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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.
Note that this aircraft is covered using our printed covering technique. Your
aircraft has been sealed with a gloss clearcoat. Due to climate changes, wrinkles
may develop in the covering. These are easily removed with a little bit of heat. Use
your heat gun or a covering iron with a soft cotton iron sock, medium heat, and a
gentle technique. Just like regular covering, you can remove any wrinkles that
develop over the life of your aircraft, but go a little slower and be a bit more careful
for best results. Your iron will feel a bit different gliding over this sealed covering
than regular. Be careful not to use too much heat as the covering may shrink too
much and begin to lift at the edges. Take your time, and the beautiful glossy finish
can be easily maintained.
3.
Apply a bead of Pacer Formula 560 Canopy Glue at the intersection of the plastic
canopy and its wooden frame.
4.
Take a few minutes and apply CA to high stress areas such as servo mounting trays,
landing gear mounts, anti-rotation pins, and motor box joints.
5.
By the time your aircraft arrives at your door step, it will have been handled by a lot
of people. Occasionally, there are small dings or imperfections on some of the
surfaces. An effective method to restore these imperfections to original condition is
to use a very fine tipped hypodermic needle and inject a drop of water under the
covering material and into the ding in the wood. Apply heat to the area with a
sealing iron and the imperfection will disappear. Deeper marks may require that
this process be repeated a couple of times to achieve the desired result, but you will
be surprised at how well this technique works.
6.
Use a high quality epoxy for installing the composite control horns. We highly
recommend a 30 minute Epoxy or Pacer Z-poxy.
7.
Take the time to properly balance and trim your aircraft and set up rates and
exponential values. Your flying experience will be greatly enhanced once your plane
is properly dialed in.
NOTE: Some photos in this manual use another of our 50E aircraft, but all of our 50E
sized aerobatic aircraft assemble nearly identically.
