User Manual
When the
glue
has set
hard
(at
least
24 hours)'
rernove lhe
tape.
cut the
cotton lhread
on
lhe underside
of the
fuselage
and
pull
it slowly
through
and under
the canopy.
Carefully
prise
the
canopy
away
from the
luselage.
lhen
press
lhe
canopy
moulding onto
the cabin
frame all
round.
Remove
the
felt-tip
marks, checkthecanopy
lor{it, and carryout
any
linal lrimming
required.
Paint a
white strip about
5
mm
wide round lhe
edge of
the
canopy.
Use
plastic
masking
tape
with an
absolutely
straight
edge
lor this.
Rub down the
edge to
be
painled wilh
400-grit abrasive
paper
belore
applying
the
paint.
The canopy
latch actualing
pin
can
now be cul
down
carefullylo
a
minimum
length,
sothat
il
is
less conspicuous.
Film-covering
the
wings
Belore covering
the
wings
and
lail surfaces
with f
ilm'
sand
all
surlaces
carefully.
fillany irregularities
and sand
smooth.
The
linal rubbing down
should
be
wilh
400'gril abrasive
Daoer.
Remove all lraces
ol sanding
dust
with
compressed
air
or by
brushing.
Caution:
do
not apply sanding
sealer
to
any
surlace
to be
covered
with
heat-shrink
lilm.
The
lilm can
now be
ironed on, starting
on
the underside
ol
one
wing.
Cut
panels
ol
lilm to approximale
size.
Lay one
sheet
on lhe
wing
and
peeloffthe
backing
sheet
(i|?resent)
lron the edges
to the
structure
all
round, after
establishing
the
correct
temperature
with a scrap
piece
of
lilm.
Slit
the
lilm
where necessary
to clear
linkages and
horns.
Warm up
the
film
with a
heat
gun
and
rub
it
down
onto
the
wood using
a
woollen cloth
while still
hot. On the underside
of the
wing,
start
in
lhe
cenlre
ol the
undercambered
area
When
working
with heat-shrink
film
please
take
care
not to
leave
the
iron or the
heatgun
in one spot
lortoo
long, aslhe
loam
core
may
be damaged
if its temperature
reaches about
60
degrees
Celsius.
Cut off excess
lilm with a
razor blade
and
iron the
edges
down again.
Repeat the
process
wilh the
top
surface
of
the same
panel.
lmportant:
Thetopandbottom
surfaces
ol each
panel
should
be covered
on
the same
day,
otherwise
variations
in air
humidity
might cause
the
wing lo
warp
(humidily
affecls
the
length of
the
wing skins)
The film should
be
lolded into the
airbrake
wells and
ironed
down,
to
prevent
damp
penetraling
the
wood
ll
you
have
dilliculty
making
the
f ilm adhere
in
difficult
places (aiörake
well, trailing
edge),
apply
a coat
of
Balsarite
(Order
No.
67
3692)
before
sticking
the
lilm down.
The ailerons
and elevalors
can be
covered
with a single
piece
of
f ilm
per
panel.
Tack the
lilm in
place
along
theinside
of the bevelled
face and
lold it onto the
top surface.
Slit
the
excess
at lhe
ends,
iron the
film down,
and cut
ofllhe
excess
at the
ends.
Fold the
film
round onto lhe
underside,
lack
it
along
the
inside of
the bevelled
face once
more and
cut
ofl
the
excess.
Shrink
lhe
film
with the
heat
gun
and
press
down
all over.
Now
lold the aileron
down
to
its normal
position
and check
that
it moves
lreely up
and down
Move
it to
its
"full
down"
Installing
the
radio
control
equipment
position,
taking
care
not to unstick
the
lirst strip of
tape'
Apply a second
strip
of adhesive
tape along
lhe
top ol
the
The servos
can
now be
installed
in the
luselage.
