rc3Dprint ER-2, Printing And Assembly Instruction Book

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position before gluing them on to the retract leg. The FWD Gear uses some pieces of
4mm Carbon Tubes to assemble.
13. The rest of the fuselage can now be glued in place. The Canopy sections are glued to
gather and use a small magnet to connect to the fuselage - make sure when gluing the
magnets in place that you check the polarity!
14. The wings are connected to the fuselage by inserting the wing CF tubes inside their
fuselage counterparts. To ensure a strong connection the underside of the wings have
four holes. Use small drill bit to drill a hole through both the wing and fuselage CF -
with the wings connected and firmly in place. Small servo size screws can no be put in
place to hold the wings (CAUTION: After drilling out the holes the wings may be
di
ffi cult to slide away from the fuselage - don’t press to hard on the wings to pull them
as they will break, instead use a wide prying tool to gently prise the wing away from the
fuselage.)
15. Set up the elevator and rudder servos with piano wire push rods. The EDF Hatch will be
glued into place so double check everything works before doing so.
F U R T H E R N O T E S
• The model comes with parts for a launch dolly, the assembly of which is pretty self
explanatory. Wheels are not included as these will be dependent upon the surface you
plan to launch from. It requires 2 x 8mm OD Carbon Tubes and 1 x 6mm OD Carbon
Tubes.
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• The wings have slots available, just inside of the ailerons for “POGO’s” to be installed.
On the full size aircraft these are installed after landing for taxiing. In our case you can
you piano wire inserted in these slots and bent as required.
• The CAD files for Wing 2 are included in the download. This is so that you have the
platform to design your own wing pods. The ER-2 was used as a flying laboratory with all
kinds of sensors housed here. I look forward to seeing what people add!