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- Page 1 AeroMaster-46 Almost‐Ready‐to‐Fly Nitro/Electric Aerobat INSTRUCTION MANUAL Specifications Wingspan: 59 in (1470mm) Length: 49 in (1250mm) Wing Area: 604.5 sq in (39sq dm) Flying Weight: 4.4lb ‐ 4.85lb (2000 ‐ 2200g) ...
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- Page 3 http://www.valuehobby.com/ Dear Customer, Congratulations on your purchase of AeroMaster‐46 ARF from Value Hobby. We thank you for your generous support, and hope you enjoy your new airplane. At Value Hobby, we hope to offer competitive prices, good performance, and products that you can setup and use with ease. That’s why we extensively researched and tested this airplane, and suggested all the products necessary for you to setup properly. We understand that you have many choices when purchasing, and we are grateful you choose to buy from us. As vendors, one of the most gratifying things for us is to hear from our customers. We would welcome any suggestion to help us improve. Please make us aware of any errors and imperfections in the airplane or the instructions, or about the setup that we suggested. We hope you’ll find our setup suggestions to be helpful, and enjoy flying your new airplane. Please feel free to contact us at (630) 948‐0947 or email us at support@valuehobby.com Disclaimer By purchasing and/or building this model, user assumes ALL liability and risk involved with this product. This model should be built and flown by an experienced pilot and only flown at AMA sanctioned sites. Value Hobby guarantees this model to be free of defects in materials and workmanship at the date of purchase. This warranty does not cover any parts damaged by use or modifications. In no way shall Value Hobby’s liability exceed the original cost of the purchased model. Further, Value Hobby reserves the right to modify this warranty without notice. Value Hobby has no control over the final stages of assembly or the material used for the final assembly. No liability shall be assumed nor materials used for the final user‐assembled product. By the act of using the final product the user accepts all resulting liability. Value Hobby, as a R/C product vendor, provides a top quality airplane and instructions to complete the model. The quality and flight characteristics of the finished model depend greatly on how it is built; we cannot guarantee the performance for the completed model and representations are expressed or implied as to the performance of the completed model. If the buyer is not prepared to accept the liability associated with the use of this product, the buyer is advised to return this kit immediately, in new and unused condition. Safety in Assembly During assembly of this aircraft, you will be asked to use sharp knives and hobby adhesives. Please follow all safety procedures recommended by the manufacturers of the products you use, and always follow these important guidelines: ALWAYS protect your eyes when working with adhesives, knives, or tools, especially power tools. Safety glasses are the best way to protect your eyes. ALWAYS protect your body, especially your hands and fingers when using adhesives, knives, or tools, especially power tools. Do not cut toward exposed skin with hobby knives. Do not place hobby knives on tables or benches ...
- Page 4 http://www.valuehobby.com/ ONLY fly your aircraft in a safe, open area, away from spectators and vehicles–and where it is legal to fly. NEVER fly over an unsafe area, such as a road or street. Never fly too close to yourself or spectators. Never run your motor inside a house or building with the propeller attached – Remove the prop for safety. Required Items CA Glue – Thin and Thick Epoxy glue Hobby Knife Small Phillips Screwdriver Set Metric Allen Wrenches Scissors Small Pliers Wire Cutters Masking tape Optional – Heat gun Before Starting Assembly Examination Unpack your airplane and examine the components. Check for damage of any kind. If you see any damage, please contact Value Hobby immediately. Covering Your airplane was packed in plastic at the factory without any wrinkles in the covering. You may notice some wrinkles now; more likely, you will notice a few in a day or two or the first time you take the plane out to the flying field. These wrinkles are the result of wood shrinkage and/or expansion. Balsa wood changes size and shape slightly as it is exposed to varying humidity in the air. This is a natural property of balsa wood. As your airplane adjusts to the weather in your part of the world, wrinkles may appear and disappear. Wrinkles may be removed with the gentle application of heat to the covering material on your airplane. The best tool to use is a hobby heat gun. Apply the heat gently: the covering material will shrink as you apply the heat, and this will remove the wrinkles. BE CAREFUL! Too much heat applied too quickly can damage the covering, either by causing it to pull away from the wood at seams and corners or even by melting it. The covering will shrink at low temperature with patient application of heat. Wrinkles in the covering DO NOT affect flight performance. Remove the canopy before attempting to use heat on your covering! The canopy is made of thermo‐activated plastic and WILL deform with the application of heat. Do not apply heat to the canopy. If you need to clean your airplane, we recommend using a damp towel. The paint used on the canopy and cowl is not safe for all cleaners. In particular, DO NOT use alcohol on these parts, it will remove the paint. ...
