SG Models Master P-47D Thunderbolt, Assembly Manual

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BALANCING
- It is critical that your airplane be
balanced correctly. Improper balance will
cause your plane to lose control and
crash.THE CENTER OF GRAVI-
TY IS LOCATED
100 MM BACK
FROM THE LEADING EDGE OF
THE WING AT THE WING ROOT.
- Mount the wing to the fuselage. Using a cou-
ple of pieces of masking tape, place them on
the bottom side of the wing
100=mm back
from the leading edge of the wing at the wing
root.
- With the model upright, place your igers on
the masking tape and carefully lif the plane.
- Do not turn plane upside down. Only low
wing models should be turned upsidedown for
balancing. Remove this paragraph, it is not in-
tended for use in the instructions. it is a note
for you.High Wing models must be balanced
upright.
- Accurately mark the balance point on the
botttom of the wing on both sides of the fuse-
lage. he balance point is located 100 mm back
from the leading edge of the wing at the wing
root. his is the balance point at which your
model should balance for your ist lghts. Later,
you may wish to experiment by shitng the bal-
ance up to
10mm forward or back to change
the ling characteristics. Moving the balance
forward may improve the smoothness and
arrow- like tracking, but it may then require
more speed for take of and make it more diilt
to slow down for landing. Moving the balance
af makes the model more agile with a lighter
and snappier ”feel”. In any case,please start at
the location we recommend.
- Lif the model. If the tail drops when you lit
the model is “tail heavy” and you must add
weight* to the nose. If the nose drops, it is
“nose heavy” and you must add weight* to the
tail to balance.
*If possible, ist attempt to balance the model
by changing the position of the receiver battery
and receiver. If you are unable to obtain good
balance by doing so, then it will be necessary
to add weight to the nose or tail to achieve the
proper balance point.
1 .
100mm.
- With the wing attached to the fuselage, all
parts of the model installed ( ready tol), and
empty fuel tanks, hold the model at the marked
balance point with the stabilizer level..
Ailerons:
High Rate :
Up : 15 mm
Down : 15 mm
Low Rate :
Up : 10 mm
Down : 100 mm
Elevator:
High Rate :
Up : 15 mm
Down : 15 mm
Low Rate :
Up : 10 mm
Down : 10 mm
Rudder:
High Rate :
Right : 25 mm
Let : 25 mm
Low Rate :
Right : 20 mm
Let : 20 mm
Flap:
High Rate :
Right : 25 mm
Let : 25 mm
Low Rate :
Right : 20 mm
Let : 20 mm
CONTROL THROWS
* Hopefully you fun for installing parts.