Congratulations AJ Aircra thanks you for the purchase of this airplane. Top grade materials and precision assembly has gone into this to make this a top quality aircra. Following the direcons closely, will assure you many hours of thrilling flight. WARNING! AJ Aircra s extensive tesng ensures a high quality kit that has gone through many stages to provide you with a safe, reliable, airframe. Poor assembly will lead to an unsafe model and therefore the instrucons must be followed closely. Should you have any quesons, please do not hesitate to contact us. The safe operaon of this model is your responsibility and yours alone. If you are a beginner or have never flown a model of this size and power, you should a)empt without the help of an experienced pilot. This product should not be considered a toy, but rather a sophiscated, working model that funcons much like a full-scale airplane. Because of its performance capabilies, this product, if not assembled and operated correctly, could cause injury to you or spectators and damage to property Table of Contents I. Important Safety Precauons... II. Warranty, Liability Waiver, and Return Policy.. III. Specificaons... IV. Parts List... V. Assembly Instrucons... VI. Setup and Adjustments... VII. Preparaon for transport and field setup... VIII. Preflight checks... Recommended Tools For Compleon I. Metric & Standard Allen Wrenches II. Hot Knife III. Thirty Minute Epoxy IV. Fieen Minute Epoxy V. Thin C/A VI. Two 12 inch, one 18 inch, & one 24 inch Servo Extensions VII. Masking Tape VIII. Denatured Alcohol IX. Blue Locte X. 3 Spinner
Section 1 Wings 1) Ulizing a hot knife, cut carefully and remove the covering exposing the servo pocket located on the underside of each wing. 2) Carefully locate and cut the aileron control horn slot on the underside of the aileron. 3) Using low tack masking tape, tape around the edges of the aileron control horn slot leaving slot exposed. 4) Remove the aileron control horn from bag and slightly roughen the surface the epoxy will go on to assure good adhesion. 5) Using the 15 minute epoxy, apply epoxy to the control horn and then insert in slot paying close a)enon to orientaon. 6) Clean any excess epoxy using a piece of paper towel soaked with the alcohol and remove tape. Let the epoxy cure before proceeding. 7) A)ach 12 inch servo extensions onto the servo leads and using the string inside the wing tape the extension to the string and pull the extension through the wing. It is highly recommended that you ulize a method to prevent the servo from disconnecng from the extension. One recommendaon is to place heat shrink tubing over the juncon between the servo and extension and then shrink it to keep the connecon secure. 8) Install servos into wing ulizing the hardware that came with the servos. Tip: Drill pilot holes for the screws and then install the screws. Remove the screws and then ulizing thin CA, place the CA in the and around the screw holes lehng the CA dry. This will harden the area and provide a more secure mount 9) Double check that the pre-installed aileron hinges are secure with a slight tug on the control surface.
Section 2 Fuselage 1) Remove the fuselage and using the hot knife, remove the covering from the areas to allow the dowels, wing tube, aileron extensions and wing capture bolt to pass through. 2) Carefully remove the covering exposing the horizontal stabilizer slot. 3) Test fit the horizontal stabilizer making sure it is centered and aligned to the fuselage. 4) Ulizing a Sharpie draw lines top and bo)om on the horizontal stab along the side of the fuselage and then remove the stab from the fuselage. 5) Draw a line parallel to and approximately 1/8 of an inch inboard of the lines previously made. 6) Using your hot knife CAREFULLY cut along the new inboard lines and remove the covering being careful not to cut into the sheeng. 7) Refit the horizontal stab checking it is centered and square. making sure that the horizontal stabilizer is aligned at right angles to the fuselage by measuring the distance between the canopy release latch and the outside end of each half of the horizontal stabilizer and adjust the horizontal stabilizer so this distance is the same on both sides of the fuselage. Tip: Verify horizontal stabilizer is parallel to the plane of the wing. This can be done by ulizing a small bubble level on the horizontal stab and leveling the fuselage. Lightly sand the saddle to achieve level. 8) Tape around the opening on the fuselage to prevent excess epoxy from adhering to the covering 9) Using 30-minute epoxy, secure the horizontal stab. Into its slot at the rear of the fuselage, making sure it is centered Tip: To prevent excess epoxy from pushing out, brush epoxy onto the horizontal stab on one side of the exposed area, top and bo)om and then slide in from that side. E.g.,, spread epoxy on the le hand side, top and bo)om of the horizontal stab about 50 percent across. Then, slowly from the right hand side of the airplane, insert the stab allowing the epoxy to be spread over the remainder of the exposed surface of the stabilizer. Clean up any excess with denatured alcohol on a rag. 10) Before this epoxy thickens, again make sure that the horizontal stabilizer is aligned at right angles, centered, and parallel. Once sasfied, clean up any excess and remove masking tape. A li)le more me here goes a long way to good flight characteriscs.
