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CARF-Models Ltd.
It is highly recommended to assemble your Corsair following the steps in this instruction manual
closely. A lot of building steps are interacting and there are not too many choices as to what
should be done first, and what last. We recommend to follow this manual closely to avoid time
consuming and expensive mistakes.
CARF-Models offers the F4U-1D Corsair in 3 different versions. This manual starts at the very
beginning of assembling a folding wing kit version (#792000).
Assembling the plug-in wing version (#791000) doesn't make much difference, to the general
building approach, of course will be simplifying the build a lot. The whole chapter about the
folding wing hardware installation, and also the hydraulics installation and plumbing, can be
skipped.
Most of you will be curious about what amount of building the ARF version (#793000) will
require from you. The photos below show all the parts, which the factory installs for you before
the plane is packed and shipped. If you look at these photos, you will ask, what you still will have
to do? Well, it's not much anymore.
ARF Corsair Building Jobs: Installing your engine, your servos, and adjusting your
linkages. For transport reasons we do not glue the rudder fin on to the fuselage, but this is a
10 minute job to do. Assemble the 3 torsion linkages and connecting them to the controls
and the servos. Installing the landing gear (actually "bolting it in"), glueing in the clear
canopy and painting the whole plane in the scheme you picked. That's all. All in all, you
might need to read a few tiny parts of landing gear installation, and then the last 10-12
pages about engine and RC installation. And of course, the finish and the preflight info.
All this is already
installed
in the CARF
Corsair ARF.
Instruction Manual F4U-1D Corsair
Getting Started!
Now, is it worth the extra money to go with
the ARF version?
If you are a builder, you will enjoy the build
every bit as much as if you're more a flyer
and go for the ARF version.
info@carf-models.com
...it depends on you!
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