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F-84F Thunderstreak 90mm edf
Thank you for purchasing F-84F 90mm from www.rbckits.com
For the first time, R/C enthusiasts we have a choice in scale and fun flyer aircraft designs.
Our goal, through computer technology and state-of-the-art production techniques, is to offer aircraft
which in the past have not been modelled simply because they weren't popular enough to justify mass
production. Our production techniques allow us to produce aircraft which, though not as popular and
well known as P-51s and P-47s, still offer historical significance (good or bad!), Good looks and flying
characteristics, and a uniqueness that is sure to turn heads wherever you take your airplane!
Your airplane has many unique features in its design:
CAD Design
CAD design allows strength to be built into the airplane without sacrificing weight. Accurate parts
design and placement ensures a perfect fit.
CAD Drawn Plans
The plans in this kit are not copied from a master set! They are originals drawn directly from the CAD
program where the airplane was designed. We do this because it allows us to use colour, which helps
you better visualize the various components of the airplane, and we can use better quality paper,
which greatly reduces the possibility of shrinkage.
Since you're going to build directly on the plans, they ought to be the proper size! Also, parts
placement is guaranteed to be accurate, so you can build a better, straighter model.
Small and hard-to-produce parts are simply a computer file away, so you get a more accurate airplane.
Lightening Holes
Lightening holes are cut into all ribs and formers where possible and justified. This allows us to keep
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  • Page 1 F-84F Thunderstreak 90mm edf Thank you for purchasing F-84F 90mm from www.rbckits.com For the first time, R/C enthusiasts we have a choice in scale and fun flyer aircraft designs. Our goal, through computer technology and state-of-the-art production techniques, is to offer aircraft which in the past have not been modelled simply because they weren’t popular enough to justify mass...
  • Page 2 F-84F Thunderstreak 90mm edf the weight on each plane to a minimum without sacrificing strength. The same program that generates the design and plans also drives the cnc cutter, so every part is reproduced exactly as it was designed. Cnc cutting also allows us to fit more parts on each sheet of wood, reducing the waste, and lowering the cost to you.
  • Page 3 F-84F Thunderstreak 90mm edf Having said that, turn the page and start building the best airplane kits on the market! Material you might need: Balsa knife, Stanley knife, straightedge, building board 1700mm, ca glue medium, thin, thick you need approx. for wing and vertical stabilizer sheeting 4 bottles thick and 2 bottles medium for rib gluing,, fuselage 1 medium for formers …...
  • Page 4 F-84F Thunderstreak 90mm edf Pin down parts and glue also 8mm joiner. Join wing tips and glue to assembly sand to shape as per section see drawing and Sand elevators to shape. We leave the horizontal stabilizer for now. Vertical Stabilizer:...
  • Page 5 F-84F Thunderstreak 90mm edf Place helpformer and glue ribs and formers; do place the dowels in as for reference do not glue them yet. Place some scrap 8mm balsa fill in the stabilizer section. Cut the sheeting as per plan do make a bit oversize.
  • Page 6 F-84F Thunderstreak 90mm edf Place helpformer with a few drops of ca pin down rudder at the marked points, place dowels for help, do not glue dowels yet Join and place leading edges place doublers and Sand leading edge as per plan, place tip, sand all to shape.
  • Page 7 F-84F Thunderstreak 90mm edf Sand all and try fit the stabilizer with the dowels. You can glue stabilizers together, with the dowels use slow glue and make sure for straightness, make sure your wiring is out. Wing: Place wing drawing under a sheet of clear plastic.
  • Page 8 F-84F Thunderstreak 90mm edf Take out all parts that are needed for the wings and clean them up with a sanding block from the small holding tabs. Make up the retract formers joined with some glass and epoxy or white glue and join ribs with small parts.
  • Page 9 F-84F Thunderstreak 90mm edf Set up the frame work with ribs and main formers and place in position on bottom sheeting. place scrap fill under retract formers, dowels are in for helping, do not glue them yet, Make sure the parts are sliding in smooth; to tight a fit can warp the parts, so sand if necessary.
  • Page 10 F-84F Thunderstreak 90mm edf Start glueing formers to bottom sheeting start at the root and work your way to the tip along the main formers, glue bottom front to ribs as last. Place sub leading edge. Place servo doublers and scrap fills for hinges and horns, place ribs from scrap for flaps, cut ribs for...
  • Page 11 F-84F Thunderstreak 90mm edf Place servos and place scrap fill for servos; make openings at bottom and mark hinge lines flap and aileron. Proceed to fuselage construction, as we need the fuselage for next steps Place wing assembly to fuselage with the dowels. Tack glue dowels to ribs, now the wing is aligned with the dowels and can be taken off the fuselage.
  • Page 12 F-84F Thunderstreak 90mm edf Sheet top of wing, place leading edge and join and place wingtips, sand all as per drawing Now mark trailing edge as per plan and cut clear the trailing edge and sand, take out ailerons and...
  • Page 13 F-84F Thunderstreak 90mm edf you can after finishing take out aileron .check disk for pictures. For a close gap between the wing and fuselage, tape wing with thin plastic and fill the edge of the fuselage with 5min epoxy, sand flush...
  • Page 14 F-84F Thunderstreak 90mm edf Fuselage: Take out all parts and clean up the small tabs on the parts. Start by following the described steps here, Note: There is a build step map on the cd check this also, Former F8 place the wing joiner formers into F8 join formers F30 and F31/F32 with white glue or epoxy...
