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Suggested Instructions
Required Component to complete model:
1. 1mm or 1.5mm (1/16") ply for wing sheer web
2. Ply wood or hard balsa to form wing joiner assembly
3. 6mm (¼") Ply or hard Balsa for wing root
4. Wing joiner and tube for wing joiner
5. 3mm steel incident pegs for main wing or 3mm rear joiner and tube
6. 3mm (1/8") ply for servo mount
7. 5mm (3/16") balsa for Tail plane and Rudder and rudder post
8. Tail plane joiner and incident piano wire and tube
9. Control Horns / Clevises / 2mm threaded control rods / Push rod for Elevator/Tail plane / Small bore
snake and thin piano wire to suit for rudder control.
10. Diamond tape or similar for aileron hinge
11. Hinges for rudder (Mylar hinge used on prototype)
12. Optional 1.5mm Ply or plastic card for radio plate is required
13. Optional Epoxy + Micro balloons for facing wing trailing edge and aileron leading edge
14. RADIO:
Servos:
Receiver
Battery (1500mAh) 2/3rd NiMH or similar
Battery Switch
Wing Preparation
When you receive your wings, they will be veneered either in wood veneer or glass cloth pressed directly
on to the foam panels. Aileron will have been cut out and the recess holes for the servos will have been
already cut.
To complete wing the following will need to be completed:
1. Install wing joiner.
Ply wood sheer web to reinforce
joiner assembly
2. Apply 1/4 ply reinforcement to wing root. – you will need to allow Main wing joiner and rear locating
joiner / peg to pass through. Additionally you will need to install a wire hook that passes through the
Fuselage sides so a rubber bands can be used to keep wings together during use and allow for
dismantling.
Elevator / Rudder (HiTech 65MG)
Ailerons (Ripmax SD150)
(Above radio spec used on Prototypes)
Plywood / hard Balsa –
thickness to suit same thickness
of brass tube angle to achieve
Brass tube to suite
wing joiner
5mm Dihedral under wingtip
1/4" Ply or
Hard Balsa Wing Root
Top
1mm or 1.5mm
ply shear web
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Table of Contents
Summary of Contents for Slope-dudes Midge
- Page 1 Suggested Instructions Required Component to complete model: 1. 1mm or 1.5mm (1/16”) ply for wing sheer web 2. Ply wood or hard balsa to form wing joiner assembly 3. 6mm (¼”) Ply or hard Balsa for wing root 4. Wing joiner and tube for wing joiner 5.
- Page 2 3. Slightly hollow out the Face the mating surfaces of Trailing Edge of the wing and Leading Edge of Aileron and fill with Epoxy and micro balloons. Alternatively, you could face with thin balsa, ply or glass cloth. Epoxy & micro balloon. Aileron Wing 4.
- Page 3 3. Drill rear main wing locator to match wing rear locator peg or 3mm rear wing joiner. (This is easier when you have cut your wing root reinforcement ply complete with matching holes, use this as a template to mark where the holes need to go into the fuselage. Ensure you have the required incident of wing to fuselage angle.
- Page 4 12. Once the tail plane joiner tubes have been fitted. Finally sand and cover in chosen covering material. 13. Canopy, Use small gauge piano wire and epoxy in the centre to allow the wire to flex to allow it to be insert under the lip at the front and rear.
- Page 5 15. The Battery and receiver can be installed directly in front of the wing inside the fuselage, but installation is easier and more practical to remove and keep the installation neat and tidy by fastening them onto a ply or plastic card plate that slides into the front of the fuselage in front of the main wing joiner.
- Page 6 Flying: Check C of G is correct. Check all controls for correct operation and range of movement. Pitch and role controls are lively on full so these should be kept on the lower rate setting until you have become used to the model. I fly mine on lower rates most of the time, only increasing roll rate when I want to lose count of the rolls I have performed (its quick).
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