Fit the
hinge
line. The
dividing
line
between
wing and aileron
clevis
35 about
halt-way
onto
tne threaded
po-rlion
ol the
should
be exaclly
down the
centre
of the
tape
hinge'
threaded
coupler
36
and
connect
the clevis
to the
servo
If
you
now
lold the aileron
right up
and
lhen down
a
number
;tpü;;'".
Tfie
guide
tubes atready
in
place
in the
fuselage
ol times,
the two
strips
of tape
will
bond
in the centre'
lo
us;ally
have to
be shortened
in the
cabin
area.
produce
a
perfect
tape
hinge'
28
They can be
cut lhrough
with a
sharp
kife,
leaving
just
suf
f icient space
between
servo output
arm
and
the lube
end
for a clevis
and
threaded
coupler,
when the
servo
is
at
its
end-point.
Slip the
bowden
cable
supports
50 onto
both
bowden
cable
outers.
Set the
control surlaces
and servos
to
neulral, and
the
airbrakes
lo
fully closed.
Mark the
correct
length ol the
linkage
rods
lor the control
surfaces
(bearing
in mind
lhat
the
sockel
in the threaded
couplers
is about
10 mm deep)
using
a felftip
pen,
cut
the
rods to
length and de-bu
rrlhe cut
ends.
Roughen up
the steel
rods, and solder
them
into the
threaded
couplers.
Check that
the bowden
cables are
as straight
as
possible,
and
give
them
extra
support
by
gluing
them
to the
fuselage
side
at several
points
using epoxy
and
small
blocks
of wood
where
necessary. Glue
the bowden
cable
outer
supports
60
lo
the
rear former
26 to
provide
additional
support
Check
thal
the control
surlace
neutral
positions
and
throws
are
correct,
and
that all
systems
work
lreely. Check
also
that
the
control
"sense"
is correcl,
i.e.
moving the
rudder stick
lo
the
right
results
in
the
rudder
moving to
the
right
lf neces-
sary,
reverse
the direction
of
rotation
ol any servo
at the
lransmitter.
or use
a servo
reversing
module.
Check
that all
control
surfaces,
and
in
particular
the aarbra-
kes, are
able
to
move to the servos'
extremes
ol lravel
without
being
mechanically
obstructed
at any
point
A
stalled
servo consumes
a
very
high
currenl,
and lhus
depletes
lhe
receiver
battery
in a
very shorl time.
Fit the
receiver
battery
into
the
{uselage
nose and
pack
it
round
with
loam rubber.
Screw
the battery
cover
inplace
lo
secure
il. The
receiver battery
should
have a
capacily
of
at
least
1200 mAh.
For extra security
we
recommend
the
MULTIPLEX
-
Secu
battery
system.
The receiver
can
either be
lixed on the servo
plate
with
Velcro
(hook-and-loop tape),
or
you
can
wrap
il in foam
rubber
and
push
it
underthe
servo
plate.
The receiver aerial
can usually
be
deployed
inside lhe
luselage,
slipping
it
inside a
length ol
plaslic
tubing
(bowden cable oute0,
which
is lelt loose
in the
fuselage.
On
no
account
use
metaltubing
!
Mount the
On/Ofl
swilch
on the servo
plate
23 inside the
luselage.
The canopy
is
taken
off
to switch
lhe
radio on or
off
.
Attaching
the ailerons
and
elevator
When the
wings, ailerons,
tailplane
and elevator
are com-
pletely
finished,
the control
surfaces
are
hinged using
the
adhesive
tape
58.
Disconnect
the
linkage
from the aileron
hom. and
lold lhe
aileron up
as
far as
it will
go,
i.e. resling
inverted
on the
top surface
of the
wing. Adjust
the spanwise
oosition
ot the aileron
so that the
end
gaps
are
ol equal
width, and
apply
a single
strip
of tape
along
the
inside ol the
hinge
line.
lt is
important
not to
leave any
gap
between
aileron
and
wing. Cut off
excess
tape.