TURBO RAVEN EXP 69 inch electric ARF assembly manual Copyright Extreme Flight 2019 1
Please take a few moments to read this instruction manual in its entirety before beginning assembly. We have outlined a fast, clear and easy method to assemble this aircraft and familiarizing yourself with this process will aid in a quick, easy assembly. Please read the following paragraphs before beginning assembly of your aircraft! THIS IS NOT A TOY! Serious injury, destruction of property, or even death may result from the misuse of this product.
Greetings and congratulations on your purchase of the Extreme Flight RC 69 inch Turbo Raven EXP! This revolutionary new airframe designed by our good friend Cody Wojcik is insanely capable, precise, and pure feeling on just a 6S power system.
Tips for Success: 1. Before starting assembly, take a few minutes to read the entire instruction manual to familiarize yourself with the assembly process. 2. Please take a few minutes and go over all the seams on the aircraft with a covering iron on a medium heat setting. 3. Apply a couple drops of CA to high stress areas such as anti-rotation pins, landing gear mounts, servo trays and motor box joints . 4. When applying decals, first clean the area where the decal will be applied with alcohol.
Items needed for completion -Masking tape. -Hobby knife with #11 blades. -Hobby sealing iron. -Thin and medium CA. We highly recommend Mercury M5T thin and M100XF medium formulas as well as the Mercury glue tips. -Pacer Formula 560 Canopy Glue. -Silicon glue (Goop) -Blue Loctite. -Electric drill with an assortment of small drill bits. -Small flat head and Phillip's head screw drivers. -Standard and needle nose pliers. -Metric balldriver or allen key set. -Sanding block and sandpaper.
Let's begin! 1. Locate the 2 wing panels with ailerons as well as the 2 G10 aileron control horns and base plates. Remove the aileron and pull the hinges from the wing and aileron. Use Pacer Formula 560 Canopy Glue to secure the hinges. This glue works very well in this application and cleans up easily with water. Apply the glue to both the hinge holes and the hinges themselves and push the surfaces together leaving a minimal gap between them.
2. Remove the covering over the slot for the aileron horn on the bottom of the aileron with a sharp hobby blade. Make sure you are doing this on the bottom of the aileron! Insert the horn into the base plate and into the slot in the aileron. Use a fine tipped felt marker to trace the base plate. Use a sharp blade to remove the covering under the base plate. Scuff the control horn's gluing surface with sandpaper and glue the horn and baseplate in place with medium CA. 3.
4. Locate the fuselage, carbon fiber main gear, wheel pants, fairings, wheels, axles and related hardware for mounting the landing gear. Use the provided mounting hardware to secure the main gear to the fuselage. Be sure to apply blue thread lock to the bolts before inserting into the gear and pre-installed blind nuts. 5. Secure the landing gear cover to the carbon gear with a couple beads of white glue or silicon glue and tape in place until the glue sets.
6. Glue the landing gear fairings into place against the fuselage side with silicon glue or medium CA applied to the carbon gear leg. 7. Secure the provided axles to the landing gear with a washer and nylon insert lock nut.
8. Slide the wheel onto the axle and secure with a wheel collar. Be sure to apply Blue Loctite to the set screw in the wheel collar. 9. Slide the wheel pants into position and secure with a 3mm bolt. You may need to open the slot in the wheel pant for proper fit over the axle. Again use Blue Loctite on the bolt.
10. Locate the rudder and rudder control horns and base plates. Trial fit the horns into position in their pre-cut slots and confirm alignment. Trace around the baseplate, and remove the covering under the baseplate. Glue the horns into position using 30 minute epoxy. Wipe away any excess epoxy with a paper towel soaked in denatured alcohol, re-confirm alignment and set aside to dry.
11. Mount the rudder servo in the rudder tray in the fuselage. Assemble the pull-pull cables as shown and secure to the servo arm and control horns with the provided 2mm hardware. The pull-pull cables should be crossed.
12. Install the tailwheel assembly as shown.
13. Locate the horizontal stab/elevator assembly. Remove the elevator from the stab. Insert the stab into the fuselage and the wing tube into its socket and confirm alignment. Glue the stab in place with a combination of thin and medium CA. 14. Glue the elevator horn and baseplate into position on the bottom left elevator with medium CA. 15. Lightly sand the composite elevator joiner and then glue the left elevator half onto the stab using Formula 560 glue on the hinges.
. Coat the portion of the elevator joiner that will insert into the slot in the right elevator half with 30 minute epoxy. Coat the slot in the elevator with epoxy as well. Apply glue to the hinges and hinge slots and push the assembly together. Clean up the excess glue and then secure with masking tape until dry. Use a small clamp to ensure that the counterbalances stay aligned with the elevator during the drying process. 17.
18. Prepare your motor of choice for mounting by attaching the prop adapter and radial mount. If using the Dualsky G-1500.5 outrunner you will need to remove the radial mount and secure it to the motorbox first. 19.The Dualsky G-1500.5 motors that Extreme Flight supplies include 8mm standoffs that were specially made by Dualsky to get the total length of the motor to the same length as the Torque 4016/500. Use these standoff when mounting the G-1500.5 in the Turbo Raven.
20. Install your choice of motor with the provided 4mm mounting bolts making sure to use a generous amount of Blue Loctite on each bolt. Mount the ESC on the bottom of the motor box and secure the motor wires to keep them from flapping around and getting chaffed. I used a piece of scrap foam padding to protect the ESC from vibration and secured the ESC with nylon cable ties. ***Please note at the time this picture was taken we had yet to receive the aluminum standoffs so a wooden spacer was fabricated.
22. Trim and glue the clear air scoop into the opening in the lower portion of the cowl with medium CA or Goop. 23. Cut 4 strips of masking tape from the roll. Place the strips onto the fuselage and mark the location of the blind nuts that are installed in the cowl mounting tabs with a felt tip pen. Roll the tape back and slide the cowl into position using the spinner to help with alignment. When satisfied roll the tape back into position to secure the cowl.
24. Open the holes to accept the 3mm bolts and secure the cowl with 4 3mm bolts and washers. Be sure to apply a drop of Blue Loctite to each bolt. 25. Mount your choice of prop and the included Cyclone vented spinner.
26. Secure the SFGs and wing tips to the wing with 2 3mm bolts. 27. Slide the wing tube into the fuselage and slide the wings onto the tube. Secure with 2 3mm bolts and washers inserted through the wing retention tabs and into the pre-installed blind nuts. Use a drop of Blue Loctite on the bolts. 28. Mount your receiver on the tray behind the wingtube as shown in the previous picture. 29. Attach a strip of Velcro to the battery tray and use a Velcro strap to secure your battery.
Set-up and flying tips I have found the ideal CG for the Turbo Raven to be at the center of the wing tube. This is a safe place to start and depending on your flying style you can adjust the position of the battery to alter the CG to accommodate your preferences. For this type of aircraft where I am going to predominantly fly aggressive 3D I typically set the airplane up with a neutral CG, meaning that when the aircraft is flown inverted straight and level it requires no down elevator to maintain altitude.
