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Aviation Design Rafale C Assembly Manual

For single bf 300 turbine or 2 x jet cat p 160 sx
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AVIATION Design
AVIATION Design
AVIATION Design
AVIATION Design
ZI le chenet, 91490 Milly La Foret, FRANCE
Tel : 33 1 64 98 93 93
Fax : 33 1 64 98 93 88
e-mail :
aviation.design@wanadoo.fr
www.adjets.com
Version 15-07-2013
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  • Page 1 BF 300 turbine or 2 x Jet Cat P 160 SX Assembly Manual AVIATION Design AVIATION Design AVIATION Design AVIATION Design ZI le chenet, 91490 Milly La Foret, FRANCE Tel : 33 1 64 98 93 93 Fax : 33 1 64 98 93 88 e-mail : aviation.design@wanadoo.fr...

  • Page 2: Kit Features

    • All the plywood formers and the necessary wood are already glued in fuselage. • Nose cone in fiber. • 2 Exhaust nozzles in fiber. • Canopy frame in 2 parts in fiber for Rafale C single seater version or Rafale B twin seater version. •...
  • Page 3 • 2 Fully molded composite canards with carbon spare fitted. • Scale fiber details (servo covers, …). • ABS cockpit interior and scale accessories. • Clear formed canopy in 2 parts for Rafale C single seater version or Rafale B twin seater version. •...
  • Page 4 Parts required to complete the kit : • Cockpit detail kit incl. 1/5 ejector seat & scale instrument panel. • Scale retractable landing gear for air force version incl. 2 main retracts + 1 front steering retract + air control system + 3 scale oleo legs.
  • Page 5 • Wheels set + brakes incl 2 main wheels + 2 front wheels, aluminium hub + bearings + scale brakes + air control system. • Gear doors set incl. air cylinders, air control system, gear door sequencer and door hinges. •...
  • Page 6 • Stainless steel double walded tailpipe. • Twin exhaust double walled stainless steel tailpipe • 2 Magic wing tip missiles. Molded in one part in fiber with rudders and fins included • 2 Mica wing tip missiles Molded in one part in fiber with rudders and fins included •...
  • Page 7 • 2 Supersonic underwing fuel tanks + launch rails. Fuel tank molded in fiber with panel line and rivets engraved Rail molded in fiber • 2 large underwing fuel tanks + launch rails. Fuel tank molded in fiber with panel line and rivets engraved Rail molded in fiber •...
  • Page 8 • High visibility water decals • Low visibility water decals • Wings and rudder protection covers. Jet Engine : 1 single BF 300 turbine (30-32 kg thrust) or 2 twin Jet Cat P160SX – P180RX turbine ( 2x16 kg thrust)

