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Hardware Installation

• Make up or install purchased control horns in elevator

and ailerons

• Make up pushrods and install
• Mount motor
• Position Rx and ESC
• Locate battery position for correct CG. See next page for

CG location.

• Then remove battery, ESC, motor, and Rx to paint if so

desired. A template has been provided in the plans for
the canopy lines.

• Additional panel lines were obtained from a 3-view

available online. Though not needed they do add a level

of detail that gives an extra special touch.

Summary of Contents for North American P-64 SEMFF Combat Plane

Page 1: ...North American P 64 SEMFF Combat Plane Build Guide 28 MAR 2010...

Page 2: ...8 Lite Ply for firewall 1 16 Plywood or plastic for control horns 032 039 Music wire for pushrods Gorilla Glue white formula 1 painters tape to clamp and hold parts in place 2 wide packing tape Wing...

Page 3: ...is build Motor 1700Kv Blue Wonder ESC 10A Servos HXT 9g 2 minimum Battery 900 mAh 2s Receiver Spektrum AR6100E Transmitter Spektrum Dx6i Transmitter settings Ailerons 50 rate and 50 exponential Elevat...

Page 4: ...age Horizontal Fuselage Doubler Firewall 1 8 Lite Ply Fuselage Upper Panel Fuselage Lower Panel Fuselage Upper Doublers Ailerons Fuselage Lower Doublers Canopy Template All airframe parts are Dow Prot...

Page 5: ...Step 1 Cut out all your parts...

Page 6: ...Step 2 Chamfer elevator and aileron hinge edges On the prototype I chamfered the leading edge of the control surface only 45 x foam thickness Shown bottom side up...

Page 7: ...Step 3 Add control surfaces to wing and horizontal stabilizer I used 3m Nexcare plastic bandage tape Use your favorite method Shown right side up...

Page 8: ...tep 4 Glue Fuselage Rear to Wing Center Using Gorilla Glue tape together with painters tape to act as a clamp and to control foaming Wetting one side of the joint will accelerate the curing of the glu...

Page 9: ...ped in place to prevent shifting and allowed to dry Use weights on top to keep panels pressed together will curing takes place The 9g servo may be installed at this point It seats all the down against...

Page 10: ...Step 6 Add Strapping Tape Add wide strapping tape to top and bottom of wing spanwise for reinforcement Set even with back edge of KF step in center section of wing...

Page 11: ...glue to the Horizontal Fuselage Doubler Tape in place Note All parts are keyed together and we will need to assemble the entire lower fuselage at this time So have all parts ready to install If you w...

Page 12: ...Step 7b Lower Fuselage Doublers to the Lower Fuselage First assemble the Lower Fuselage Doublers to the Lower Fuselage Note Make sure cut outs for aileron servo will fit the servo...

Page 13: ...rt into Main Assembly Tape parts in place Now turn Main Assembly over to top side up Note Do not put glue on the alignment tabs of the Lower Fuselage Panel in the Assembly Expansion of glue here could...

Page 14: ...Step 8a Upper Fuselage Doublers to the Upper Fuselage Panel Assemble the Upper Fuselage Doublers to the Upper Fuselage Panel...

Page 15: ...the Main Assembly Be sure to use sufficient glue on the alignment tabs here as we want to glue to expand into the corresponding alignment tabs that we were careful about in step 6c Note Make sure all...

Page 16: ...Step 9 Attach Firewall to Main Assembly Glue and tape Firewall in place...

Page 17: ...Servo Wire routings are left up to the builder but here is a picture of my installation Cutting a slot in the doublers allows the servo wires to set flush Then place cellophane or packing tape over th...

Page 18: ...on KF Step Panel The LE is then rounded smooth along with KF Step Panel Blank contour Chamfer line Finished contour Note add a strip of 2 wide packing tape balanced top to bottom on the straight secti...

Page 19: ...ESC Locate battery position for correct CG See next page for CG location Then remove battery ESC motor and Rx to paint if so desired A template has been provided in the plans for the canopy lines Add...

Page 20: ...Step 12 Locate battery to obtain proper center of gravity Center of Gravity is 2 from the leading edge of the wing at the root of the leading edge taper...