flight streak manual

8/3/2019 Flight Streak Manual

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EntireContentsCopyright2003

Wingspan:41.5in

[1055mm

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WingArea:

398sq

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Weight:24.3

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[689g]

WingLoading:

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sqft[25g/dm2]

Length:27in

[685mm

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Engine:.2

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KITCONTENTS

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KitContents(NotPhotographed)

(1)N

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(2)SetScrew

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2.1-3

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3.WireL

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4.Eleva

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9.H

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5.V

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10.Eleva

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ASSEMBLY

Useam

odel

coverin

g

iron

totigh

tlyshrink

the

coverin

gon

them

odel

asre

quire

d.B

esure

all

seam

sare

tigh

tlyseale

d

.

PreparetheWing

1.L

oosen

thescrew

thathold

sthebellcrankin

pla

ce.

Insert

theeleva

tor

pushro

dintothemid

dleh

olein

the

bellcrank

asshownin

th

eph

oto.R

em

ove

thescrew

,

thenrein

stallitwith

adro

pofthre

adlo

cker.

2.Th

eply

bellcrank

hatchis

attachedwith

two

smallw

oodscrew

s.Drill

a1/16

[1.6mm

]pilo

th

olefor

eachscrew.Enlarg

ethehole

sin

theh

atchwith

a

3/32

[2.4mm

]drillbit.M

ounttheh

atchwith

twosmall

woodscrew

s.

Note:

Only

on

esideof

theh

atchis

secure

dwith

screw

s.Th

eother

en

dslides

un

der

thefu

sela

ge.

MounttheEngineandTank

1

.Position

theen

gin

eon

thefu

sel

agean

dm

ark

the

location

of

them

oun

tingh

ole

sfor

theen

gin

e.Th

e

Gre

atPlan

esD

eadCen

terh

olelo

cator

(GPMR

81

30)

wor

ksw

ellfor

this.Drill1

/8

[3.2mm

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satthe

marks.M

oun

ttheen

gin

etothefu

sela

gewithfo

ur4-

40x1"

[25mm

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achin

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dh

exn

uts.Th

ecutoutfor

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gin

eis

size

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an

O.S..2

5LA-S

en

gin

e.If

youare

usinga

differen

ten

gin

e,youm

ayn

eedtoadju

stthecutout.

Not

e:Four

extrafla

tw

ashers

arein

cludedan

dcan

beusedtoestablish

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eout-thru

st

ontheen

gin

e

asinth

eabove

ph

oto.

Out-thru

stwill

helpin

crease

flyin

glineten

sion.

Cau

tion:B

esure

youarem

oun

tingthe

engin

eon

the

righ

tsideof

thefu

sela

ge.Th

etopof

the

fusela

geh

asa

flatarea

onitform

oun

tingtheh

orizon

tal

stabilizer.N

ote

also

thewhite

arrow

shapein

thecoverin

gon

thetopof

the

fusela

gejustaft

of

theen

gin

e.

Not

e:AnR

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gin

ecan

beusedif

the

carb

ure

tor

arm

isheldin

thefullthro

ttlepositionw

ithsom

etype

oflinka

ge.

(notsupplie

d)

2.M

ake

anyn

ee

dedadjustmen

tstotheven

ttubeson

thefu

eltank

sotheydon

otin

terferewith

theen

gin

e.

3.M

oun

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e

ltank

tothem

odelu

singthesupplie

d

strapan

dtwolarg

ewoodscrews.M

ake

sure

thatthe

tankwillcle

ar

thewingwh

enitisin

stalle

d.

4.In

stall

thefu

elline(notin

cluded)from

thetank

totheen

gin

e.

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5.M

oun

tthem

uffler

ontotheen

gin

e.In

stall

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pre

ssurelin

efrom

them

uffler

tothetank.Th

ebottom

ven

tlin

eon

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canbeusedforfillin

gan

d

drainin

gthetank,

butit

should

beplu

ggedwh

en

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en

gin

eisrunnin

g.

InstalltheLandingGear

1.M

oun

tthelan

din

g

gearwire

tothem

odelwith

theN

ylon

Strapan

dtwo

smallw

oodscrew

s.

2.Enlarg

etheh

olein

thewh

eelwith

a1

/8

[3.2mm

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drillbit.M

oun

tthewh

eelto

thelan

din

ggearwirewith

two

1/8

[3.2mm

]Wh

eelC

ollar

sandtwoSetScrew

s.

MounttheWingTotheFuselage

1.U

seatapem

easure

tolo

cate

andm

ark

the

exa

ctcen

terlin

eof

thewin

gwith

afelt-tip

pen.Draw

alin

e1/4

[6.4mm

]totherigh

tof

thecenterlin

e.

(Do

not

relyon

thecoverin

gbein

gexa

ctly

centere

d.)

2

.Slidethewin

gin

tothefu

sela

ge.

Align

therigh

t

side

ofthefu

sela

gewith

thelin

ethat

youdrew1

/4

[6.4

mm]totherigh

tof

thecen

terlin

e.U

seastringor

tapem

easure

tocheckthealignm

en

tofthewin

g.

Th

e

distan

cefrom

thetail

totheleft

andrigh

twin

g

tips

should

bethesam

e.A

djustthewin

gasn

eeded.