- Page 5 http://www.valuehobby.com/ Configuration Model Qty Radio 4 channel 1 Motor Size GForce G32 Brushless Outrunner Motor (4250‐800KV) 1 Speed Control 80A Brushless ESC 1 Recommended GForce 30C 4000mAh 4S14.8V LiPO 1 Battery（LiPO） Prop Size 14 X 7 or 15 X 6 1 5 (nitro) Servos Standard servos 4 (electric) Universal Servo Y‐Harness (300mm） 11.8‐Inch (Futaba "J" and JR Y‐Harness 1 Compatible) Universal Servo Extension (600mm） 23.6‐Inch (Futaba "J" and JR Extension 2 Compatible) Charger GT POWER X‐CHARGER C6 6S LiPO Charger 1 Main Parts of the Airplane ...
- Page 6 http://www.valuehobby.com/ 4. Adjust the aileron so there is a small gap between Section 1: Aileron Installation. the LE of the aileron and the wing. The gap should 1. Drill a 1/16‐inch hole into the center of each hinge be about 1/64‐inch or just wide enough to slip a slot in the aileron and wing panel. Trim the covering piece of paper through. away from each hinge slot to ensure that the hinges will be properly glued in place. 5. Apply six drops of thin CA to the top and bottom of each hinge. Do not use accelerator in the hinging 2. Test fit a CA hinge into each of the hinge slots. If process. The CA must be allowed to soak into the necessary, enlarge the slots with a hobby knife. hinge naturally. After the CA has cured, flex the When satisfied with the fit, place the hinges into the surfaces several times to break in the hinges. Pull on slots. Push a pin through the middle of each hinge both surfaces to make sure the hinges are secure. to keep them centered. 3. Join the aileron to the wing panel and remove the 6. Repeat steps 1‐5 for the other wing panel. pins from the hinges. Center the aileron on the wing. ...
- Page 7 http://www.valuehobby.com/ Section 2: Aileron Servos & Pushrods Installation. Before installation, confirm that the servos that you will be using will properly fit in the servo opening. Make adjustments as necessary for your brand servos. The servo openings shown in this section will fit standard size servos. 1. Installing the servos in the wing will require the use of one 300 mm servo extension for each aileron servo. One Y‐harness connector is required and is used to allow the aileron servos to plug into one 3. Securely tie the string from inside the opening for slot in your receiver. You may also have a computer the aileron servo to the end of the servo extension. radio that allows you to plug the servos into Pull the servo wire and extension through the wing. separate slots and then mix them together with the radio transmitter. If you choose to mix them together with the radio rather than a Y‐harness, refer to the manual for your particular model radio system. 2. Attach the 30mm servo extension to the aileron servo and secure it with heat shrink tubing. The tubing can be shrunk around the connector with a heat gun or micro torch. Only 38mm of heat shrink tubing is required for each connector. If your aileron 4. Temporarily position the aileron servo into servo has tabs molded into the case for mounting the servo bay. Install and remove a servo mounting the servo on its side, they must be cut off in order screw into each of the four holes. Apply a drop of for the servo to fit into the servo bay in the wing thin CA into the holes to harden the wood. After panel. Follow the instructions included with the the glue has hardened, install the servo into the servo for cutting the tabs. Install the eyelets and ...
