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Top Sky DLG Install Guide
TOPSKY DLG Installation Manual
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  • Page 1 Topsoaring New Technology Co., LTD Top Sky DLG Install Guide TOPSKY DLG Installation Manual TopskyInstallGuide-(English version).doc Page 1 of 40...
  • Page 2 Topsoaring New Technology Co., LTD Top Sky DLG Install Guide TopskyInstallGuide-(English version).doc Page 2 of 40...
  • Page 3 Topsoaring New Technology Co., LTD Top Sky DLG Install Guide Specs: Airfoil - AG4XXXX Wingspan - 1490mm Length - 1180mm Wing area - 22.84 dm2 Weight - 195g AUW - 260£-280g Wing load - 11.38g/dm2£-12.26g/dm2 Recommend RC equipment: Servo: Futaba: 3108, 3110, 3114, S3154, JR-SM22, DS285 Diamond: D 4.7, D 60...
  • Page 4: Tail Installation

    Topsoaring New Technology Co., LTD Top Sky DLG Install Guide Attention: Because after the compound materials cure, there will be ammonia iris on the surface, which affect the bonding strength afterwards. Please polish with sandpaper on all bonding surface. Tail Installation 1.1.
  • Page 5 Topsoaring New Technology Co., LTD Top Sky DLG Install Guide 1.6. Sand the gap and bevel for the hinge. 1.7. Bond the carbon cloth to the tail. The weight of the tail should be 13g. 1.8. Wait for the glue to harden with heavy weights.
  • Page 6 Topsoaring New Technology Co., LTD Top Sky DLG Install Guide 1.9. Make a slot on the front end of the vertical tail. The width is the same as the diameter of the tail boom, and the length is 10mm. 1.10. Slotting the tail boom: Width 2.5mm, length 20mm. Make sure the edge of the two slots are smooth.
  • Page 7 Topsoaring New Technology Co., LTD Top Sky DLG Install Guide 1.13. Then, cover the other side. The weight of tail set with films should be 14g. 1.14. Cut the covering of both sides of the vertical tail: 2mm inside the edge of the carbon, cut from the front to the end of the tail boom.
  • Page 8 Topsoaring New Technology Co., LTD Top Sky DLG Install Guide  The vertical tail should be vertical to the stabilizer.  The vertical tail should be on the same surface as the center line of the fuselage.  The hinge of the vertical tail should be vertical to the center line of the tail boom.
  • Page 9 Topsoaring New Technology Co., LTD Top Sky DLG Install Guide 1.21. With a ruler, make the vertical tail be vertical to the desk. 1.22. With the scale mark, adjust the stabilizer and the mount. When the stabilizer is flat on the desk, the hinge of the elevator is vertical to the tail boom.
  • Page 10 Topsoaring New Technology Co., LTD Top Sky DLG Install Guide 1.23. Bond the stabilizer mount and the tail boom with fast glue. 1.24. Cut appropriate size of fiberglass with a paper template. TopskyInstallGuide-(English version).doc Page 10 of 40...
  • Page 11 Topsoaring New Technology Co., LTD Top Sky DLG Install Guide 1.25. Apply a thin layer of epoxy on the boom, stabilizer carbon and the mount. 1.26. Join the tail boom and the mount to the bottom of the stabilizer with epoxy and fiberglass.
  • Page 12 Topsoaring New Technology Co., LTD Top Sky DLG Install Guide TopskyInstallGuide-(English version).doc Page 12 of 40...
  • Page 13 Topsoaring New Technology Co., LTD Top Sky DLG Install Guide 2.2. Trial fit your servo and make adjustments until they fit tight. TopskyInstallGuide-(English version).doc Page 13 of 40...
  • Page 14 Topsoaring New Technology Co., LTD Top Sky DLG Install Guide 2.3. Mark the location of the screw holes, when putting the wing on the fuselage. 2.4. Drill holes for servo cable with file. TopskyInstallGuide-(English version).doc Page 14 of 40...
  • Page 15 Topsoaring New Technology Co., LTD Top Sky DLG Install Guide 2.5. Drill screw holes with file. 2.6. Place wing face down on the desk. 2.7. Put tape on the joint of the wing bottom. 2.8. Prepare the platform for gluing of the wing joint. The wing dihedral angle should be 6.3 degrees.
  • Page 16 Topsoaring New Technology Co., LTD Top Sky DLG Install Guide 2.10. Record the locations of screw holes and servo cable holes. 2.11. Apply fiberglass and epoxy on the joint area, the width is about 6mm. TopskyInstallGuide-(English version).doc Page 16 of 40...
  • Page 17 Topsoaring New Technology Co., LTD Top Sky DLG Install Guide 2.12. Cellophane can be added on the outside of the fiberglass making the surface very smooth after it cures. 2.13. Apply carbon cloth and epoxy on the location of screw holes.
  • Page 18 Topsoaring New Technology Co., LTD Top Sky DLG Install Guide 2.15. Drill 4mm screw holes. Trim the wing screw holes and make them centered to the screw holes on the fuselage. Then enlarge the holes with 6mm drill. 2.16. Insert the 2 short carbon pipes into the wing screw holes, and assemble the wing onto the fuselage.
  • Page 19 Topsoaring New Technology Co., LTD Top Sky DLG Install Guide 2.19. Bond the screw tube on to the wing. And assemble the wing on the fuselage with two screws. Slightly loosen the screws when the epoxy is half cured. 2.20. After the wing’s cure, sand the screw tube to make them flush with the wing.
  • Page 20 Topsoaring New Technology Co., LTD Top Sky DLG Install Guide Fuselage Installation 3.1. Sand the rear part of the fuselage if necessary, and the inside of the front part of the tail boom. Make sure they match. 3.2. Drill holes on the rear part of the fuselage, preparing for the linkage of the tail.
