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2. Items included with this PT-17:
Prepainted plastic dummy radial engine.
Precovered fuselage, upper and lower-wing
panels, upper-wing‟s center section, vertical
and horizontal stabilizers, rudder and elevator,
with precut hinge openings.
All necessary hardware for pull-pull cables for
rudder and tail wheel and pushrods for ailerons
and elevator.
Wing-rod joiners, preformed cabanes and struts,
and all required control horns, hinges, linkages,
wing wires, tail braces and related hardware.
Fuel tank with clunk and fuel lines.
Streamlined landing gear with scale-like wheels.
Complete set of scale markings.
Magnetically-secured cockpit-hatch assembly.
VI.
ASSEMBLY PHOTO-INSTRUCTIONS
1.
Using the mounting hardware supplied with your
motor or a mount recommended for your engine
(not supplied), test-fit your motor or glow engine
to the forward-facing surface of the engine
mounting box („firewall‟). Center the propeller
shaft on the intersecting lines on the firewall
that form an „X.‟ Mark the firewall where
openings are needed for mounting your motor or
engine. If you are using a glow engine, point the engine‟s cylinder head toward the
ground. (Use the “L” and “R” on the sides of the engine mounting box as viewed
from the pilot‟s seat to determine which way is “down.”)
2.
If you are using a glow engine: Decide where to
install your throttle servo and mark where to
make an opening for the throttle pushrod and
fuel line (not supplied).
3.
Form all necessary openings in the firewall.
Mount your engine or motor onto the firewall
(use threadlock compound to help protect the
motor or engine mounts from vibration).
4.
Insert the engine mounting box into the fuselage with the side marked “L” toward
the pilot‟s left-hand side to maintain the right and down thrust built into the engine
mounting box‟s firewall.
5.
If you use an electric motor: Test-fit the dummy engine over your motor and to the
PT-17‟s nose. If you use a glow engine: As pictured below, remove one dummy-
engine cylinder and its adjoining crankcase to test-fit the dummy engine over your
glow engine; also remove material from a neighboring cylinder to make room for
your engine‟s exhaust pipe and muffler if necessary.
NOTE: The
unpainted dummy
engine pictured in
several places in
this manual is a
prototype; details
of construction
may vary. All
dummy engines
produced for this
ARF will be
prepainted when
shipped.
