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The above is made for you if you order the ARF-Plus Service.
Install the 15 mm (HOT) or 20 mm (2m) steering servo, connect the linkages and then
route the servo wire together with the gear wire backwards to the receiver position.
Install extension wires from the wings and the tail to the receiver position. Fix these wires
carefully to the sides of the fuselage. If you use cable sockets with double sided foam
tape installed, use a small drop of CA glue on the foam tape before you stick it against
the fuselage sides, this protects them from falling off the fuselage when aging or when
getting hot.
Next is to install the fuel tank and the thrust tube. glue the wooden support parts to the
fuel tank and the cross brace into the fuselage and test mount the fuel tank by hooking it
on its rear under the wing tube, and at its front with the 2 M3 bolts to the cross brace you
glued into the fuselage.
The above is made for you if you order the ARF-Plus Service.
Plumb the fuel tank and the header tank. The fuel tank should have 2 connections, the
clunk line and a vent line ending inside at the top of the fuel tank. The header tank should
have 3 connetions, one for the clunk/pickup (should be in the center of the tank and NOT
move) one for the connection to the main tank, ending at the top inside the fuel tank, and
one for the filling, ending at the bottom inside the fuel tank. Make sure to use the included
felt clunk and test that it falls from top to bottom when the tank is rotated. Connect an
overflow tube to the main tank and feed it out of the fuselage on the bottom side. You can
install a clean fitting or simply drill a hole in the bottom fuselage which holds the overflow
tube tightly.
Mount the header tank to the diagonal surface in front of the engine bay and connect it to
the main fuel tank with the clear tube. Always solder the included barbs on to the brass
tubing and use some safety wire to secure the fuel tubing on the brass tube.
Next install the thrust tube, which in any case is already assembled ready to install. Just
use 1-2 self tapping screws to hold the carbon bell mouth to the wood blocks attached to
the vertical main engine former. The rear end sits in the foam former losely.
The above is already made for you if you order th ARF-Plus Service.
Install the engine onto the plywood mounting rails. Align the engine so that the exhaust
cone is exactly in the center of the thrust tube. You might have to shim the engine with
thin plywood strips.
It is recommended to connect the engine via a shut off valve to the header tank, just to
avoid accidental flooding of the engine when you fuel up the tank.
Install your engine ECU, Receiver, Gyro if any, Gear controller, RC Switch and batteries.
This is something we would leave to your preference and experience. Normally the Rebels
can be easily balanced with the positioning of the batteries. the CG with empty main tank
and full header tank should be the front edge of the wing tube.
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