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ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS PHOENIX DF F5J (Revision 1)
1. Content
1.1 Overview
1. Wing panels (outer and inner)
2. Fuselage front
3. Fuselage boom
4. Vertical tail
5. Horizontal tail
6. Canopy
7. Wing joiners
1.2 Accessories
The accessories bag contains a lot of useful parts as connectors, links, cables etc.
The kit also contains IDS servoframes from Servorahmen.

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  • Page 1 ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS PHOENIX DF F5J (Revision 1) 1. Content 1.1 Overview 1. Wing panels (outer and inner) 2. Fuselage front 3. Fuselage boom 4. Vertical tail 5. Horizontal tail 6. Canopy 7. Wing joiners 1.2 Accessories The accessories bag contains a lot of useful parts as connectors, links, cables etc.
  • Page 2 2 Not included in kit To finalize this kit, you need to add the following things: Pushrods Motor mount diameter 30 fit to your motor of choice (Applied is motor mount fitting to xxx) Spinner and propeller Battery Ballast Wing servo connectors of your choice 3 Tails 3.1 Rudder horns 3.1.1 Stabilizer...
  • Page 3 3.1.2 Rudder Option 1: Use a rudder horn supplied (if you think it works) or produce an own one according to your liking. Mark the proper position with 1 mm spacing to the hinge line on the rudder. Cut the OUTER part of the laminate and widen the slot with a thin file. Check the fit with the rudder horn.
  • Page 4 4 Wing 4.1 Preparation Servo Installation Start with pushing in the cables in the wings. Prepare for the installation of the servo frames. The servo pockets are milled in perfect fit towards the servorahmen IDS Foam, but you need to adapt the frames on where the cable should enter etc. 4.2 Flaps: Start by removing the small pin that keeps the linkage for front and back of Double flap.
  • Page 5 Assemble the horn and glue it in. Here it’s possible to use a template that works well. (You can make your own template from a 3D printer) with the template for securing the position (ad link where to find the print file) Fill the slot in the flap with some balsa or such, to increase the strength of the bond in flap.
  • Page 6 4.3 Ailerons: Option 1: Use the exact same procedure as for the flaps. Option 2: Use the servo frames supplied with the kit, but instead use a normal steel pushrod and glue a normal horn in the aileron and connect it as top drive system. 4.3 Plug and socket for the wing servos Choose a proper plug / socket combination.
  • Page 7 Solder and connect the servos in the wing panels. It could be clever to have the connector in place on the servos, if there should occur an urgent need for changing the at the airfield. For the aileron servos, chose the connector of your liking. I use the aileron servo lead as it is (it’s usually more then long enough, to reach out of the wing tip), and then just use the appropriate mating connector in the centre panel.
  • Page 8 5 Fuselage 5.1 Preparations of the push rods for the tail set Option 1: Pushrods for gluing. Start by making slots in the rear for both elevator and rudder. Elevator use a drill and a Dremel to open up the slot in the pylon. Make sure that the opening is big enough for the control horn.
  • Page 9 Please also take care to have the outer housing as straight as possible, to avoid any possibility to get a linkage with high friction, especially the one for the elevator that needs to be in a curve to end up in the pylon for the elevator.
  • Page 10 When you are satisfied with the placement of the outer housings, the carefully drip in some super glue along the housing, and let it slowly creep along the housing towards the back of the boom. When it has moved enough back, the give it a shot of accelerator.
  • Page 11 Prepare the back of the pushrods with links or just a bend wire. Make sure to have a tight fit towards the control horns, to avoid play. 5.2 Fuse servos. Prepare the servos and servo frame, so it all fits together proper. Decide where to place the servo frame.
  • Page 12 Add some drops of superglue here to fix the links to the pushrod As latest point, fixate the top of the servo frame and fix the servo cables with a drop of glue.
  • Page 13 5.3 Opening for the wing connector at the fuselage Mark the shape of the opening on the fuselage. Mill the hole with a Dremel / Proxxon roughly and use a file for fine tuning. You can choose to have the cables loose in the fuselage or you can also glue them in place like below, to get an even neater look and quicker assembly.
  • Page 14 5.5 Ballast As this is a high performance F5J competition model, you surely need to have the possibility to add ballast. This is not prepared in the kit, thus you need to do it yourself.
  • Page 15 Find someone who can produce a centre wing joiner in aluminium or steel, so when you need to ballast, just switch to the heavier joiner. As a start, you should at least be able to ballast your Phoenix up to 1800-2000 kg flying weight for windy conditions.
  • Page 16: Final Assembly

    6 Final assembly 6.1 Vertical tail Carefully make sure that the end of the pushrod slides through the hole in the vertical tail. When it’s clear through the hole, the push the vertical tail to the stop on the boom. Connect the pushrod and secure the vertical with some tape to the boom.
  • Page 17: Basic Setup

    7 Basic-Setup 7.1 Setup Philip Kolb The following settings is the standard set up that is provided by Philip Kolb, use this as a start for your settings. 7.2 Setup Stefan Hertz The changes I have done compared to Philips initial settings is: C/G 102 mm Aileron throws increased to +/- 15 in all conditions.