Section 2 Fuselage Elevator (continued) Installaon of Elevator Control Hinges 11) Test fit all hinges into elevator and horizontal stabilizer to make sure alignment and posion is correct. Also make sure there is enough clearance between the elevator joiner so as not to rub on the fuselage. Should there be clearance issues, you may touch it up with a Dremel and a sanding drum 12) Clean the points with denatured alcohol. 13) Beginning with the control surface side, apply 15 minute epoxy onto the ps of each hinge and carefully insert into the hole making sure epoxy does not squeeze out, gehng into the hinge. 14) Once cured, now we can a)ach the control surface to the horizontal stabilizer. Begin by starng on one side, puhng epoxy into the groove which the joiner will be. Place epoxy on the ps of the hinge points and carefully begin inserng them into the horizontal stabilizer. As you connue to press them into place, place the joiner into the slot, making sure the flat end goes into the control surface and the angled end remains exposed. Now onto the other side. Place epoxy into the slot of the other elevator half and Tip: A drop of light machine oil on the hinge itself will keep the epoxy from scking to it on hinge points and install, making sure epoxy does not get into the hinge itself. A couple of pieces of masking tape across the control surface and stabilizer will hold it in place unl epoxy cures. Installaon of Rudder Control Hinges The installaon of the rudder follows the same steps as the installaon of that of the elevator control surfaces.
Section 3 Fuselage Landing Gear Tail Gear 1) Remove tail gear from package and associated screws. 2) Slide the rod on the tail gear through the ball link on the bo)om of the rudder. 3) Line up the bolt holes in the landing gear mount with those on the bo)om of the fuselage. 4) Place a drop of blue Locte on the bolt and screw them in place securely. Tip: It is a good idea to clean the threads with the denatured alcohol and let dry before applying the blue Locte to assure a good bond. Main Landing Gear 1) Remove landing gear covers and slide onto the landing gear legs with screw holes to the inboard aligning the holes in the cover with those in the landing gear 2) Using the sheet metal style screws included in the landing gear hardware package (total of 4), screw these in place. The screws should pass through the holes in the landing gear strut. Tighten unl snug and have passed through the hole without puncturing through the other side. 3) The screws to mount the landing gear to the fuselage are located screwed into the blind nuts. Remove these screws. Slide the wood filler block between the landing gear covers on the underside of the gear. 4) Place a drop of blue Locte on the screw and using a long allen wrench, pass the screw through the block and through the pre-drilled hole in the landing gear, aligning it with the screw holes in the fuselage and secure. A)ach the remaining screws. 5) Remove the axles from the bag and a)ach to the landing gear using the included locknuts. 6) Install wheels on axles using supplied wheel collars. Tip: Install set screws in wheel collar and ghten on axle. Remove the set screws, wheel, and wheel collar and use a file to create a flat for the set screw to rest on. Clean the set screws with denatured alcohol and place a drop of purple Locte on them prior to installing 7) To install wheel pants, slide over re and align horizontally. Marking the locaon of drilling the mounng holes on the wheel pants by marking through the holes on the landing gear. Ulize the hardware included in the Landing Gear bag.
Section 4 Fuselage Motor Mount (Electric) 1) Remove pre-fabricated motor mount. 2) Align the motor mount with the lines on the fuselage. 3) Make sure the mount is level and ulize masking tape to hold the mount in place. 4) Mark and drill 4 holes for the mounng 5) Install mount using supplied hardware. 6) Once mount is in place, install the electric motor.
Section 5 Radio Installation & Setup Suggested Servo Extension Lengths: Elevator 24 inch Speed Controller 18 inch Ailerons 12 inch with 6 inch extension coming from receiver While the final setup is of personal preference, these are some general guidelines to make your first flight a success Low Rates: A. Elevator : 15 degrees B. Aileron : 15 degrees C. Rudder : 20 degrees Control Throws: High Rates: A. Elevator : 45 degrees B. Aileron : 45 degrees C. Rudder : 45 degrees Exponenal to suit individual preference. Measured from leading edge of wing near the root Center of Gravity: 157 mm (6 3/16 inch) to 168 mm (6 2/3 inch)