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High-End Technology F16, Assembly Instruction Manual

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F16 for electric ducted fan 

HIGH-END TECHNOLOGY

RC

First we want to tha nk and congratulate  you with your de cision in buying o ne of our Kits. 

The  F16  puts together very easily so there is not much explanation needed. 
Just look carefully at the pictures . 
This in not a plane for beginners, and you should have some experience with putting 
together ARFs. 

DATA: 
 
Winspan:  640 mm 
Length:    990 mm 
Weight:   900-1100 gram 
Ducted fans  1 x 72mm 

Summary of Contents for F16

Page 1: ...ion in buying one of our Kits The F16 puts together very easily so there is not much explanation needed Just look carefully at the pictures This in not a plane for beginners and you should have some experience with putting together ARFs DATA Winspan 640 mm Length 990 mm Weight 900 1100 gram Ducted fans 1 x 72mm ...

Page 2: ...brushless speed controllers 1 fan units 6904 HETFAN or MF 480 1 480 size brushless motors e g EDF 2W 3W 4W or 2W20 Lipo batteriy 5 or 30 minute epoxy micro balloons CA Glue w accelerator Velcro Standard tools Drill or Dremel tool Plyer cutter Scissor X acto Knife Soldering iron ...

Page 3: ...lot in the fuselage Press the wing joiner inside the fuselage Remove excess epoxy Now apply epoxy in the wing joiner slot in the wing root and also apply epoxy on the wing root Slide the wing over the hard wood wing joiner and press the wing against the fuselage Make the leading and trailing edge align with the fuselage Remove the excess epoxy with a clean cloth and cleaning alcohol When the epoxy...

Page 4: ... 5 minute epoxy Mark the position for the Pivot rod 2 3 mm steel rods one for each side 62 mm from the end of the fuselage Drill a little oversized hole in the middle at the marked location We recommend a 4 mm hole Wait before you glue the pivot rod in place Put some tape on the fuselage side as in the picture and mark the location for the servo hatch size is approximately 35 X 12 mm the opening s...

Page 5: ...he control horn just after the pivot tube on the bottom Now cut out the slot with a sharp Xacto knive or use a dremel tool Do not glue the control horn in place yet This should be done after you have made the push rod Before you glue the servo brackets in place trial fit your servo min 2kg torque with metal gear 2 micro servos are necessary Also pre drill the holes for the servo fastening screws A...

Page 6: ...ain wings are level The elevons should have a 10 degrees negative angle Both tips of the elevons should have the same height from the building board After the epoxy has cured you can remove the tape from the elevons and fuselage Note that the trailing edge of the elevon sticks out approximately 20 mm from the fuselage side ...

Page 7: ...dinary pliers Practice first on a scrap steel rod 1 Make the straight steel rod 2 Make a 90 degree bend 3 Now make a new 90 degrees bend with about the thickness of the control horn as distance As in the picture 4 Now twist the vertical end horizontal as in the picture and the z bend is ready ...

Page 8: ...r to act as a spacer between the elevon and fuselage The plywood control should not be glued yet in the elevon Make a Z bend on the supplied rod as explained on the previous page Insert the pushrod in the plywood control horn Mark a slot where the pushrod will enter the fuselage This slot will be located close to the edge of the fuselage See next page Mark the position of the servo pinion servo co...

Page 9: ...stays on Now insert the Z bend in the servo horn and install the servo horn on the servo Run the pushrod out of the fuselage as shown in the top right picture You should now add the supplied Washer to act as a spacer between the elevon and fuselage Now insert the z bend in the plywood control horn Glue the horn in the Elevon with thin CA glue or 5 minute epoxy Now do the other elevon the same way ...

Page 10: ...wel coming out the canopy frame In the right picture you see rear end of the canopy frame we have supply two magnets One magnet should be glued inside the rear end back of the canopy frame with 5 minute epoxy the other magnet should be glued inside the fuselage straight under the magnet in the canopy frame Attention Before you trim the edges from the clear abs canopy trial fit it several times and...

Page 11: ...e plywood pieces a marker in front of the back ring as you need to drill holes through the exhaust cone and the ply wood pieces So after you marked the location of the plywood pieces Slide the exhaust cone over the back ring of the fuselage and drill 4 1 5mm holes through the exhaust cone and the plywood pieces Now you can insert the 4 supplied screws with a Philips head screwdriver ...

Page 12: ...ove picture Also sand the inside area of the fin and sand the outside of the notch a little bit When you heat up the bottom end of the fin with a hair dryer blower the glass fibre will soften up a little Now mix 5 minute epoxy with micro balloons and apply a small ridge mixed glue along the inside edge of the vertical fin When you have softened up the bottom sides of the Fin you can press the fin ...

Page 13: ...not fit You can use our already made fiberglass thrust tube see top left picture Tape the thrust tube to the fan unit On the above left picture you see the 4 channel micro receiver mounted above the thrust tube and underneath the vertical fin Before you install the Exhaust Cone you must trim the backend of the thrust tube to size Trim until the thrust tube fits tight in the Exhaust cone Now you ca...

Page 14: ...Battery location next picture you see the receiver antenna coming out the top end of the fin You need to drill a hole here ...

Page 15: ...0 mm from the protective back Line out the decal on the area where you want to put the decal Press the adhesive part Check if the decal is ligned out and remove the rest of the protective back Do this for all the decals This page shows you how to apply decals our phantom is shown here ...

Page 16: ...It is the responsibility of the operator to use this product in a safe and responsible manner Settings C G 75 mm from the leading edge of the wing Elevator throws 11 mm up 11mm down Use 50 exponential Ailerons throws 11 mm up 11 mm down Use 20 exponential Set the Wing incidence set the main wings level the elevons must be set to 3 degrees up This means that the trailing edge from the elevon should...

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