Fei Bao F18-f Assembly Manual - page 23
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F E I B A O F 1 8 – f
9: COCKPIT WITH PILOTS (OPTIONAL)
If you purchased the F18-f cockpit then you will need to also purchase some pilots. You can
put a couple George Bush 1/7 scale dolls in there but you will have to cut off the legs, and if you
get some F4 jet dolls then you will have to shorten there body and cut off there legs, Also the
bottom of the seat needs to be removed. Just look at the pictures below for clarification. You can
use some epoxy to secure them in after you check for clearance in the canopy.
You may have to trim the edges of the cockpit to get it to fit in the fuselage, try to have it just
sit on the indented edge so the canopy can keep it in place when installed. After you get a good
fit continue on with the pilots if you choose to do so.
10: PREPARING THE EQUIPMENT TRAY:
There are a number of different ways to setup your equipment tray including the air system, there are
fail-safe valves for the retracts, electronic valves that do not require a servo. The list can go on which is to
lengthy for us to review in this manual, so to keep it basic we will only install mainly the basics that come
with the combo package. The best thing to do is get every thing you are going to install in your model and
try to fit it on the tray first before you proceed, keeping in mind the Center of Gravity (CG). The batteries
are usually the last things to install and usually go in the nose but that would depend also if you are
installing the cockpit with Doll pilots or not.
One option is you could use one valve to operate the gears and the pneumatic brakes by the amount of
servo movement. Behotec sells this valve if you are going to be short on Radio channels. Also you could
use this same valve for the doors, retracts and brakes by having a stop valve that the retract touches when
it retracts. This stop valve only lets air pass through to close the doors after the retracts have retracted.
There is also a UP3 valve that has a delay valve in it for your doors. It is some times best to study what is
out there first before you proceed.
We will be using a UP3, a Proportional brake valve made by BVM and one of the valves that is
included in the combo package with 3 ports for the air brakes. If you are going to put in a cockpit then the
main tray will not give you very much room and it will be a lot easier if you put in another tray. The new
tray can be placed in front of the main fuel tank in the nose section like the next picture shows. You can
use 4 blocks on each corner of the tray and glue them to the fuselage then screw the tray in place after you
install every thing you want on it. Also making sure you mark the holes where the mounting screws go.