Giant hunder Stick Aerobatic Sport 96.5” ARF 55-65cc Instruction Manual. INTRODUCTION hank you for choosing the Giant hunder Stick Aerobatic Sport 96.5” ARF 55- 65cc ARTF by SG MODELS . he Giant hunder Stick Aerobatic Sport 96.5” ARF 55-65cc was designed with the intermediate/advanced sport lyer in mind. It is a semi scale airplane which is easy to ly and quick to assemble.
Giant hunder Stick Aerobatic Sport 96.5” ARF 55-65cc Instruction Manual. Carefully remove the aileron from one of the wing panels. Note the position of the hinges. Prepare the aileron hinges by scuffing the area that will be inserted into the wing or flying surface with medium grit sand paper.
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Press the aileron and wing together such that less than a 1/64” hinge line gap exists between the aileron and wing. he bevels should virtually touch. Use a paper towel and rubbing alcohol to wipe away any visible epoxy around the hinges. Allow the glue to fully cure for at least 6 Epoxy hours.
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Giant hunder Stick Aerobatic Sport 96.5” ARF 55-65cc Instruction Manual. Note : Work the aileron up and down sev eral times to “work in” the hinges and check for proper movement. INSTALL THE AILERONS CONTROL HORN Locate the aileron and lap control horns. he taller control horn is used for the ailer- ons, and the shorter horn for the laps.
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Apply epoxy to the area of the control INSTALL FLAP CONTROL HORN horns that ist into the slots. Use enough epoxy so the control horns will be fully bonded to the ied surfaces. Install the lap control horn using the same method as same as the aileron con- trol horns.
Giant hunder Stick Aerobatic Sport 96.5” ARF 55-65cc Instruction Manual. Using a small weight (Weighted fuel INSTALLING THE AILERON SERVOS pickup works well) and thread, feed the string through the wing as indicated. Attach servo lead to the aileron servo. 2.
Install servo with servo mounting screws. Reinstall the servo into the servo mount and secure the servo inplace using the wood screws provided with you radio sys- tem. AILERON PUSHROD INSTALLATION Please see below pictures. 110mm...
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Giant hunder Stick Aerobatic Sport 96.5” ARF 55-65cc Instruction Manual. 110mm INSTALLING THE FLAP SERVO Repeat the procedure for the lap servo. INSTALLING THE FLAP PUSHROD Repeat the procedure for the aileron pushrod.
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INSTALL NAIL HINGE ELEVATOR Test it the hinges into the elevator, and then the hinges into the tail. Ensure that the hinge pockets line up, and that the hinges move freely. Epoxy INSTALL ELEVATOR CONTROL HORN Install the elevator control horn using Epoxy the same method as same as the elevator control horns.
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Giant hunder Stick Aerobatic Sport 96.5” ARF 55-65cc Instruction Manual. INSTALL HINGE FOR RUDDER AND Please study images below. Epoxy INSTALL RUDDER CONTROL HORN Epoxy...
Giant hunder Stick Aerobatic Sport 96.5” ARF 55-65cc Instruction Manual. VERTICAL STABILIZER HORIZONTAL TAIL INSTALLATION INSTALLATION Please study images below. Slide the vertical stabilizer into the slot in the top of the fuselage. he rear edge of the stabilizer should be lush with the rear edge of the fuselage and the lower rudder hinge should engage the precut hinge slot in the lower fuselage.
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ELEVATOR PUSHROD HORN INSTALLATION Install the elevator control horn us- ing the same method as with the aileron control horns. Position the elevator control horns on both side of the elevator. Elevator control horn hread one clevis and M3 lock nut on When you are sure that everything is to each elevator control rod.
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Giant hunder Stick Aerobatic Sport 96.5” ARF 55-65cc Instruction Manual. INSTALL RUDDER CABLE AND SERVO NOTE : servos arm is not provided from manufacturer. 260mm Tape the rudder balance tab to the top leading edge of the vertical in in the neutral position as shown.
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Loop the cable back through the brass swage tube and tighten the second loop through the brass swage tube as shown. Crimp the brass tube with a crimping tool or pliers. Cut of excess cable as shown.