  • Page 9: Gluing Techniques

    DISCLAIMER AVIATION Design assumes no liability for the operation and use of these products. The owner and operator of these products should have the necessary experience and exercise common sense. Said owner and operator must have a valid Model Airplane license and insurance, as required.
  • Page 10 CONSTRUCTION FRONT FUSELAGE for Air Force version Doors : Cut the 3 front gear door according to the engraved panel lines and photos. Glue 3 plastic door hinges with cyano on the front door. Take care to glue the first front hinge as forward as possible.
  • Page 11 Air cylinder Fit the small air cylinder on the front door . The ball link must be screwed on the central door hinge The 2 small rear side doors will be closed by a spring Glue the internal gear door reinforcement on the front gear door with epoxy...
  • Page 12 Assembling the nose gear Screw the front landing gear on the plywood Fit the leg in the gear Screw the 2 wheels Steering servo : Used a strong servo for the steering Screw the servo on a plywood support Connect the servo with M3 threated rod, steel link + aluminium ball link.
  • Page 13 FRONT FUSELAGE for NAVY version Doors : Cut the 3 front gear door according to the drawn panel lines and photos. Glue 2 plastic door hinges with cyano on the front door. Glue 2 x2 plastic door hinges with cyano on the 2 rear door. Secure all door hinges with small parker screws...
  • Page 14 Glue a flat plastic door hinge on the small rear door Assembling the nose gear Steering servo : Used a strong servo for the steering (25 kg.cm) Screw the servo inverted on the support. Screw the front landing gear box on the plywood with the 6 parker screw Screw the rear back fork to the plywood with the M8 allen screw...
  • Page 15 Door Air cylinders Screw the small air cylinder on a wood block with a small parker screw. Screw the ball link to the wood frame as the photo Glue the wood frame to the front gear door with CA. Open the gear door Extand the air cylinder Glue the wood block to the fuselage with door fully open...
  • Page 16 Rear Door : Screw the small air cylinder on a wood block with a small parker screw. The ball link must be screwed on the external hole of the door hinge Fit one air cylinder for each rear doors...
  • Page 17 Glue the wood block to the fuselage with door fully open Glue the internal gear door reinforcement on the front gear door with epoxy Small rear door The small rear door will be connected the rear aluminium strut by a spring Drill a 1 mm hole in the rear aluminium strut Connect the spring to the strut...
  • Page 18 Drill a 1 mm hole in the fiber gear door in front of the strut Connect the strut to the dood When the gear will be extend, the rear door will stay open and the front door will stay closed. For this reason, connect the front cylinder to an electrovalvle and the 2 rear cylinder to a second electrovalve.
  • Page 19 FOR ALL VERSIONS CANARDS Servo must be a 9 kg.cm servo (ex S 9402) Screw the servo on the plywood support. Fit the canard in the tube. Fit the aluminium control horn on the carbon rod and secure it with the 2 screws. Connect the servo with steel link and M3 rood...

  • Page 20: Main Gear Doors

    Main gear doors : Assemble the aluminium gear doors according to the photo Cut just one side of the main gear doors according to the engraved panel lines and photos. Cut them only close to the gear door hinge position. Glue the 4 metal door hinges with cyano (take care of the position according to the photos .
  • Page 21 Glue a plywood reinforcement in the fuselage closed to the door hinge limimt so that the fuselage will not bend and don’t block the door rotation Glue with cyano some tape of fiber to make some door lips...
  • Page 22 Cut just one side of the small rear gear doors according to the engraved panel lines and photos. Cut only the rear limit. Glue the 4 plastic door hinges with cyano (take care of the position according to the photos . Finish to cut the rear gear doors.
  • Page 23 Door air cylinder Screw a M2 aluminium ball link to a small air cylinder Screw the air cylinder to the plywood frame according to the photo Screw the ball link to the plywood reinforcement Glue the plywood support to the gear door with the air cylinder fully extended Check the gear door can open and closed...
  • Page 24 Main wheels and brakes Fit the aluminium hub on the tire Check that 3 holes are in front of the rubber Drill the 3 x 3 mm holes in the rubber for the screws Fit and glue the bearing in the aluminium hub.
  • Page 25 Assembling the main gears Assemble the complete main gear according to the photo...
  • Page 26 Main struts covers Fit the 2 main strut cover on the steel tube Paint them in silver Screw the main landing gear box on the plywood.
  • Page 27 35 mm Rear gear doors Drill a 3 mm hole according to the drawing Screw the steel link with 2xM3 bolts through the gear 55 mm door Screw a steel link to the gear pivot (bottom hole) Connect the 2 links with 2xM2 link and M2 threated rod...
  • Page 28 Fit the leg in the gear...
  • Page 30 Front strut details and landing lights Insert and screw the M2 threated rod in the front leg to fix the resin parts on them All resin details will be glued to the threated rod according to the following drawings...
  • Page 31 INLETS Cut the inlet plates according to the engraved lines Fit the inlet plate on the inlet and adjust it in perfect position. Glue it with cyano Finish the external with filler Sand the inlet edge and air intake edge to remove loose fibers. Put the inlets in the fuselage.
  • Page 32 Single turbine version : Remove the inlets from the fuselage and apply some epoxy to the inlets and the air intakes. Put the inlets in the fuselage. Insert also the central ducting to center the inlets in the fuselage. Put some clothes pegs on the edges of the inlets in the fuselage and in the air intakes. Let them dry overnight.
  • Page 33 Twin turbines version : Remove the inlets from the fuselage and apply some epoxy to the inlets and the air intakes. Put the inlets in the fuselage. Insert also the 2 rear ductings to center the inlets in the fuselage but DON’T GLUE them.
  • Page 34 Fuel tank support Assemble the plywood tank support according to photos Fuel tank is held between the plywood frames Rear frame should be glued in the fuselage between the 2 inlet ductings Glue the plywood frame to the fuselage with epoxy...

