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- Page 1 Fox Composites Co., Ltd. F F o o x x C C o o m m p p o o s s i i t t e e s s M M e e - - 1 1 6 6 3 3 ‘ ‘ K K o o m m e e t t ’ ’...
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Page 2: Liability Exclusion
Co., Ltd with regard to this product is limited to the amount that you actually paid for the kit in all circumstances. Fox Composites Co., Ltd are unable to monitor whether you follow our instructions with regard to assembly, operation & maintenance of the model airplane. Therefore we are not able to guaran- tee or provide any contractual agreement with the operator or owner of the product that it will func- tion correctly and safely. - Page 3 Scotchbrite pad. This will also remove any loose fibreglass strands. At Fox Composites we only use 1st quality slow (24hr) laminating epoxy mixed with micro-bal- loons, ZAP 30 minute epoxy (mixed with micro-balloons), ZAP CA glues and Hysol 9462 thixotropic epoxy for assembly and important joints, and can highly recommend these types.
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Page 4: Take Care
(fuselage, wings, nose, canopy & wing joiners) weigh approx. 450grams. Fox Composites reserve the right to make changes to the kit for reasons of constant improve- ment, or production reasons, so it is possible that your moulded parts, milled wood parts or hard- ware might not look exactly as shown in the photos in this manual. -
Page 5: Equipment And Accessories
2.5kg torque should be sufficient. About the Me-163 ‘Komet’ The Fox Composites ‘Komet’ was designed as a semi-scale electric ‘fun-fly’ model. Normally the model is hand-launched, but you could also use a very short bungee system if you fly on your own. -
Page 6: Building Instructions
Fox Composites Co., Ltd. Building Instructions The Komet is very quick and simple to build, but we recommend that you complete the fuselage before the wings, as the front wing dowels and front wing joiner also hold the battery and R/C tray into position in the fuselage - which means you need to complete this to fit your chosen Lipo flight packs first. - Page 7 Fox Composites Co., Ltd. need to be about 25mm (1”) diameter for the motors mentioned above. We suggest that you tack glue the mount into the cone with 1 or 2 very small drops of CA, and then temporarily tape the nose cone on the fuselage to confirm that it has the required side-thrust. No down thrust is needed.
- Page 8 Fox Composites Co., Ltd. Insert the battery tray into the fuselage, with the (below) The battery tray is held into the fuselage by the anti-rota- front of it up against the tion dowels and front wing joiner, and very easy to remove.
- Page 9 Fox Composites Co., Ltd. vise that you make 2 triangular inlet holes in the nose cone to provide extra cooling of the motor & battery pack. Don’t cut a cooling inlet hole in the underside of the nose cone, as it tends to ingest grass and dirt during landing.
- Page 10 Fox Composites Co., Ltd. baseplate at the front, using epoxy and micro-balloons, and file slot in both for the 3mm thick liteply/glass hook. The front of the hook that is glued in should be about 32mm from the front of the canopy. Glue the hook into the canopy, using 30 minute epoxy and micro-balloons.
- Page 11 Fox Composites Co., Ltd. You can easily check the exact position of these by holding the fuselage up against a strong light - and you will see the location. The servo can be positioned on the side of the fuselage, towards the rear of the cock-...
- Page 12 Fox Composites Co., Ltd. Wings: The wings are laminated from a lightweight fibreglass and foam sandwich, cured under vacuum, and are painted in the molds in a single colour. The elevons and servo hatches are elastic-hinged and already cut out and trimmed for your convenience, at the factory.
- Page 13 Fox Composites Co., Ltd. Mark the position against the outer edges of the hatches where the servo arms will be, and file 3mm wide x 20mm long slots in the skin for them as shown. Now you can glue the mounts into the...
- Page 14 Fox Composites Co., Ltd. Gear Installation: Actually there is not much gear to install ! The milled balsa/fibreglass battery tray is easily re- movable when the wing joining rods are slid out, so you can do the final battery and gear installa-...
- Page 15 Fox Composites Co., Ltd. Finishing: The ‘Komet’ kit is supplied painted in the molds - either all-grey or all-red. The paint used is a 2- pack polyurethane, which will accept most other types of paint on top of it without any problems.
- Page 16 Fox Composites Co., Ltd. Notes”, below, for more information - as it is useful to have higher ‘up’ elevator throws for landing. Ailerons: 5mm ‘up’ and 5mm ‘down’. Set 40% exponential in the ailerons. Elevators: Low rate/normal flying : 8mm ‘up’ and 7mm ‘down’.
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Page 17: Kit Contents
Fox Composites Co., Ltd. speed up. Landings are fairly fast and for the first one or two I would make sure you have some battery power left for a ‘go-around’ in case you overshoot. The Komet is quite docile when gliding and you can slow it down and apply full ‘up’ elevator with no vices, other than it slows and stops - so again, check the ‘stall’... - Page 18 Milled wood, hardware & small parts included in the kit. Acknowledgements/Credits: Fox Composites would like to thank Overlander Technologies for their assistance and advice with regard to the power system for the ‘Komet’, and Brian Teasdale for permission to use some of his excellent photos of the 1st production plane in this Manual.
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