Summary of L367BY
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1 72" muscle coupe copyright 2017 extreme flight.
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2 please take a few moments to read this instruction manual 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 build. Please read the following paragraph before beginning assembly ...
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3 congratulations on your purchase of the legacy aviation muscle coupe! Explore the golden age of aviation where "stick and rudder" flying is the order of the day. Loosely based on one of the vintage classics from the golden era, the muscle coupe is a sport-scale aircraft with style, class and the e...
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4 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 ca to high stres...
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5 items needed for completion: ✓ masking tape. ✓ hobby knife with #11 blades. ✓ thin and medium ca. We highly recommend mercury m5t thin and m100xf medium formulas as well as the mercury glue tips. ✓ acetone for clean up. ✓ blue loctite. ✓ electric drill with an assortment of small drill bits. ✓ sma...
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6 wing assembly 1. Locate the 2 wing panels as well as the composite aileron and flap control horns. Use sandpaper to scuff the portion of the control horn that will be glued into the surface. For a more finished look you may wish to paint your control horns before installation. Do not paint the por...
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7 2. Dry fit the horns into their respective slots and trim any debris from the slot until the control horn seats properly against the control surface. 3. Apply medium ca to the aileron and flap control horn slots and to the scuffed area of the control horns. Install the control horns into their res...
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8 5. You will need to attach a 6" servo extension to your aileron servo to reach the wing root. The flap servo wire will reach the root with no extension attached. Secure the extension to the servo lead with ef servo safety clips or heat shrink tubing. We highly recommend the use of our multi-wire s...
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9 the ball link makes this task much easier. Be very careful not to screw the pushrod in too far and damage the ball link! Here is the approximate length for the aileron and flap pushrods..
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10 8. Use the supplied 2mm bolts, washers and nuts to affix the pushrod to the servo arm and control horn as shown for both the flap and aileron. Repeat for the other wing half. Take a few minutes to go over all seams and stripes with a hobby iron on a medium heat setting..
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11 9. Install the 2 axles onto the main landing gear as shown. 10. Slide the wheel onto the axle and secure with one of the supplied wheel collars. Be sure to use blue loctite on the collar's set screw. Slide the wheel pant over the wheel and secure with the provided 3mm bolts..
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12 11. Mount the landing gear assembly by inserting the 3 supplied 3mm bolts through the landing gear cover, through the gear itself and into the pre-installed blind nuts. Again sue blue loctite on all bolts! 12. Glue the balsa gear fairings in place with goop silicon based glue and tape in place un...
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13 13. Prepare the horizontal and vertical stabilizers for installation by installing the control horns with medium ca and securing the elevator hinges with thin ca. Do not glue the rudder hinges at this time. 14. Slide the horizontal stabilizer/elevator assembly into place and verify alignment with...
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14 15. Insert the 2 carbon alignment tubes into place and trial fit the vertical stabilizer into the recessed notch in the top of the fuselage. When satisfied with the alignment glue in place with ca. 16. Slide the rudder onto the hinges and secure with thin ca..
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15 17. Place the tailwheel assembly on the bottom rear of the fuselage with the pivot point on the hinge line. Drill two holes with a 1/16" drill bit using the mounting holes in the tailwheel bracket as guides. Run the mounting screws in and out of the holes and apply a drop of thin ca to the holes....
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16 19. Secure an 18 inch servo extension to the elevator servo lead with a servo safety clip or heat shrink tubing. Use the hardware provided with your servo to mount the elevator servo in the rear of the fuselage with the output shaft toward the rear of the plane. Assemble the linkage as you did pr...
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17 21. Install the rudder servo in the provided location inside the forward fuselage. Slide the pushrod into place and secure with the provided ez- link as shown. Loctite all bolts! 22. Secure the radial mount and prop adapter to the torque 4016t/500 and mount the motor to the motorbox using the sup...
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18 23. Mount the esc on the bottom of the battery tray with velcro or nylon cable ties. 24. Use a pair of rc car body scissors to trim the radial engine cowl insert. Center it in the cowl and glue in pace with ca or goop..
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19 25. Locate the 2 hardwood cowl spacer blocks. These glue to the two top mounting tabs. You may wish to paint these so that they blend in with the color scheme. Glue in place with ca. 26. Slide the cowl into place and verify alignment, making sure the prop shaft is centered in the cowl opening. Yo...
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20 27. We highly recommend the use of the extreme flight multi servo plug which will allow you to make the various wing servo connections with a single plug for each wing. There are laser cut openings inside the fuselage to accept these plugs. Secure with 2 small wood screws. 28. Mount your receiver...
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21 28. To prepare for flight, slide the carbon wing tube into position and slide both wings onto the tube and up against the fuselage. Secure by threading a 3mm bolt through the wing retention tab and into the pre- installed blind nut in the fuselage. 29. Install the wing struts with 2 3mm bolts as ...
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22 pre-flight details with the wing and struts attached, place your battery on the battery tray and secure with velcro and a velcro strap. Due to the additional current requirements of the flap servos it is highly recommended that you use an external bec (castle creations 10 amp bec) or a separate s...
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23 here are recommended throws to start with: elevator: 8-10 degrees (really, this is all that is needed. Excess elevator throw may induce unwanted stall characteristics) ailerons: 15 degrees low rate, 25 degrees high rate rudder: 15 degrees low rate, 25 degrees high rate flaps: 15 degrees with 1.5 ...