Plantraco Micro Racer P-51 Preliminary Manual Version 1.1
Thank you for purchasing the Plantraco Micro Racer P-51. Many hours have gone into developing this
model. We hope you enjoy building this model and have many hours of fun flying it.
Tools required:
X-Acto knife, straight edge, 5-Minute Epoxy, Foam Safe CA and CA Kicker accelerator, Duco Household
cement, Double-stick Foam tape, needle nose pliers, heat source for heat shrink tubing, sanding block
Equipment:
Plantraco 0.9 gm 3 channel receiver, 2 each MicroActs w/Nano connectors, 7mm 3.3Ohm motor with Nano
connector and Tri-Turbofan Propeller or 57mm X 20mm (2.25” prop). These parts and more are included in
the Deluxe Starter Set #2
Instructions:
1. First step is to decorate you model. This is done while the parts are still in the carrier sheet. Use
Multi-colored Sharpie pens to add detail and color. . You won’t need to do this step with the Plantraco
version of the model since it is pre-printed.
2. Next step is to glue the fuselage halves together with a piece of the supplied carbon fiber strip. Cut
the strip so that it will reach from the front of the fuse to the leading edge of the horizontal stabilizer.
Glue the two fuselage halves and the carbon fiber together using a
very thin
coat of epoxy.
3.
Add short piece of carbon fiber strip to front of radio box using a
very thin
coating of epoxy glue.
4. While the fuselage is drying, camber the wings on the edge of a table to add the slight round shape to
them, see fuselage cutout for amount. Now add the dihedral to the wings using foam friendly CA. Raise
one wingtip 0.75 inch.
5.
Glue wing to fuse using foam friendly CA. Be sure
to align the wing to the fuselage properly before gluing.
