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- Page 1 75" Edge 540 ARF Assembly Manual Copyright 2018 Extreme Flight RC...
- Page 2 THIS IS NOT A TOY! Serious injury, destruction of property, or even death may result from the misuse of this product. Extreme Flight RC is providing you, the consumer, with a very high quality model aircraft component kit, from which you, the consumer, will assemble a flying model.
- Page 3 Congratulations on your purchase of the 3DHS 75" Edge 540 ARF! The original 3DHS 74" Edge 540 was a legendary airframe among devotees of 3D Aerobatics. It was beloved due to its ability to be both stable and gentle for 3D newbies yet aggressive and satisfying for the more experience flyer.
- Page 4 Tips for Success: 1. Before starting assembly, take a few minutes to read the entire instruction manual to familiarize yourself with the assembly process. 2. Please take a few minutes and go over all the seams on the aircraft with a covering iron on a medium heat setting.
- Page 5 Let's begin! 1. Locate the 2 wing panels as well as the composite aileron control horns and base plates. Use a soldering iron or sharp hobby blade to remove the covering over the slots for the aileron horn and aileron servo mount as shown. Make sure you are doing this on the bottom of the wing and aileron! 2.
- Page 6 3. Inspect the hinges and make sure that each hinge is seated properly. Adjust any hinge holes that are impeding movement. Remove all of the hinges from the wing and aileron. Mix a generous batch of 30 minute epoxy. Use a zip tie or an old pushrod to thoroughly coat and fill the hinge holes in the wing with epoxy.
- Page 7 6. Assemble the aileron linkage as shown and secure to the aileron horn assembly and servo arm with the provided 3mm bolts. Apply blue Loctite to all bolts! 7. Repeat this process for the other wing, then inspect them both for taut covering and any lifting seams that need attention with a hot iron or heat gun.
- Page 8 9. Trial fit the landing gear cuffs to the carbon gear legs and mark their location. Remove the cuffs and apply a bead of Silicon based Goop glue completely around the gear leg as shown. Slide the cuffs into place and secure with tape until dry.
- Page 9 10. Locate the 2 axles, 2 locking nuts, 2 wheels, 2 wheel collars and 2 wheel pants. Place the wheel on the axel and secure with a wheel collar. 11. Place the threaded portion of the axle through the hole in the landing gear and secure with the lock nut and washer.
- Page 10 12. Using the same procedure as the ailerons, glue the hinges in place in the stab and elevators and install the control horn and baseplate in the bottom right location. 13. Remove the covered wooden block from behind the stab slot and trial fit the stab into the self aligning slot.
- Page 11 14. Once the stab/elevator assembly is dry glue the covered balsa block back in place with medium CA or epoxy.
- Page 12 15. Locate the rudder along with the dual control horn and open ended base plates. 16. Scuff the middle portion of control horns that will be glued into the rudder. Apply epoxy to the slots in the rudder and to the center of the control horns. Slide the control horns into position and measure to be sure they are centered.
- Page 13 17. Once the control horn assembly is dry glue the rudder into place using the same method that you did for the ailerons and elevators. 18. Drill a hole in the bottom of the rudder to accept the shank of the ball link included in the tailwheel assembly hardware bag.
- Page 14 20. Locate the rudder linkage assembly in the hardware package. Assemble the pull-pull linkage on one end of each of the provided pull-pull cables. This is done by inserting the cable into an aluminum crimp tube and through the hole in the threaded brass fitting.
- Page 15 22. The firewall on the Edge has laser scribed locations for mounting the Xpwr 30 as well as the DA-35. Drill at the correct location for your choice of power plant. If using an alternative motor/engine simply download the mounting template from the engine manufacturer's website and align with the centering marks on the firewall and drill the appropriate holes.
- Page 16 23. We highly recommend the use of the Blazing Star Standard XL Standoff Set to make the mounting of the Xpwr 30 as fast and easy as possible. All necessary mounting bolts are included in the standoff set. Distance from firewall face to spinner backplate is 6.41"...
- Page 17 26. If using an electric setup, locate the clear motor baffles. Using a pair of scissors cut the assembly in half and trim. If you decide to paint the baffles be sure to avoid getting paint on the part that glues to the cowl. Glue the baffles in place with Goop or epoxy.
- Page 18 27. Once satisfied with the motor/esc installation and proper direction of rotation has been confirmed, install the cowl by sliding it up onto the lower retaining hooks and securing with 2 3mm bolts installed through the holes in the F1 former and into the blind nuts in the cowl.
- Page 19 29. Here is a picture of the receiver installation and how I have routed the servo extensions to make a tidy setup. 30. The wings are retained by inserting a 4MM bolt and washer through the tabs on each wing at the side of the fuse just behind the wing tube. Make sure the wings are pushed all the way in so the holes in the tab and fuse line up.
- Page 20 31. If using the included Side Force Generators or racing tips or both now is the time to mount them. They are secured with 2 3mm bolts threaded into the blind nuts in the wing tips. 32. Secure your flight batteries with heavy duty Velcro straps. I have had great success using the Velcro brand One Wrap product.
- Page 21 Set-up and Trimming The CG range for the 3DHS 75" Edge 540 can be measured at the wing root and starts at 4.75"-5.25" which closely correlates to the location of the wing tube. If you balance at the center of the wing tube for the first flight you will be safe. There is plenty of room on the battery tray to move your batteries to achieve this CG location.
- Page 22 You may wish to apply all of your graphics before applying the coat of wax. Thanks again for your purchase of the 3DHS Edge 540 ARF. I hope you enjoy assembling and flying yours as much as I have mine. See you at the flying field! Chris Hinson Extreme Flight RC...
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