

n hi

gh o

r low

rate

s). T

his

is n

ot n

eces

saril

y to

impr

ove

your

ski

lls (

thou

gh it

is

neve

r a

bad

idea

!),

but

mor

e im

port

antly

so

you

do

not

surp

rise

your

self

by i

mp

uls

ivel

y at

tem

ptin

g a

man

euve

r w

ithou

t pl

anni

ng. E

very

man

euve

r sh

ould

be

del

iber

ate.

For

exa

mpl

e, if

per

form

ing

a lo

op, p

lan

it ou

t—ch

eck

your

alti

tude

, m

ind

the

win

d di

rect

ion

(ant

icip

atin

g ru

dder

cor

rect

ions

tha

t w

ill b

e re

quire

d to

mai

ntai

n he

adin

g),

rem

embe

r to

thr

ottle

bac

k on

th

e do

wn

side

, an

d m

ake

cert

ain

you

are

on t

he

desi

red

rate

s (h

igh/

low

rat

es).

A fl

ight

pla

n gr

eatly

re

duce

s th

e ch

ance

s of

cra

shin

g ju

st b

ecau

se o

f poo

r pl

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ng a

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puls

ive

mov

es. R

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to

th

ink!

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e a

bal

l! B

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alw

ays

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in c

on

tro

l an

d fl

y in

a s

afe

man

ner

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GO

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LU

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AN

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FLY

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!

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