3D Flight Piper Super Cub Manual

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Piper Super Cub

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Page 1 Piper Super Cub *one printing appearance suggestion...
Page 2 PRINT YOUR AIRFRAME WHENEVER NEEDED ● Fully printable high quality airframes that you can print anytime on your desktop printer. ● Anytime you need spare parts just reprint at little to no cost. ● An entire airframe can typically be printed with about $10-$20 worth of material. ●...
Page 3: Safety Precautions
Congratulations on your purchase of the 3D Flight Piper Super Cub! We hope you enjoy your flying experience with this product. Your 3D Flight Piper Super Cub should not be considered a toy, it is a remote control model that functions very much like a full-size airplane. Because of its performance capabilities and the nature of the product the Piper Super Cub could cause injury to yourself, those around you or property.
Page 4 Introduction This plane was designed to be a Piper Super Cub scale model with some slight modifications. With standard tires it is a fun and simple trainer that looks awesome and performs well. If you try out the optional landing gear then you can upgrade this plane into a multiversital super fun flier that can tackle any flying environment.
Page 5: Recommended Parts
Recommended Parts P OWER YOUR PLANE Since your are downloading and printing your plane you will need to purchase at least a battery, motor and esc. Below is what we recommend for this airplane. You can use other battery, motor and esc combinations since our provided motor mounts allow it but they should provide you with close to the required thrust specification listed below.
Page 6 CA Glue Accelerator Insta-Set CA Accelerator Hobbyking CA Hinge CA Hinge Sheet Hobbyking Self Tapping Screws M2.5x8mm Self Tapping 2boxes McMaster Carr M3x12mm screws McMaster Carr Motor Mount Screws Alternate:M3x12mm screws Any Hardware store 304 Stainless Steel Wire ¼ lb coil .035” dia McMaster Carr Control Rod Material Spring Steel around 1mm dia...
Page 7: Printing Instructions
Printing Instructions P RINT YOUR PLANE Once your files are downloaded from w ww.3d-flight.com you have two options for printing your plane: METHOD1: Using the supplied Gcode prepared using Simplify3D ● Simply load the gcode into your printer in order to print with our specified settings. ●...
Page 8: Wing Assembly
Printed Parts Weight List When printing parts use the printer settings below for each part and make sure to print the quantity needed so that you have the correct amount when you go to assemble. Try to get your main part weights are within +10%/-15%; if the parts are too heavy the plane won't fly as desired.
Page 9: Fuselage Assembly
Fuselage Assembly Item No. File Name Print Weight Qty. Printer Settings PiperCub - Fuselage1 Thick PiperCub - Fuselage2 Wing/Fuselage PiperCub - Fuselage3 Wing/Fuselage PiperCub - Fuselage4 Wing/Fuselage PiperCub - Fuselage5 Wing/Fuselage PiperCub - Fuselage6 Wing/Fuselage PiperCub - Fuselage7 Wing/Fuselage PiperCub - Fuselage8 Wing/Fuselage 9/10 PiperCub - HStabR1/PiperCub - HStabL1...
Page 10 PiperCub - HStabConnector Thick 21/22 PiperCub - FuselageStructureR1/PiperCub - FuselageStructureL1 Thick PiperCub - FuselageStructureM1 Thick 24/25 PiperCub - FuselageStructureR2/PiperCub - FuselageStructureL2 Thick PiperCub - FuselageStructureM2 Thick 27/28 PiperCub - FuselageStructureR3/PiperCub - FuselageStructureL3 Thick PiperCub - FuselageStructureTail Thick 30/31 PiperCub - HatchR/HatchL Thick *...
Page 11 PiperCub - FrontGearWire3 PiperCub - StrutBracketTop Thick PiperCub - RearStrut PiperCub - FrontStrut 11/12 PiperCub - StrutBracketBottomL/PiperCub - StrutBracketBottomR Thick PiperCub - RudderInsert Thick PiperCub - RearGearWire PiperCub - RearTire PiperCub - FrontTire PiperCub - MotorMount3536 Thick...
Page 12 Assembly Instructions M AKE YOUR PLANE Glue Screw Inserts in WingL2/R2 Start by gluing screw inserts (PiperCub - ScrewInsert) into WingR2 and WingL2 (4x total). Self tapping screws will be landing in these parts so D O NOT FORGET THIS STEP, y ou will not be able to glue in the inserts after the wing segments have been glued together.
