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- Page 1 The F22“RAPTOR” For twin drive mini fan and edf motor For 2 x metalgeared servo's and light receiver For all gluing we used thick and thin ca. Fins can be made removable, tailerons can be full flying or as normal...
- Page 2 Some parts have to be joined , do this before starting building. Start with F2,F3,F4 Place BF1 onto the formers. Now chamfer BF2 for having a correct fit onto BF1...
- Page 3 Place BF2 into the formers , place F2 and F5 onto the assembly...
- Page 4 Place BF3 and TF1 and glue all together, making sure for straightness Place doublers F2A and F4A onto the F2 and F4...
- Page 5 Place CF2 and chamfer the sides to take the fuselage sheeting Note CF2 may look different as on th epictures. Glue the former doublers to the correct fomers , see t e drawing for the positions...
- Page 6 Place formers F5,F6,F7 and FH1,FH2,FH3 Note the orientation of the doublers...
- Page 7 Place F8 with help from F9A, place F10,F9 Place WC1 Now line up all parts with help from some small blocks on a flat board when everything seems straight , glue all formers with ca. Place all 2,5x6mm stringers along the fuselage.
- Page 8 Start sheeting the fuselage sides with 2mm balsa, Glue inside also...
- Page 9 Sand sheeting to stringers...
- Page 10 Sheet the nose section side by side with 2mm balsa Sand nose section to the stringers to take the bottom sheeting...
- Page 11 Sheet the nose bottom with 2mm balsa , make a opening for the LH1 Start the bottom sheeting with 2mm balsa, pin down with nails and use slow ca be carefull not to warp the airframe...
- Page 12 Place top stringers for rudders Start the duct sheeting make parts to templates on drawing , cut oversize and trial and fit to fuselage, note teh inner duct sheeting is outside the former F4 and is connected to the forward fuselage with a smaal piece of 2,5x6mm...
- Page 13 Let Ducting extend forward to meet top and side sheeting at the duct leading edges Sand ducts flush with F7 Place FH1 and FH4 these formers take the fan unit for connecting to the ducts...
- Page 14 Place the wiring now , before you forget it Cut the tail sheeting to a sawtooth as shown on the drawing for simulating the exhaust...
- Page 15 Make the Hatch assembly from formers HF1,HF2,HF3,HF4.HF5 Sheet the hatch assembly on a flat building board Let overlap the sheeting , cut it to size after fitting to the fuselage...
- Page 16 Cut out the sawtooth for simulating the exhaust Cut out the hatch sheeting and fit the hatch, it should slide in smooth The Hatch is fastened with 2x M4 screwed in hardwood blocks Sheet the fuselage back part as per template...
- Page 17 Cut out the top sheeting as to the templates on the drawing, cut oversize Sheet the fuselageforward part.
- Page 18 Sheet the fuselage midle with small pieces of 2mm sheet carefully bend it to the formers and in case it will not cooperate , wet the outside of the sheeting to make it bend more easyli...
- Page 19 Work the sheeting to the nose and sand it all to shape Note teh duct and the fuselage sheeting meeting blund Assemble the rudder parts and sand to shape...
- Page 20 Try fit the rudders, the rudder do not have to be glued , they will hold without any fastener , just slide them in Cut out the wing sheetingas per plan , draw up all ribs and formers with a soft pencil...
- Page 21 Place ribs and formers to the sheeting, check for straightnes and glue ribs and formers to the bottom sheeting Place spar doublers MJ1 and MJ2...
- Page 22 Place sub leading edge , you can ad some scrap to the spar doublers Make the helpformer as per plan and spot glue it to the wing underside...
- Page 23 Make the top sheeting slighty bigger as the wing planform Pin down the wing at MF2 and at the helpformer to a flat building board...
- Page 24 Here a differnt view m teh wing can now be sheeted Wings ready sheeted , can take the wing connectors from spruce, use slow glue when connecting the wings to the fuselage...
- Page 25 Place smal tabs under CF2 for holding the canopy down Sand CF2 to match the shape of teh fuselage...
- Page 26 Use the M5 nylon fastener for fastening the canopy /battery acces hatch We build in metalgear servo’s onto SH1 , SH2...
- Page 27 You can see here the servo connected to SH1 and SH2 Here also the servo and seen the hardwood block for the hatch fastener A z-bend is ok for this type servo...
- Page 28 The hatch with the locating dowels...
- Page 29 The Hatch fasteners : a small piece of ply or glas to harden the balsa Some formers had to be cut down to clear the steering cables...
- Page 30 Instalation is tight , receiver and on board battery on the left side...
- Page 31 Taileron arms, connected with a simple bend , efficient and very secure...
- Page 32 The RBCkits F22 “RAPTOR” Wingspan:840mm Length: 1080mm Wingarea:30dm Weight from 1700grams Power used : 5S3200 lipo cells Hetrc EDF 4w 2x Hetrc Tsunmai 30 2x Wemotec mini fan 2x Metalgeared servo 2x Bungee launch: 10kg min with a long stretch More info on the cd or check out: www.rbckits.com...