Markth

esidesof

thefu

sela

geon

thet

opan

dbottom

of

thewin

gwith

afelt-tip

pen.

3

.Rem

ove

thewin

gfrom

thefu

sela

ge.U

seah

obby

knifewith

asharp

#11

bla

detocutan

drem

ove

the

covering1

/16

[1.6mm

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sidethelin

e

smarkin

gthe

fuse

lagesides.Bevery

carefuln

ottocu

tintothebalsa

un

d

erthecoverin

gasthiswillw

eaken

thewin

g.

Note:Th

eH

obbicoH

otKnife

(HCA

R077

0),or

a

sold

eringiron

,w

orksw

ellfor

this

asit

all

owscuttingthe

coveringwith

outcuttingin

tothebalsa.

4.

Useapape

rtow

el

an

dalcoh

ol

torem

ove

an

y

felt-tip

penm

arks.

5.U

sem

edium

CAorE

poxytoglu

ethewin

gtothe

fusela

ge.If

youu

sem

edium

CA

,align

thefu

sela

ge

carefullyfirst,

then

wicktheCAin

tothejoin

t.

InstalltheHorizo

ntalStab

1.

Useatape

measure

tolo

catean

dm

ark

the

cen

ter

of

thetrailin

gedgeof

theh

orizon

tal

stabilizer.

Useasquare

orright

trian

gle

tom

ark

thecen

terlin

e

of

thestab.P

osition

thestabon

thefu

sela

gean

d

alignitwith

the

centerlin

e.

Useastringor

tape

measure

tochec

kthealignm

en

tusingthesam

e

techniq

ueyoudid

withthewin

g.M

ark

theoutlineof

thefu

sela

geon

thebottom

of

thestab.

2.R

em

ove

th

estabfrom

thefu

sela

ge.

Usea

hobbyknifewith

asharp

#11

bla

detocutan

d

rem

ove

thecovering1

/16

[1.6mm

]in

sidethelin

es

markin

gthefu

sela

gesides.Bevery

carefuln

ottocut

intothebalsa

un

d

erthecoverin

gasthiswillw

eaken

thestab.

Useap

aper

tow

el

an

dalcoh

ol

torem

ove

an

yfelt-tip

penm

arks.

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3.P

osition

thestabon

thefu

sela

gean

dalignit

as

before.From

there

ar

o

fthem

odel,

checkthatthe

stabis

parallelwith

the

wing.Ifitisn

ot,ligh

tlysan

d

thestabm

oun

ton

the

fusela

geasn

eeded.Wh

en

youare

satisfiedwith

thealignm

en

t,glu

ethestabin

pla

cewithm

edium

CA

o

repoxy.

4.In

sert

thefo

ur

CA

hingesin

thepre

cutslotsin

theeleva

tor.Trialfit

thee

levator

tothestab.M

ake

an

y

adjustmen

tsn

eededtothehin

geslo

ts.Wh

en

satisfiedwith

thefit,

glu

ethehin

gesin

pla

cewith

thre

edro

psof

thin

CA

o

nthetopan

dbottom

of

the

hin

ges.D

ON

OT

usean

yCAaccelera

tor.

5.M

oun

tthe90-d

egre

e

metalbra

ckettothefu

sela

ge

left

sideusingalarg

ew

oodscrew.Th

ereis

apilo

th

ole

alre

adydrille

din

thefu

sel

ageatthecorre

ctlocation.B

e

sure

toin

sert

theeleva

torpushro

din

tothebra

cket

before

youm

oun

titin

top

osition.

6

.Then

ylon

con

trolh

ornism

oun

tedtothebottom

of

the

elevatorinlin

ewith

thepushro

d.M

arkth

elo

cation

of

themoun

tingh

ole

san

ddrill

3/32

[2.4mm

]h

ole

s.

Mountth

econ

trolh

orn

usingthesuppli

ed2-5

6x1

/2

[12.7mm

]m

achin

escrew

san

dn

ylon

ba

ckpla

te.

7.Enlarg

etheh

ole

sin

thecon

trolh

ornwith

a

3/32[2.4mm

]drill

bit.In

sert

theele

vator

pushro

d

into

thesecon

dh

olefrom

theen

d.

Useapla

stic

reta

inertoh

old

thepushro

din

pla

ce.

InstalltheVerticalFin

1.P

osition

theverticalfin

on

thefu

sela

gean

d

horizon

tal

stab.N

otethatthele

adin

gedgeof

thefin

iscen

tere

don

the

fusela

gejustaft

of

thecan

opy,but

there

ar

of

thefin

isoff

cen

ter

totherigh

t.Thiswill

helpin

creasethe

flyinglin

eten

sion.M

ark

theoutline

of

thefin

on

thefu

selagean

dstab.

2.Trim

thecov

eringfrom

thefu

sela

gean

dstab

insidethelin

es.R

emove

an

yfelt-tip

penm

arks.Glu

e

theverticalfinin

placewith

epoxy.B

esure

thefinis

perp

en

dicular

totheh

orizon

tal

stab.After

theepoxy

hard

en

s,reinforce

thejoin

tasn

eeded.

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