  • Page 15 F-84F Thunderstreak 90mm edf Place F9 onto assembly, place F33, F34 and place F35 and F36, Cut F29 from 3x12 ply strip , making sure you have a straight assembly, The same goes for former F10 and F11, same procedure Now make up main fuselage former F64 join on a flat work plate.
  • Page 16 F-84F Thunderstreak 90mm edf Place formers F26 to the F8/F10 and use a dowel to line out the level and straightness, when ok glue formers. Place all formers to F64 you need to join some formers keep F64 flat with scrap ply bits.
  • Page 17 F-84F Thunderstreak 90mm edf Place rudder holders F61,F62,F63 to assembly Place fan hatch formers and place edf mounts from 3x12 ply strip Make the intake duct from the stiff supplied paper, yes it works, you can prepare the paper with some paint or 25gr glass and epoxy and glue it in.cut as per plan do make a bit oversize and trial fit., not easy...
  • Page 18 F-84F Thunderstreak 90mm edf Carefully slide in first part and slide in second part, place bottom former F23 so the formers are aligned Make outlet duct as per plan do try it in before cutting mark the overlap and then glue cone.
  • Page 19 F-84F Thunderstreak 90mm edf Place the anti duct collapse 3x6 balsa stringers to the inlet duct and glue ducts to formers with white glue , ca works also but for tacking, Make the front retract formers as per plan and join with some glass with white glue or epoxy.
  • Page 20 F-84F Thunderstreak 90mm edf Place formers step by step, notice the side where your steering is located! Now start sheeting the fuselage with the 2x12 balsa strips, start in the middle of the fuselage(did you place all anti duct collapse stringers ?) and do not forget to place the wiring for the elevator servo and the wiring for the front retract and the steering servo.
  • Page 21 F-84F Thunderstreak 90mm edf Note that you have to step over from sheeting sometimes and the strips should be tapered. Place the 2x50x950 sheet to the fuselage sides as per drawing (sorry picture gone bad).and place 3mm scrap to the tail cone, sand it to shape later.
  • Page 22 F-84F Thunderstreak 90mm edf Sheet turtle back with the 2mm balsa strip make a nice flare for the rudder section. Cut out the wing openings for servo and joiners. Place M3 nut into dowel opening with a bit of epoxy.
  • Page 23 F-84F Thunderstreak 90mm edf Place Shute mount to fuselage and sand flush Canopy: Make up the canopy frame and test fit to fuselage Pagina 23...
  • Page 24 F-84F Thunderstreak 90mm edf Make the instrument panel sheet from paper left over cut as per plan. Paint assembly and place in canopy, , Clean canopy , degrease it, rough up sides and place assembly into canopy, tack glue top and sides , squeeze canopy to the formers and glue with ca, cut canopy to fuselage fit.
  • Page 25 F-84F Thunderstreak 90mm edf Place rudder: Place wings and place rudder with slow glue, the wings are there for reference for straightness. Finish: Pagina 25...
  • Page 26 F-84F Thunderstreak 90mm edf Fill all dents with lightweight filler and sand Finish with 25gr glass and pu or epoxy, take out fan hatch. Place fan unit, into opening make the between sheet from the thin PVC, slide it in the outlet duct, place fan unit, slide between duct over fan and fasten with tape.
  • Page 27 F-84F Thunderstreak 90mm edf Close hatch with tape. BATTERYS: Locate them in the front side along the duct, the proto had the batteries in the canopy but that prevented a pilot to take place. Also place receiver and retract battery in the front and behind the battery’s, all after your cg and flying...
  • Page 28 F-84F Thunderstreak 90mm edf Retracts: Wing retracts are straightforward, Bend a leg from 4mm steel wire with 1 spring rotation as per drawing, when using the retracts as described you need a brass fill tube for the mains as this is 5mm...
  • Page 29 F-84F Thunderstreak 90mm edf Front retract is a bit more work. Cut out the hatch you did not forget the scrap fill for the hinges? Mount the steering servo on a piece of leftover 3mm ply, and make up the steering arms...
  • Page 30 F-84F Thunderstreak 90mm edf Cut retract hatch doors from 0,m5 aluminium sheet, hammer a bit to shape so it curves nice to the fuselage, place hinges , we love to fasten them with 2,2x9mm screws, very easy Make small horns from aluminium and screw to doors. make retract actuator plate with wire it will...
  • Page 31 F-84F Thunderstreak 90mm edf Place the wing wiring extension leads into the openings in F26, we glued in the connectors with ca Take wiring out on the side you prefer we had the receiver also in the side secured with some foam...
  • Page 32 F-84F Thunderstreak 90mm edf Now finish with... Vallejo, humbrol or we used cheap spray cans... take care for the vacuumformings as some paints will not hold as good, or worse will dissolve or make it brittle, use a primer Place wing, place canopy, check CG, Go Fly.
  • Page 33 F-84F Thunderstreak 90mm edf Canopy closing 1x M3x30 2x wing hold M3x35 2x wing hold M3 nut 4x wing hold Advised: Wemotec Midi fan evo 90mm Hetrc 650-68-1500 2x 4S5000 lipo cells 1 receiver battery pack(3s 1500lipo with bec) receiver 1 retract battery pack (3s 1500lipo with bec) retracts Servo extension wiring, all lengths approx.