- Page 8 http://www.valuehobby.com/ 5. Place one of the nylon control horn on the aileron, positioning it as shown in the sketch and aligning it with the servo arm using a straight edge as a guide. Mark the location for the screw holes. Using a Ф1.8mm drill bit, drill a hole through the aileron at the marks you made. Install and remove a PM2 x 25mm sheet metal screw into each of the holes. Harden the holes with a drop of thin CA. After the glue has hardened completely, install the control horn with two PM2 x 25mm sheet metal screws. 6. Locate a Ф1.8 x 170mm pushrod wire threaded on one end. Screw a nylon clevis onto the rod 20 complete turns. Slide a silicone clevis retainer onto the base of the clevis. Connect the clevis to the second hole from the bottom in the control horn. 7. Use tape or a small clamp to hold the aileron in the neutral position. With the servo arm still parallel to the hinge line, make a mark on the pushrod where it crosses the outer hole in the servo arm. Remove the pushrod and clevis from the control horn. Cut off the excess pushrod wire 6mm beyond the mark. Enlarge the outer hole in the servo arm using a 2mm drill bit. Connect the pushrod to the servo arm using a pushrod connector. ...
- Page 9 http://www.valuehobby.com/ Section 3: Finish the wing panels Section 4: Stabilizer Installation 1. Use the wing tube to attach the wing halves to the 1. Slide the horizontal stabilizer into the stab slot fuselage. at the end of the fuselage. Center the stab left and right in the fuselage. Measure the distance from the stab tips to the wing tips and make the measurements equal. When satisfied, use a felt‐tip pen to trace around the stab where it meets the fuse. 2. Install the wing panels onto the wing tube and secure them to the fuselage using two nylon wing bolts. (Test the CM5X20mm wing bolts into the blind nuts in the wing panels. If the bolts are difficult to thread into the blind nuts, insert a tap into the nuts to clean up the threads.) 2. Trim the covering from the stab 1.6mm inside the lines you drew. ...
- Page 10 http://www.valuehobby.com/ 3. Insert the vertical fin in the fuselage slot. Adjust it 6. Test the rudder to the fuselage with the tail wheel to be symmetric and equidistant from the left to assembly installed in the orientation shown. Make right, perpendicular to the fuselage. any adjustments necessary so the nylon tab on the tail wheel wire fits all the way into the slot in the fuse. 4. Temporarily insert a Ф1.8x 730mm pushrod into each elevator pushrod exit slot. Use the position of the pushrod to align the elevator control horns onto 7. Roughen the portion of the tail wheel assembly the undersides of the elevator halves. Mark the that into the rudder with 220‐grit sand paper and locations of the control horn mounting holes onto clean it off with alcohol. Glue the tail wheel wire the elevator halves and drill 1.6mm holes at the into the hole in the LE of the rudder with medium marks. Thread a PM2 x 25mm self‐tapping screw or thick CA glue. Be sure not to get glue onto the into each hole and back it out. Apply a couple drops nylon tab where it rotates on the wire (oil applied of thin CA glue to each hole and let it harden. on the tail wheel wire around the tab will help Attach the elevator control horns to the elevators prevent glue from sticking to it). Lightly coat both using four PM2 x 25mm self‐tapping screws. sides of the nylon tab with thick CA glue or epoxy and the rudder to the fuselage along with two CA hinges. Glue the CA hinges in place with thin CA glue. 5.