  • Page 35: Fuel Tanks

    Fuel tanks Connect the fuel tank to the clunk as the photo. Check that there is no leak before to fit them in fuselage. Drill a 3 mm hole in the bottom of the fuselage for the fuel vent Hold the fuel tanks with silicon glue The fuel tanks will also be hold by a plywood frame separator.
  • Page 36 The fuel tanks are connected to a catch tank to be sure that there is no bubble in the fuel line. The tubing from the main tank to the catch tank and to the catch tank to the fuel pump must be gasoline tubing (no silicone tubing).
  • Page 37 WINGS Wings servos Servos MUST be very high quality servos, minimum 25 kg torque, with metal gear Cut the servo location according to the following drawing and photos Glue the 2 x 15 mm heigh wood block on the wing for the servo Screw the servo on the wood block...
  • Page 38 Cut a slot in the elevon in front of the control arm Glue the fiber control horn with a lot of epoxy in the elevon Connect the servo and the control horn with 2 x M3 links and M3 threaded rod. Connect the servo and the control horn with a steel M3 links, M3 aluminium ball link and M3 threaded rod.
  • Page 39 Fairings : Glue the rear servo fairing under the elevon. We recommend to screw the front fairing to the wood block and one additional screw on the front...
  • Page 40 Elevon throws : To have the necessary elevon throws, you will have to send the top of the elevon to have the necessary up movement For down movement, you will have to cut the fuselage root.
  • Page 41 Wings locking system for single turbine version: Drill a 4 mm diameter hole through the fuselage root and wing root from the fuselage hatch Fit a M4 blind nuts in the wing and glue it with epoxy.
  • Page 42 Wings locking system for twin turbine version: Fit the 2 wings on the fuselage and take care they are perfectly adjusted against the fuselage. Glue 2 plywood reinforcements up and down of the fiber wing tube Drill a 4 mm diameter hole through the plywood reinforcement, fiber tube, wing carbon tube Glue a M4 blind nut under the plywood reinforcement.
  • Page 43 Assembly of the fin : Fit the rudder on the fuselage To secure the rudder, drill a 2.5 mm hole and insert a 3 mm screw to lock the fin. Rudder : It is possible to fit a rudder on the fin. If you have choose to fit a rudder take care to have no play in it.
  • Page 44 MAIN FUSELAGE HATCH Glue 2 wood hatch pins with CA on one side of the hatch.. Glue the 2 hatch latches on the opposite side Drill the corresponding holes in the fuselage.
  • Page 45 FRONT FUSELAGE HATCH We recommend to let the front hatch dismountable to have an access Make 4 slots to insert the fiber horns according to the following drawing and photos. Glue the 4 fiber horns with CA in the hatch.
  • Page 46 Drill the corresponding holes in the fuselage. You can fix the powerbox system and batterie under this hatch.
  • Page 47 FRONT FIBER CANOPY Glue 2 wood pins with CA on the rear and one pin on the front. Cut fiber canopy as engraved. Drill the corresponding holes in the fuselage. Cut fiber canopy as engraved. REAR FIBER CANOPY Glue 2 wood pins with CA Glue the 2 hatch latches on the opposite side Cut fiber canopy as engraved.
  • Page 48 Drill the corresponding holes in the fuselage. CLEAR CANOPY Put fiber canopy inside the clear canopy Draw with a pen the limit of the canopy. Cut the canopy as drawn Glue the canopy on the canopy frame with ZAP canopy.
  • Page 49 Ejector seat Assemble the ejector seat as the photo : Cut the vacuum parts as shown Glue with CA the 2 vacuum parts and the 2 plastic parts according to the plan. Make a slot for the upper plastic part and glue it with CA.
  • Page 50 Make a slot in the opposite side. Glue with CA the plastic part at the rear of the ejector seat.
  • Page 51 Cockpit : Paint and assemble parts as following drawings...
  • Page 52 twin seat version without ejector seat twin seat version with ejector seats single seat navy version...
  • Page 53 Cut the vacuum parts as shown Front desk Rear desk...
  • Page 54 Glue with CA the vacuum parts and all plastic parts according to the plan. Fit the ejector seat in the cockpit.
  • Page 55 NOSE CONE Fit 4 screw at 90° in the nose cone Just secure the nose for flying There must be nothing in the nose for correct CG TAILPIPE EXHAUST Fit the exhaust in the plane Put 2 screws on the front frame to hold it...

