PCM FW5 FloW Building Instructions Download Page 5

FW5 FloW Building Instruction                                                                                                                     Juni 2010                             

Landing position 

(measure near fuselage)

 

Snap Flap 

(measure near fuselage) 

Rudder 

(measure at deepest point) 

EWD 

(Difference in angle of attack between wing and elevator)

 for first flight:

  

Elevator parallel to axis of fuselage, slightly pulled. 
 

Don’t make a SAL-start at your first flight. Hold the glider on the fuselage and throw it gently. 

 

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Page 1: ...FW5 FloW Building Instruction Juni 2010 Wing span mm 1500 Wing area dm2 22 4 Aspect ratio 10 Take off weight g from 250 Airfoil Zone 52 21 BUILDING INSTRUCTION SAL DLG FW5 FloW www pcm at 1...

Page 2: ...uselage structure 6 1 Radio board 6 2 Ballast 6 3 Accumulator and receiver 6 4 Canopy lock 6 5 Installing 2 4Ghz 7 Controlling the ailerons 7 1 Push rods 8 Installation of throwing blade 9 Optimizing...

Page 3: ...ndfest or Stabilit no fast hardening epoxy resin Sekundenkleber UHU POR Super glue Cotton flocks Electrical equipment On Off switch cables plug Electronic equipment Steel wire shrinking tube 3 Electro...

Page 4: ...mm measure from the leading edge of the wing to the back Ailerons measure near fuselage Flaps negative start speed measure near fuselage Flaps negative cross country measure near fuselage Flaps positi...

Page 5: ...asure near fuselage Rudder measure at deepest point EWD Difference in angle of attack between wing and elevator for first flight Elevator parallel to axis of fuselage slightly pulled Don t make a SAL...

Page 6: ...as possible to the front as you normally need additional lead in the nose of the fuselage to achieve the necessary centre of gravity For the same reason try to save weight especially when you finish a...

Page 7: ...ft side looking towards flight direction for right handers and the other way round for left handed persons Next glue the lever in extension of the axis of the boom The hole of the lever should be abov...

Page 8: ...ompletely Stick the spring into the rudder one end into the unmoved part one end into the control surface near the lever Then harden the spots with super glue Fix the carbon rod 2mm with superglue in...

Page 9: ...ued Then check if the stabilizer is aligned correctly on each axis Now glue fuselage and rudder with thin super glue where they touch each other You should enforce the join between boom and rudder add...

Page 10: ...e kevlar wire into the lever Make a loop twist the end and fix it with a drop of super glue Note Don t use a shrinking tube as the kevlar wire could be damaged by the high temperature during shrinking...

Page 11: ...10mm Lever for rudder 9mm The servo for the elevator is situated in the front the servos for the ailerons behind and the servo for the rudder is placed under the servos for the ailerons In order to ga...

Page 12: ...glued before you make the next start 6 2 Ballast As ballast we use lead balls from the fishing shop One ball weighs about 10g You can easily assemble and vary this kind of ballast The balls are strung...

Page 13: ...ide the fuselage together with the receiver before you solder the cells At the side you see two possible shapes for the battery package If you want to use a big 8 channel 2 4 GHz receiver you can remo...

Page 14: ...it a few seconds then you can strip off the canopy and close it again Check the fit of the canopy If you are still not satisfied with the fit you can easily break the magnet out of the canopy again Wh...

Page 15: ...hooking in the push rods Glue the brass levers with thickened epoxy glue or epoxy resin to the wing The levers should be situated as near as possible to the turning axis of the aileron View from belo...

Page 16: ...thin super glue on the prepared spots and push the hook into the pipe Before you glue the hook on the other end of the carbon pipe mount the push rod in the fuselage and switch on the radio control F...

Page 17: ...flight Grind the blade so that it gets an aerodynamical cross section and it feels handy when you hold it in your fingers Don t make the trailing edge too sharp You might injure yourself when throwing...

Page 18: ...pening into the wing with a small driller or a milling cutter If the cut is big enough put the blade through and align it in all directions see above When the position is correct fix the blade with su...

Page 19: ...a glider has centred its masses Hang your model upside down on two 1 5m long threads which you fix 30mm from the centre of gravity Now move the glider for 45 and the let it swing Take the time of 5 s...

Page 20: ...d the antenna inside the fuse behind the wing and then leave the fuselage Another possibility is to lay the antenna inside the gap of the aileron For improving reception on carbon wings you can solder...

Page 21: ...t your first flight If there are some wrong settings everything will go too fast at the disc launch to correct these failures by steering 6 Fix the 2 part elevator with an adhesive tape to avoid unint...

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