- Page 11 http://www.valuehobby.com/ Section 5: Install the Tail Servos & Section 6: Install the Main Landing Pushrods Gear 1. With the rudder in the neutral position and the Locate the items shown in picture. rudder servo arm perpendicular to the pushrod, mark where the. Reinstall the wheel collars and wheels onto the axles. Thread a CM4X40 set screw into each wheel 2. Attach two Ф1.8x 730mm pushrods with nylon collar and tighten the set screws against the flat clevises and silicone clevis retainers to the third spots on the axles. Be sure that the wheel rotates from outer holes in the elevator control horns. freely on the axle. 3. With the left elevator in the neutral position and the elevator servo perpendicular to the servo case, Attach the wheel pants to the landing gear legs mark the location where the left elevator pushrod using four PWAX12mm machine screws, four M2 crosses the outer hole of the elevator servo arm. flat washers, four M2 lock washers. Make a 90 degree bend at the mark and cut off the excess pushrod 6mm beyond the bend. Position the right elevator in the neutral position and cut off the excess pushrod 25mm behind the elevator servo arm. Join the two elevator pushrods together using two 4mm wheel collars, two PM3x6mm SHCS and thread locking compound. View the model from behind and confirm that the ...
- Page 12 http://www.valuehobby.com/ Attach the landing gear legs to the fuselage using two CM4X20mm SHCS, two M4 flat washers, two M4 lock washers. Section7: Installing a Nitro Motor To p o f t an k Ven t 1. The fuel tank can be assembled as a two line system consisting of a vent (pressure) line to the muffler Fill an d carb lin es and a carb line. Filling and emptying of the tank would need to be done through the carb line, or an 2. Fit the stopper assembly into the tank with the optional fuel fill valve. The tank can also be vent line pointing toward the top of the tank, but assembled as a three line system having a vent line, not touching. The fuel tubing and clunks (fuel carb line, and fill line. If installing a fill line, pickup) on the carb and fill lines should almost ...
- Page 13 http://www.valuehobby.com/ tap and drill set to create threads in the four mounting holes. Attach the engine to the mount using four PM420mm SHCS, four Ф4 fiat washers, and four Ф4 lock washers. 3. Insert the tank into the fuselage with the correct side facing up. The fuel tubing should be routed through the hole in the center of the firewall. Section 8: Electric Motor and ESC Installation Locate the items for this section. 4. Using four PM4X20mm SHCS, four M4 fiat washers, four M4 lock washers, and thread locking compound, attach the engine mount side‐mounted to the firewall so that the engine 1. Install your brushless motor onto the motor mount head will be on the right side. Leave the screws using the 4 black 3mm Allen‐head screws included in slightly loose. Test fit your engine between the your kit. Make sure the motor spins freely. mount halves. Slide the mount halves against the Depending on the size of the shaft collar on your sides of the engine and finish tightening the motor, you may need to remove a small amount of mount screws. wood from the firewall for free rotation. 5. Position the front of the engine drive washer 2. ...
- Page 14 http://www.valuehobby.com/ Section 9: Install the Cowl 1. Drill 1/16" [1.6mm] holes at the marks you made on the cowl through the cowl mounting blocks. Remove the cowl and thread a PWA3X12mm self‐tapping screw into each hole in the cowl mounting blocks and back it out. Apply a couple drops of thin CA to each hole in the blocks. Enlarge the four holes in the cowl with a 2.4mm bit. If you are using a brushless motor, now is a good time to confirm the proper rotation of the motor using your radio system and a battery pack. If the motor rotates in the wrong direction, unplug any two of the three motor leads and swap their positions. When satisfied, install the cowl onto the fuselage using four PWA3X12mm Self‐tapping screws, four Ф2 fiat washers, and four Ф2 lock washers. ...
- Page 15 http://www.valuehobby.com/ Section 10: Setting CG and Control Throws Recommended CG For the first flights, the recommended Center of Gravity location is 124mm behind the leading edge of the wing against the fuselage. Use the battery pack, moving it forward or backward, to achieve the correct balance. Low / Precision Rates (in degrees) and Corresponding Exponential Aileron 20° up / 20° down Expo: 40% Elevator 20° up / 20° down Expo: 25% Rudder 30° left / 30° right Expo: 30% High / 3D Rates (in degrees) and Corresponding Exponential ...
- Page 16 Finally... Enjoy Your AeroMaster-46 Have a nice flight! ...