  • Page 56: Air Tubing

    Air tubing : The 3 landing gear system have big section air cylinders. Because they are big, they need a special high air flow valve to have perfect and necessary power in flight. They also need 1 big air tank directly connected to the valve and one air tank for the door cylinders. Connect the air cylinders and retracts according the manual.
  • Page 57 Rafale air installation for Navy version All the gear, door and brakes electrovalves can be fitted on the plywood mount glued between the 2 air inlets...
  • Page 58 TAILCONE & AFTERBURNER LED The 2 fiber exhaust cone will be glued to a rear removable frame. The central rear pod will also be glued to the rear frame This frame will also hold the exhaust pipe and the afterburner led...
  • Page 59 ABS and plastic parts (details set) All the following parts can be glued with CA according to the photos Intake ECM pod Nose ECM pod...

  • Page 60: Light System

    Light system Cut the wing leading edge as the engraved line. Cut the clear parts as engraved.
  • Page 61 Insert the led system (green right and red left) Glue the clear cover Glue the top strobe light on the top of the fuselage Glue the bottom strobe on the right intake...
  • Page 62 Installation of the single TURBINE : The turbine is just screwed with 4x 4mm diameter screws on the plywood mount. The engine exhaust cone should go inside the exhaust pipe from about 2 cm . The fuel pump and electrovalves are fitted on one side of the fuselage just in the fuselage hatch.
  • Page 63 Installation of the twin Turbines : The 2 turbines are just screwed with 4x 4mm diameter screws on the plywood mount. The engine exhaust cone should go inside the exhaust pipe from about 2 cm . The engine battery is in front top hatch and can be adjusted to obtain the correct CG.
  • Page 64 FINISHING TIPS : Now you have to remove the wax from all the parts to paint. Please use the white liquid product supplied with your model. Apply the white liquid with a rag to wipe the wax from all the composite parts. Remove all product and clean the parts with water after.

  • Page 65: Radio Installation

    Radio installation : The Rafale needs a minimum of 7 good servos : For the elevons, we strongly recommend to fit 4 servos (30 kg.cm torque, ex Futaba BLS 152) : 2 servos per wing Canards : 2 servos 9 kg torque (ex : Futaba S9402) NG steering : 1 strong metal gear servo 15 kg torque Retract + gear doors + brakes : 3 electrovalves Adjust batteries position to have the correct CG position.

  • Page 66: Center Of Gravity

    Center of gravity 267 mm 335 to 355 mm 10 ½ ’’ Note : balance the model with the gear down and the tanks empty. The center of gravity (CG) must be located between 335 to 355 mm rear of the wing leading edge. 355 mm is the maximum rear position.
  • Page 68 Wing tip missiles and rails Screw the rails with nylon screws at the wing tip. Blind nuts are already glued in the wing tips.
  • Page 69 Underwings fuel tanks If you want to install the underwing fuel tanks, you have to glue some blind nuts in the wings at the correct location engraved under the wings. The location is pre–drilled under the wings (2 small 2 mm holes are pre drilled). 2 hard wood block are already installed ready to fit the blind nuts in the wing structure.

  • Page 70: Instrument Panel

    Instrument panel As an option you can use the LCD instrument panel The instrument panel is just glue on the plywood frame For standard version, find bellow all the instrument page from the real RAFALE. So you can print them and glued them at the back of you instrument panel...