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- Page 1 Bristol F2-B 1917 Fighter Assembly Manual for ARF stand-off scale model in 1:5 scale. Historical data and presentation. Model design and construction drawing by Göran Kalderén © Revised 2000-09-05 Bristol F2B Fighter ARF 1...
- Page 2 Bristol Fighter F2B The aircraft was armed with a single syn- For the British aircommand it became chronized .303 Vickers machine gun with 963 in 1916 obvious that a replacement for the slow rounds of ammunition in the nose for the pilot and vulnerable BE2 series of aircraft was badly and a .303 Lewis machine gun for the observer needed.
- Page 3 Specification: Wingspan, 39' 3" (11,96 m.) Length, 25' 10" (7,87 m.) Heigth, 9' 9" (2,97 m.) Engine, 275 hp Rolls Royce Falcon III liquid cooled. Armament, 1 Vickers .303 forward firing syncronized machine gun, 1 Lewis on Scarf ring mount in rear cockpit Speed, 113 mph., (182 kph) Service ceiling, 20,000 feet...
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- Page 5 Bristol F2B Fighter and Canadian pilots self and his regular observer, Sgt. (later Lt.) L.F. The Canadian Air Force only ever held two ”Brisfits” Powell accounted for 28 aircraft from the time of or ”Bifs” on strength from 6 August, 1920 to 7 Feb- their first victory on 26 June, 1917 and the end of ruary, 1922 as part of an Imperial Gift of 114 varied the year.
- Page 6 Our model depicts the Bristol F2b D8084, No.139 depicted on D8084 as it is presently painted. This Sqn RAF Villaverla Aerodrome in September 1918. aircraft also carried a spanwise w/b/w stripe between Originally formed in March 1918 as ’Z’ Flight and the upperwing.
- Page 7 The Bristol F2B Fighter, that we have modeled, is surface of the fuselage. The all over paint color is PC10 the aircraft that is kept in flying condition by the (we use olive drab which is like sun bleached PC10) Shuttleworth Collection in England.
- Page 8 The picture below shows also the spent cartridge The impressive Rolls Royce Falcon III 275 Hp 12 chute and the rear part of the Vickers machine gun. cylinder liquid cooled V-engine. Bristol F2B Fighter ARF 8...
- Page 9 The Model necessary, and drill the holes for the engine. We have chosen the scale of 1:5 that Insert blind nuts to take the engine bolts. gives a model with the wingspan of almost 8 feet. 2. Install the 16 Oz tank on the right side in This in turn is a rather large aircraft but the han- the engine compartment.
- Page 10 the upper center section (4 Allen 6-32 screws. Either one of the 2 aluminum panels can now 30 mm. be removed by unscrewing the sheet metal 1.5 mm. screws. Note that different length of screws have been used for the various locations. The rubber coaming can be removed and later replaced without using glue.
- Page 11 The MQ version with full detailing Our prototype in flight Cockpit details with optional instrument panel installed Bristol F2B Fighter ARF 11...
- Page 12 For clarity only one typical wire type is indicated. The airplane has 4 front, 4 rear flying wires, 4 front and 4 rear landing wires. The 4 interplane strutt sections all have X-bracing wires. These are the rigging wires: 8. Upper wing cabane cross bracing wires 1.
- Page 13 Turn both adjustment screws the same number of full turns. Turn the wire holder in the fins Adjustable accordingly, same number of full turns. If you leading edge support move the leading edge up, the upper and lower wire attachment points are moved upwards. Clip Fixed screw the clevises back into positions.
- Page 14 Cockpit interior including instrument panel is an additional option. The servo Y-leads from the receiver can be routed along the rear wing support to the centre For adjustment of the stabilizer incidence it is section of the lower wing and then connected to recommended to set the stabilizer approx 3mm the servos in the wings.
- Page 15 The engine installation is related to the type of engine that you have chosen. We like to show how we installed the OS 1.20 engine and including a "scale" type functional manifold. To ensure an unrestricted air inflow we removed three panels of the screen above the propeller shaft.
- Page 16 What is in the box: wires are supplied in the correct lengths and attached The ARF and RNF kits contains the parts shown in the to their fixed positions. Wings, interplanestruts, Fin/ picture All the parts are covered and painted. All the rigging rudder and Stabilizer/elevator are separated at delivery.
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