Krick COMTESSE, Building Instruction

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Status September 2018
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Krick Modelltechnik, Knittlingen, Germany
If you want to install the drive, you have to
reduce the ballast by 200 g, i.e. fill in 1600 g.
If you also want to use the wing keel ro1071
with 800 g, you have to further reduce the in-
ner ballast. We recommend reducing the inter-
nal ballast by 600 g to 1200 g or to 1000 g
respectively.
By lightly tapping against the side of the ship,
you can compact the ballast and reduce the
voids to a minimum. As an intermediate layer
you can fill in a layer of epoxy resin (e.g. Aero-
poxi, order no. 44010) to fix the ballast grains.
In any case, you must do this as the last layer.
The ballast should be covered smoothly with
resin. If the resin runs off too deep into the
keel, refill one layer again. Do not fill in too
much resin at once, as the resin heats up dur-
ing curing and can otherwise deform the hull.
After the ballast is glued in the hull, the RC
board can be glued in place.
Next, assemble the frame for the sail winch
from parts 3.8 to 3.12.
Fig. Sail winch frame
Fig. Supports glued
Fig. Sail winch frame complete
Fig. Sail winch frame on RC board
The winch frame can now be put for a test on
the RC board. If everything fits, paint the winch
frame several times with pore filler and then
glue it to the RC board.
You can now make the connection between
the servo and the rudder.
Place the servo in the provided recess in the
RC board and attach parts 2.7 and 3.12 to the
servo and rudder. Connect with the two collars.
Fig. rudder linkage
3.8
3.11
3.10
3.9
3.12