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Giant hunder Stick Aerobatic Sport 96.5” ARF 55-65cc Instruction Manual. Feed one rudder cable through the pre installed cable exit tube in the rear of the fuse toward the front of the fuse. Repeat for other side. hread cable through brass swage tube.
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Cut of excess cable as shown. hread cable through the threaded coupler hole, and back through the brass swage tube as shown. Loop the cable back through the brass swage tube and pull tight. Crimp the brass swage tube with a crimping tool or pliers.
Giant hunder Stick Aerobatic Sport 96.5” ARF 55-65cc Instruction Manual. MOUNTING THE TAIL WHEEL Locate items necessary to install tail wheel. M3x20mm...
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Giant hunder Stick Aerobatic Sport 96.5” ARF 55-65cc Instruction Manual. INSTALLING THE MAIN LANDING GEAR TO FUSELAGE Please study images below. M3x4mm...
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M4x25mm Trim and cut Switch INSTALLING THE ENGINE SWITCH INSTALLING THE RECEIVER SWITCH Install the switch into the precut hole Trim and cut in the side of fuselage, or you may hide switches under main hatch on a custom home made switch plate as desired. 3/32”...
Giant hunder Stick Aerobatic Sport 96.5” ARF 55-65cc Instruction Manual. INSTALLING THE STOPPER FUEL TANK INSTALLATION ASSEMBLY Using a modeling knife, carefully cut of the rear portion of one of the 3 nylon tubes leaving 1/2” protruding from the rear of the stopper. his will be the fuel pick up tube.
Vent tube Fuel pick up tube Fuel ill tube Later you with connect the lines from the tank to the engine and muler. he vent line will connect to the muler and the line from the clunk to the carburetor. MOUNTING THE ENGINE Please see below pictures.
Giant hunder Stick Aerobatic Sport 96.5” ARF 55-65cc Instruction Manual. THROTTLE SERVO INSTALLATION M5x100mm Attach throttle pushrod to the carbure- tor throttle arm with the ball link.
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170mm M4x5mm Move the throttle stick to the closed po- sition and move the carburetor to closed. Use a 2.5mm hex wrench to tighten the screw that secures the throttle pushrod wire. Make sure to use threadlock on the screw so it does not vibrate loose.
Giant hunder Stick Aerobatic Sport 96.5” ARF 55-65cc Instruction Manual. IGNITION INSTALLATION I hread nylon tie through mounting holes. ELECTRIC POWER CONVERSION Recommend the items necessary to in- stall the electric power conversion parts included with your model. - Motor: 360/ 6000watt - ESC: 160A - 200A - Lipo: 12S Attach the electric motor box to the ire-...
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M5x100mm Attach the speed control to the side of the motor box using two-sided tape and tie wraps. Connect the appropriate leads from the speed control to the mo- tor. Make sure the leads will not interfere with the operation of the motor.
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Giant hunder Stick Aerobatic Sport 96.5” ARF 55-65cc Instruction Manual. INSTALLING THE PROP/HUB Install the spinner backplate, propeller and proper hub of your choice. 170mm he propeller should not touch any part of the cowling. If it does, check and adjust engine mounting/cowl spacing as needed to where the propeller will not come in contact with the cowling.
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Receiver Battery ATTCHMENT WING-FUSELAGE Please see below pictures.
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Giant hunder Stick Aerobatic Sport 96.5” ARF 55-65cc Instruction Manual. he balance point is located 150mm back APPLY THE DECALS from the leading edge of the wing at the wing root. his is the balance point at If all the decals are precut and ready to which your model should balance for stick.
CONTROL THROWS Rudder: Ailerons: High Rate : High Rate : Right : 140 mm Up : 100mm Down : 100mm Let : 140mm Low Rate : Low Rate : 150mm Up : 60mm Right : 70 mm Down : 60mm Let : 70 mm Elevator: Flap:...
Giant hunder Stick Aerobatic Sport 96.5” ARF 55-65cc Instruction Manual. FLIGHT PREPARATION PREFLIGHT CHECK 1) Completely charge your trans- Check the operation and direction mitter and receiver batteries before of the elevator, rudder, ailerons and your irst day of lying. throttle.
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