User Manual

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Congratulations from the MULTIPLEX team on your
choice of the new Pilatus PC-6!
The full-size Pilatus PC-6 Turbo Porter is a single-engined,
seven-seater STOL aircraft (Short Take-off and Landing),
designed as a highly versatile workhorse, and made by the
Swiss manufacturer Pilatus Aircraft. It is widely employed as
a bush aircraft, support machine, air ambulance, skydiver
transport and crop-duster. The original aeroplane is powered
by a single turbo-prop engine.
The ELAPOR® Pilatus PC-6 takes the form of a semi-scale
model incorporating many detail features. For example, it
includes all the simulated rivets and panel lines, aerials, a
glazed cockpit, a scale sprung undercarriage and an attrac-
tive painted ! nish. The wings and tailplane are detachable.
The model is very attractive on two counts: its intriguing ap-
pearance and its high fun factor - the machine offers plenty
of the latter! Our Pilatus PC-6 has large control surfaces,
ample power and beautifully balanced handling in the air,
with the result that it is perfectly capable of vertical climbs,
aerobatic manoeuvres including knife-edge passes, and
even torque rolls! With its large landing # aps the aeroplane
can also manage extremely short take-off and landing runs
- just like the full-size machine.
A # oats set is available for the Pilatus PC-6 as an optional
extra. Fit the # oats, and you can look forward to hours of
fun # ying from snow as well as water.
Highlights:
• Powerful brushless electric motor
• Available in two attractive colour schemes
• Factory-assembled, painted ! nish, decals already
applied
• Sprung scale undercarriage with large wheels
• Offset-hinged landing # aps for steep descents and
short take-off runs
Assembly:
The following tools are required to build the model:
• Small cross-point screwdriver
• Large cross-point screwdriver
• Pointed-nose pliers
• 10 mm A/F open-ended spanner
• Thread-lock # uid
• Paper masking tape or Tesa tape
• Spring steel wire or # orist’s wire
• Zacki Elapor adhesive
Please check that all components are present by referring
to the Parts List on page 15 (pic 01 & 02).
1. Attaching the undercarriage (pic. 03-08):
Screw the upper spring strut components 9 to the fuse-
lage 3 in the marked position below the cockpit using the
retaining screws 10 (M3 x 20 mm). Slip the compression
springs 8 (7 Ø x 23 mm) onto the upper spring struts 9. Join
the two strut components, i.e. the upper part attached to
the fuselage, and the lower part (which is integral with the
main undercarriage 7), pushing the wire undercarriage into
the channels in the bottom of the fuselage 3; you will hear
it snap into place.
2. Attaching the tailplane (pic. 09-13):
Remove the servo access hatch 5 on the underside of the
fuselage 3, and place it to one side. Slide the tailplane 11
half-way into the slot in the fuselage as shown. Locate the
connector barrel on the elevator servo (L.H. servo, as seen
from the tail), loosen the M2 cross-point screw as shown,
and pull the elevator pushrod aft slightly. Use pointed-nose
pliers to connect the elevator pushrod to the elevator horn,
working from the right-hand side as shown below. Now push
the tailplane - with pushrod connected - fully into the slot
in the fuselage, checking that the pushrod is still located in
the hole in the connector barrel at the servo. Secure the
tailplane by ! tting the cross-point screw 24 (M4 x 45 mm)
from the underside. Tighten the screw only lightly, otherwise
you could compress the foam excessively.
Switch your radio control system on, and set the elevator
servo to centre (neutral). Apply a drop of thread-lock # uid to
the M2 screw in the swivel connector to prevent the elevator
pushrod working loose, then tighten the clamping screw
! rmly; use pointed-nose pliers to prevent the connector
barrel rotating. The servo access hatch can now be re-! tted.
3. Mounting the propeller and spinner (pic14-16):
The propeller 16 must be balanced carefully before it is
installed. We recommend our propeller balancer, # 33
2355, for this.
Assemble the propeller, i.e. the taper collet 20, the taper
collet adapter 21, the spinner backplate 17, the propeller 16,
the washer 22 and the retaining nut 23, and ! t this assembly
on the motor shaft.
Tighten the retaining nut ! rmly using a 10 mm A/F open-end-
ed spanner, then turn the propeller by hand to check that
the spinner backplate runs true.
Now ! t the spinner cone 18, and cautiously tighten the two
retaining screws 19 (2.3 Ø x 8 mm) to secure it. Check again
that the spinner runs true. If the tip of the spinner “wobbles”,
loosen the retaining screws slightly, or remove the spinner
cone, turn it through 180° and try again. Check once more,
and continue adjusting until the spinner runs exactly true.