Blade 2
Building instructions - Blade 2
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Parts List
No. off
1.
Fuselage and wing
1
GRP
2.
Canopy
1
GRP
3.
Steel pin
1
Metal, 2 x 50 mm
4.
Brass tube
1
Brass, 2 / 3 Ø x 30 mm
5.
Fuselage nose cone
1
GRP
6.
Air intake ring
2
GRP
7.
Servo well cover
2
GRP
8.
Former
1
Birch ply, 2.5 mm
9.
Former
1
Birch ply, 2.5 mm
10.
Clevis
2
Metal, 7489/01
11.
Threaded pushrod
2
Metal, 7488/04
12.
Elevon horn
2
GRP
13.
Pod hatch
2
GRP
14.
Nozzle
2
Film
15.
Fin
2
GRP
16.
Launch hook
1
Steel rod 3 x 60 mm
17.
Tow-ring
1
Metal, 7801/05
18.
Socket
4
4 mm Ø, ready made, 7456/24
19.
Plug
4
4 mm Ø, ready made, 7456/24
20.
Self-tapping screw
6
2.2 x 13 mm, 7768/00
21.
Decal sheet
1
Self-adhesive film
22.
Illustrated building instructions
1
Operating instructions - Blade 2
Installing the receiving system.
The Blade 2 requires only two control functions: elevons (superimposed ailerons / elevators) and
speed controller. The elevon travels must be correct if the model is to fly to its full potential.
On no account set excessive elevon travels initially, as this would make the model “twitchy” around the
lateral axis.
Test-flying
Ducted-fan models are no more difficult to fly than models with conventional propellers. Internally
mounted power plants offer certain important advantages: in contrast to a propeller, the impeller
generates virtually no unwanted torque effects, has practically no influence on the model’s movement
around the roll axis, and produces no turbulent airflow in the region around the fuselage. The
drawback is that there is no forced airflow over the elevons at launch time. This simply means that the
model should not be hand-launched.