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Mystique

 

2.9M

 

Some

 

building

 

tips:

 

1.

 

Take

 

your

 

time

 

and

 

go

 

slow.

  

It

 

should

 

only

 

take

 

a

 

week's

 

worth

 

of

 

evenings.

  

Patience

 

is

 

key

 

so

 

you

 

don't

 

damage

 

or

 

poke

 

holes

 

in

 

the

 

covering.

 

2.

 

Lay

 

some

 

thin

 

foam

 

or

 

cloth

 

on

 

the

 

work

 

bench

 

to

 

avoid

 

scoring

 

the

 

wings

 

when

 

working

 

on

 

them.

 

3.

 

Read

 

the

 

instructions

 

carefully

 

and

 

follow

 

them

 

except

 

where

 

noted

 

in

 

this

 

write

 

up.

 

4.

 

Use

 

canopy

 

glue

 

(not

 

CA)

 

on

 

the

 

flap

 

and

 

aileron

 

linage

 

fairings

 

and

 

leave

 

a

 

little

 

"foot"

 

at

 

the

 

base

 

when

 

cutting

 

them

 

out.

  

This

 

will

 

give

 

them

 

a

 

more

 

secure

 

gluing

 

surface.

 

5.

 

Program

 

your

 

ESC

 

to

 

BRAKE

 

ON

 

[hard]

.

   

This

 

is

 

very

 

important

 

to

 

make

 

your

 

prop

 

stops

 

spinning

 

when

 

you

 

go

 

to

 

idle

 

on

 

the

 

throttle

 

stick.

  

A

 

spinning

 

prop

 

at

 

idle

 

causes

 

a

 

lot

 

of

 

drag!

 

 

Wing

 

Servo

 

Installation:

 

The

 

hardest

 

part

 

of

 

assembly

 

will

 

be

 

the

 

aileron

 

and

 

flap

 

control

 

linkages.

  

The

 

wing

 

is

 

thin,

 

so

 

low

 

profile

 

servos

 

are

 

required.

  

If

 

you

 

try

 

the

 

HS

85MG

 

in

 

the

 

wing,

 

they

 

may

 

fit,

 

but

 

expect

 

to

 

do

 

some

 

modifications

 

to

 

avoid

 

binding

 

of

 

the

 

control

 

rods.

  

The

 

low

 

profile

 

servos

 

are

 

more

 

expensive,

 

but

 

I

 

think

 

they

 

are

 

worth

 

it.

 

 

If

 

you

 

don't

 

use

 

a

 

low

 

profile

 

servo,

 

or

 

you

  

want

 

more

 

than

 

20

 

degrees

 

of

 

stock

 

flap

 

deflection,

 

you

 

will

 

have

 

to

 

install

 

the

 

flap

 

control

 

linkage

 

with

 

the

 

arm

 

in

 

the

 

down

 

position.

 

There

 

are

 

plastic

 

"bumps"

 

supplied

 

in

 

the

 

kit

 

to

 

protect

 

and

 

cover

 

the

 

servo

 

arm

 

where

 

it

 

will

 

stick

 

out

 

of

 

the

 

slot

 

on

 

the

 

servo

 

cover.

  

This

 

is

 

why

 

the

 

flap

 

servo

 

cover

 

is

 

slotted

 

in

 

case

 

you

 

wish

 

to

 

install

 

the

 

flap

 

for

 

larger

 

deflections.

  

If

 

you

 

install

 

the

 

flaps

 

per

 

the

 

manual,

 

you

 

can

 

just

 

cover

 

the

 

slots

 

in

 

the

 

flap

 

servo

 

covers

 

with

 

clear

 

tape.

 

WARNING!

   

If

 

you

 

deflect

 

the

 

flaps

 

more

 

than

 

20

 

degrees

 

during

 

landing,

 

they

 

may

 

strike

 

the

 

ground

 

and

 

damage

 

the

 

flap

 

or

 

servo.

  

This

 

is

 

why

 

the

 

Mystique

 

stock

 

flap

 

deflection

 

is

 

only

 

about

 

20

 

degrees

 

per

 

the

 

manual.

  

For

 

sport

 

flying

 

and

 

easy

 

landing,

 

this

 

is

 

plenty

 

of

 

flap.

 

 

Figure

 

3

 

Flap Linkage

 

with

 

Low

 

Profile

 

Servo

Figure

 

2

  

Aileron

 

Linkage

 

with

 

Low

 

Profile

 

Servo

Figure

 

1

  

Flap/Aileron

 

Linkage

 

Fairing

 

with

 

"Foot"

Figure

 

4

 

Aileron/Flap

 

Control

 

Rod

 

Bend

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