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Page 1: Instruction Manual
Composite-ARF INTEGRAL techsupport@composite-arf.com Instruction Manual Composite-ARF INTEGRAL TAVS Technology version 1.0... - Page 2 Instructions for F3A/Pattern Airplane Thank you very much for purchasing our Composite-ARF INTEGRAL all-composite aircraft, made with the revolutionary Total Area Vacuum Sandwich (TAVS) technology. Before you get started building and setting-up your aircraft, please make sure you have read this instruction manual several times, and understood it.
- Page 3 Composite-ARF INTEGRAL techsupport@composite-arf.com ers, whose product(s) you use to fly this particular aircraft, especially engines & R/C equipment. Please don’t ignore our warnings, or those provided by other manufacturers. They refer to things and processes which, if ignored, could result in permanent damage or fatal injury.
- Page 4 Composite-ARF INTEGRAL techsupport@composite-arf.com General information about fully-composite aircraft structure and design All the parts are produced in negative molds, manufactured using vacuum-bagged sandwich construction technology. All parts are painted in the moulds, either single colour or designer colour schemes. Our production method, called TAVS (Total Area Vacuum Sandwich), enables us to present this aircraft with incredible built-in strength, while still being extremely lightweight, and for a price that nobody could even consider some years ago.
- Page 5 Composite-ARF INTEGRAL techsupport@composite-arf.com lage halves are joined it results in an torsionally stiff, yet incredibly lightweight, assembly - capa- ble of soaking up loads imposed by 4 stroke motors up to .200 size. Carbon/ply sandwich landing gear mounts and nose-ring are factory installed for your conven- ience, but the firewall is not installed - to give you the greatest motor choice.
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Page 6: Landing Gear
Composite-ARF INTEGRAL techsupport@composite-arf.com Assembly Details Gluing Preparation It is most important to prepare all surfaces properly before gluing, to ensure a good bond, with the minimum amount of glue. The inner surface of the laminated sandwich parts must be scuffed with 240 grit sandpaper, and cleaned off with denaturised alcohol, or equivalent, on a paper towel before gluing parts together. - Page 7 Composite-ARF INTEGRAL techsupport@composite-arf.com ufacture. These fit servos of 15 x 32mm (eg: Futaba 3002, 9650, 9602/JR 3728, 3241). Balsa blocks (30mm wide) are glued into the elevators during manufacture, at the control horn position. The centre of the block is 45mm from the root end of the elevator, as indicated by the 2 small milled holes in the leading edge of the elevator.
- Page 8 Composite-ARF INTEGRAL techsupport@composite-arf.com control horns, mill the slots as described in the stabiliser section, but make the slots at least 20mm (7/8”) deep. The holes in the horn (for the clevise) should be perpendicular to the hinge axis in the ‘neutral’ aileron position.
- Page 9 Composite-ARF INTEGRAL techsupport@composite-arf.com the tongues in place, so that the canopy can slide backwards to dis-engage the front hook ! You can also use this same method if you have chosen to use the optional fibreglass cockpit base and clear canopy, but the tongues will need to be shortened.
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Page 10: Centre Of Gravity
Composite-ARF INTEGRAL techsupport@composite-arf.com Included in the kit is a 2 part pipe-floor, milled from foam/glass sandwich, which can be used to form a tuned-pipe tunnel. There are small strips of balsa already factory installed on the fuselage sides to support this. It must be inserted as 2 separate pieces, and the longitudinal joint can then be glued, or taped, together. - Page 11 Composite-ARF INTEGRAL techsupport@composite-arf.com Rudder High rate: 50mm @ top, with 60% Exponential Low rate: 42mm @ top, with 40% Exponential Mixing Rudder > Elevator mix: 5% ‘up’ elevator mixed with rudder. Throttle > Elevator mix: 1% ‘down’ elevator with low throttle.a...
- Page 12 Composite-ARF INTEGRAL techsupport@composite-arf.com Control horns, 2mm phenolic sheet (elevators/ailerons) Phenolic hooks (optional canopy/chin fixing) Phenolic ‘U’ plates (for phenolic hooks) Phenolic strip, 15 x 50mm (for chin cowl & canopy alignment tabs) Nose ring, milled carbon, 2mm thick Wood pack...
- Page 13 Composite-ARF INTEGRAL techsupport@composite-arf.com Contents of hardware pack Contents of Milled Wood pack Optional carbon canopy. Optional cockpit base (#701103) and # 700410 clear canopy. (#700104)
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- Page 17 Composite-ARF INTEGRAL techsupport@composite-arf.com Version 1.0. March 12 2007. Mike C.