Page 13 Glue Ailerons and Flaps Together Glue together the ailerons and flaps, then attach them to the airframe using CA hinge material in the designed in slots. CA hinge strips cut about .2in by .6in should work well for this. Install Servos for Ailerons and Flaps Glue in the servos for the ailerons and flaps and add control rods (cut the 1mm wire and add z bends).
Page 14 Glue Fuselage Structure Glue fuselage structure in place. Structure components are marked with numerals to indicate their position; I b eing the most forward, I I being the middle segment and I II being the furthest rear.
Page 15 Cut Holes for Wing Leads and Hatch Cut holes in fuselage for where the servo leads will be entering from the wing. You can do this using an exacto blade or the hot end of a soldering iron (soldering iron is prefered becasue it melts the print layers together.) Glue Hatch Glue hatch together using CA glue and accelerator.
Page 16 Glue Elevator/Rudder Servo in Place Glue servos into their receiving slots. Recommended to do this without servo arms installed for now. Slip the servo arms over the control rods later and screw to servos. Install Elevator/Rudder Control Rods Slide control rod material (1mm wire) thru their respective tubes, place a z bend at the servo side of the control rod, slip servo arms over the rods and screw the arms to the servo heads with the servos in neutral position.
Page 17 Glue Screw Inserts In Place Glue screw inserts into the locations shown in the fuselage. Access should be relatively easy through the hole cut for the wing servo leads. There are 4 locations in the top of the fuselage for wing assembly and 14 locations in the bottom of the fuselage for strut and landing gear assembly.
Page 18 Bend Landing Gear Bend the 2mm wire into landing gear using pliers and the provided PDF templates to get the correct shape. Build Front Landing Gear Assemble front landing gear by gluing FrontLandingGearBracketL/FrontLandingGearBracketR to wire1 and then crimp the ends of wire2 and wire3 with dikes (this makes it so the wires hold into the brackets) then glue or heat stake wire2 and wire3 into their respective holes.
Page 19: Install Landing Gear
Install Landing Gear Screw the landing gear to the fuselage using self tapping screws and GearBracket (4x). Also insert the rear landing gear into the rudder screw insert and use a self tapping screw to set screw it in place. Install Tires Add your desired tires and use a hub to hold them onto the landing gear.
Page 20: Install Motor
Open Motor Bosses Cut open the bosses that allow you to insert self tapping screws that fasten the motor mount. Locations are shown below. You can use an exacto or a hot soldering iron tip to melt open the holes. Install Motor Attach the motor to the motor mount using m3x12mm screws, feed the motor mount into the front of the airframe and screw in place using self tapping screws.
Page 21 Install ESC/Battery/Reciever Install and connect your ESC, battery and receiver. Recommended to place your battery and ESC in the locations shown for balance reasons. It's also recommended to place a small piece of velcro under the battery location to keep your battery in place. Inserting and connecting your battery should be done through the lower hatch in the future.
Page 22 Add Wing Struts Add wing struts by cutting 2mm wire lengths to 12.6in (2x rear struts) and 12.75in (2x front struts) and then crimping the ends with dikes and heat staking them into their respective brackets. (heat with a flame) With the struts made screw them to the fuselage and the wing. Add Weight to Nose Add enough balance weights to the nose to get the plane to balance slightly nose down.
Page 23 Attach Fuselage 1 Attach fuselage 1 using self tapping screws. Remember that weights should be added to fuselage 1 prior to this step. M ake sure to remove the material used to support the overhang area of fuselage 1 (where the battery protrudes into). Install Propeller Install propeller and ensure that the propeller is producing forward thrust.
Page 24: Control Surfaces
Preflight Considerations F LY YOUR PLANE Control Surfaces Make sure that your control surfaces respond to stick inputs as shown below. Roll Right Roll Left Pitch Up...
Page 25: Control Surface Throws
Pitch Down Yaw Right Yawl Left Control Surface Throws High Rate Low Rate DOWN DOWN .866 in .866 in .600 in .600 in Ailerons 22mm] [22mm] [16.5 mm] [16.5 mm] Expo: 3 0% Expo: 3 0% Elevator DOWN DOWN 1.000 in 1.000 in...
Page 26 1.18in 1.18in .787in .787in [30mm] [30mm] [20mm] [20mm] Expo: 30% Expo: 30% Flaps Full Flaps .787 in [20mm] CG Placement Be sure to balance your plane about the CG marks indicated on the wing section. F AILURE TO DO THIS COULD RESULT IN AN UNSTABLE AIRCRAFT . Flying an unstable aircraft is no fun, more often than not will result in a crash and is unsafe due to the difficulty of controlling the plane.