FREE AIR MicroBlade, Manual

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Dear customer,
Congratulations on the purchase of the MicroBlade model. Before you begin, please
read carefully the building instructions and make sure that you understand the
building process.
Parts list
Part name Pcs
Part name
Pcs
Fuselage part of EPP 3 Push-pull rod horns 3
Elevator and rudder control rod 2 Carbon wing spars (500 x 1 mm) 2
Wing of EPP 2 Elevator joiner of carbon (4x100 mm) 1
Elevator and rudder of EPP 3 Instructions 1
Undercarriage slot doubler 2 Fuselage reinforcing carbon (1x5 mm) 2
Aileron push-pull rod 2 Slab elevator set (bushings and control
lever) 1
Plastic hinge 2 Undercarriage wheel 2
Undercarriage carbon leaf spring 1 Wheel pant of EPP 2
Motor bulkhead 1
You will need the following tools and materials:
CA glue, five-minute epoxy, 1 mm, and 4 mm dia drill bit, CA glue accelerator, glass-weave reinforced self-adhesive
band, sharp (modelling) knife, sandpaper. To complete the model you need the following: Receiver (penta), servos (W-
038), controller (TMM 0710-3), battery pack (2 LiPol cells of 340 mAh), motor (HCS C 40W/2).
Description of the model:
The MicroBlade model was designed from the outset to use the expanded polypropylene (EPP) as its main building
material, with some carbon composite components. Thanks to its low weight, beginning at only 120 grams, it is an ideal
model for the indoor flying, but also perfectly suitable for flying outdoors in calm weather. We suggest that you use our
HCS C 40w/2 motor (fed from 2 cells of LiPol batteries of 340 mAh capacity). Thanks to the well thought-out design, the
actual assembly of the kit parts that fit together as an easy jigsaw puzzle would take only some 90 minutes of building
time. All openings and compartments for the RC equipment are ready made. The final colour finishing could be done
using the simplest spray guns with colours for textile, or you could order the model in a colour scheme. Your fantasy is
not the limit – only the model’s weight watching is.
Building:
Start with gluing both wing halves to the fuselage centre section, as shown on fig.1, using either the
standard CA glue or the five-minute epoxy. According to fig.1 and 2, and using a sharp modelling knife or
a slot milling cutter, cut a 1.5 mm deep spanwise groove at the distance of 50 mm from the wing leading
edge. Then insert and glue the 1 mm thick carbon wire to both surfaces of the wing halves, (fig. 3), and
secure the joint with the CA glue. Each aileron is a part of the wing half, do not cut it away. Now using the
carbon tube as a core drill, open up the hole in the elevator (fig. 4) at a point 6 mm from its skewed edge.
Slip the elevator control arm in place (fig. 5, 6) and then glue the whole assembly with its bushings (fig. 7)
into the fuselage (fig. 8). Put the model on its back and glue on the bottom half (the vertical web, fig. 9) of
the silhouette fuselage. Cover the servos with the paper masking tape and glue them to the fuselage (fig.
10).
If you use other types of servos than the recommended ones, enlarge the servo cut outs, keeping
them, however, slightly smaller than the overall dimensions of the servos, so that they would push-fit into
their respective cut-outs.
I install aileron servo ( CA glue) in the fuselage (fig. 11).
Glue the undercarriage slot reinforcing doublers to the fuselage, as shown on fig. 12.
According to the fig. 13, glue the aileron control horns and install the push-pull rods (figs. 14,
15). Connect the rod to the elevator horn. (fig. 16). Glue the top fuselage web (spine) in place (fig. 17).
Open-up the slot for the rudder hinges and glue in the rudder (fig. 18). Glue the rudder control horn in place