  • Page 21: Aileron Installation

    Topsoaring New Technology Co., LTD Top Sky DLG Install Guide 3.6. Waiting for it to cure. 3.7. If the tail boom was cut on the front part, 3k carbon fiber should be added to the front part of the tail boom, and apply epoxy.
  • Page 22 Topsoaring New Technology Co., LTD Top Sky DLG Install Guide 4.3. Pass the Servo cables through the hole and glue the aileron servos into the installation holes with epoxy. 4.4. Solder the aileron connector. 4.5. Make holes on the ailerons, insert the aileron horns, and adjust to appropriate position.
  • Page 23 Topsoaring New Technology Co., LTD Top Sky DLG Install Guide 4.6. Measure the length of the link rod and z-bend the supplied steel wire into the same length. 4.7. Install the aileron link rod. 4.8. Test the aileron servos by powering on the receiver. Then power off the receiver. Adjust the arms to center the ailerons.
  • Page 24 Topsoaring New Technology Co., LTD Top Sky DLG Install Guide and receiver assembly. 5.2. Adjust the servo mount based on the size of the servos. 5.3. Using plywood; cut two pieces of 7x15mm squares. Drill 1mm holes on them. 5.4.
  • Page 25 Topsoaring New Technology Co., LTD Top Sky DLG Install Guide 5.6. Install the rod tube. 5.7. Install servos. TopskyInstallGuide-(English version).doc Page 25 of 40...
  • Page 26 Topsoaring New Technology Co., LTD Top Sky DLG Install Guide 5.8. Install the servo Y-extension cable you created earlier. 5.9. Install receiver and batteries. Run the antenna out of the fuselage through the front part, and fix it on the tail boom with tape.
  • Page 27 Topsoaring New Technology Co., LTD Top Sky DLG Install Guide 6.2. Insert 0.5mm steel wire into the tube. Make sure the wire can move smoothly. Sand the wire with 300# sandpaper if not. 6.3. Cut slots on rudder and elevator, put in the horn without glue, then adjust them into appropriate position.
  • Page 28 Topsoaring New Technology Co., LTD Top Sky DLG Install Guide Finish Checking 8.1. Check the center of gravity: Install batteries, receiver and fuselage cover. Make sure the COG is 75-80mm behind the leading edge at the middle of the wing. Changing weight on the nose or tail to adjust the COG.
  • Page 29 Topsoaring New Technology Co., LTD Top Sky DLG Install Guide The Topsky Build Thread http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1121424 So after many questions, here it is, the first real review of Top Soaring's Topsky! The builder Wzg asked me to find someone to post a build thread and test fly his Topsky on here so I hooked up my friend...
  • Page 30 Topsoaring New Technology Co., LTD Top Sky DLG Install Guide Very complete hardware kit, control horns, pushrods and housings, heat shrink, wing plug, pre-cut servo tray, and lots of carbon and glass to play with! The pod, very clean and NOT like the Longshot as many people compare it to.
  • Page 31 Topsoaring New Technology Co., LTD Top Sky DLG Install Guide The tail feathers The wings! TopskyInstallGuide-(English version).doc Page 31 of 40...
  • Page 32 Topsoaring New Technology Co., LTD Top Sky DLG Install Guide Carbon armored TE and tips Carbon armored LE Inside view of the pod, nice carbon supports Tightly woven boom, very strong All the carbon and glass!! Like a mirror!! Detailed photo of the hardware kit.
  • Page 33 Topsoaring New Technology Co., LTD Top Sky DLG Install Guide Views inside the pod, the wing bolt threads in the pod have carbon blocks with blind-nuts, verrryy tough! So we started the build with the boom and pod. The stub of the pod was sanded down and the boom cut 10mm at a time until there was a snug fit.
  • Page 34 Topsoaring New Technology Co., LTD Top Sky DLG Install Guide Sand the stub Trimming the boom Nice snug fit Mixing the splooge! Time to apply And on she goes Trimming out the tray to fir the S-75's Test fitting Marking inside the pod Shorten the wires TopskyInstallGuide-(English version).doc...
  • Page 35 Topsoaring New Technology Co., LTD Top Sky DLG Install Guide Glue it in place Starting the pushrod exit holes Filing them out with the rat tail Time for the wing! The wing root is pre-beveled for a 6" dihedral, so that saved A LOT of time normally spent sanding in the angle.
  • Page 36 Topsoaring New Technology Co., LTD Top Sky DLG Install Guide at 6". Time to cure! Marking the location of the servos square Template laid, time to cut! to the hinge line Digging the foam Brass hole saw making the wire channels...
  • Page 37 Topsoaring New Technology Co., LTD Top Sky DLG Install Guide Making the pin holes for the epoxy to bite better Glued up and the clock is running! Check the dihedral, 6" Epoxy cured Wings continued! So now time for the glass, Marcus had a large strip of glass and prefers the one strip method, so we cut a 40mm wide (20mm on each root) and 14.5"...
  • Page 38 Topsoaring New Technology Co., LTD Top Sky DLG Install Guide The glass and my new favorite tool! 3M77 and then its onto the wing Time for the eternity paste! Work it into the glass Blot out the excess Time to wait until eternity for it to cure!
  • Page 39 Topsoaring New Technology Co., LTD Top Sky DLG Install Guide a little 3M77 and on they went. A good thing to do when installing the patches: put on only one side at a time. Why? This way you don't lose the location of the wing bolt holes you filed out previously. Install both patches on one side, then take a tiny drill bit and drill through the wing completely through the pilot holes.
  • Page 40 Topsoaring New Technology Co., LTD Top Sky DLG Install Guide Cut the carbon sleeves to length Then install! Finished!! TopskyInstallGuide-(English version).doc Page 40 of 40...