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Diablo
Instruction Manual
3D performance cannot be just copied to a smaller scale. Lots of aerodynamic details have to
be considered, wing has to be enlarged, airfoils possibly to be changed, complexity has to be
reduced since the smaller size won't require that much transportation gimmicks to break it
down... Naturally wing loading gets higher, planes get faster, room for servos and engine gets
more challenging. Now what if the smaller brother appears to be working even better than the
big master? Well... then, a job has been truly well done. CARF-Models Diablo. The little brother
of CARF-Models Mephisto.
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- Page 1 Naturally wing loading gets higher, planes get faster, room for servos and engine gets more challenging. Now what if the smaller brother appears to be working even better than the big master? Well... then, a job has been truly well done. CARF-Models Diablo. The little brother of CARF-Models Mephisto.
- Page 2 Personal safety There are a couple of things that are good to keep in mind when you are assembling your CARF-Models Diablo. Some of them are common sense, but it doesn’t hurt to be reminded. While you are working with tools and sharp implements, be aware of others around you and the environment you are working in.
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Page 3: What Do You Need
About This is a quick guide to the successful installation of RC and propulsion equipment into your new Diablo. We do not have a lengthy manual to bore you with how to tighten a bolt or how to clean a surface before gluing and such. We will provide within this manual the specific details of rigging this airplane successfully for many hundreds of hours of competition flying. - Page 4 This is list of required products to complete your Diablo KIT. This list only is a recommendation of what to equip your airplane with. There is no reason similar products from other brands cannot be used in this plane. There are many ways and products on the market you can use with the Diablo.
- Page 5 • Allign the servo arm with the servo in the center of the servo arm slot to get the full travel deflection in both directions • Install each of your two aileron servos to the servo hatch by using the aluminium angles and 8x M3 bolts •...
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Page 6: Main Gear Installation
After everything works the way it should retighten all screws and make sure everything installed the correct Main Gear Installation: • The Diablo is designed to fit the electron ER-40 retract • Before you start installing the gear please assemble the gear motors with the gear struts and wheels to perfectly fit the whole landing gear into the wing (no loctide yet) •... - Page 7 • If the gear works without any issues you now should add all metal screws to the gear and tighten all screws on the strut with loctide • Now it’s time to install the landing gear cover (we recommend using clear tape, but you can use small screws as well) Wing Connector: •...
- Page 8 Rudder Servo Installation: • Prepare your rudder servo with your servo arm to hinge the rudder linkage at 23mm length of the servo arm (best case you should drill a M3 thread into that hole) • Install your rudder servo including the servo arm into the rudder servo slot and prepare the rudder linkage with 1x M3 ball link, 1x aluminium clevis and M3 thread...
- Page 9 • Center your rudder with some tape and connect the rudder servo to power to keep it in the center • Now adjust your rudder linkage and add the carbon tube if done • Retighten the servo screws as well as the linkage screws and check if the rudder is moving flawless •...
- Page 10 Nose Gear Servo Installation: • To install your nose gear servo you should prepare your servo arm • Also prepare the servo arm to hinge the linkage between 15–18mm length of the servo arm • Assemble the nose gear servo linkage to the correct length and install it either before or after the nose gear installation (do not crossover the linkage from the servo to the nose gear arm) •...
- Page 11 Taileron Servo Installation: • Before installing the taileron servo you should prepare the servo arm to hinge the linkage at 26mm of the servo arm • Move the servo arm so it’s in line with the servo to install it into the taileron servo slot and moutn it with 4x allen screws •...
- Page 12 Taileron Installation: • The tailerons need to be installed by turning them 90 degrees against each other • Only in this case you can remove or assemble them to the fuselage Vector Unit Installation: • The thrust vector unit should be mounted to the very last wood rib ring in the fuselage •...
- Page 13 Vector Servo Installation: All these steps should be done before installing the thrust tube! • Prepare your vector servos with your servo arm to hinge the linkage at the 38mm hole of the servo arm • Now you can install the vector servos to the carbon servo plates using 8x M3 bolts, 8x M3 washers and 8x M3 stop nuts (picture 1) •...
- Page 14 Thrust Tube / Turbine Installation Thrust Tube Installation: • Before installing anything you need to assemble the thrust tube (it’s very easy) • Just connect the thrust tube with each of the two mounting plates and secure each of them with a stop nut •...
- Page 15 Attention!!! Make sure the rear end of your thrust tube reaches at least 30mm into the thrust vector unit! If not the rear edge of the thrust tube will interfere with the screwheads of the vector gimbel and this will cause a crash! Turbine Installation: •...
- Page 16 • Mount the turbine to the carbon plates with 4x bolts (K-210 uses M4 bolts) • The final step is to reinstall the thrust tube assembly (4x M4 bolts) including the turbine back into the fuselage, connect the ECU wire and the fuel line Fuel Tank / UAT Installation &...
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Page 17: Fuel Tank Installation
Fuel Tank Installation: • First you should preassemble the fuel tank tray with some resin like shown in picture 1 (4x milled wood parts & 2x carbon tubes) • After you completed this step you should place the fuel tank tray directly next to the wing tube (picture 2) •... - Page 18 UAT / Hopper Installation:...
- Page 19 (this makes airbubbles leaving the uat way better) • This mount for the MAP UAT 6oz is an example of how to mount your uat into any plane like the diablo •...
- Page 20 • You should not keep your outlet in line with the fuselage surface, in that case your fuel would run along the rear fuselage (keep it further out – approx 5mm is enough) ECU, Pump & Valve Installation • We recommend this area to install the fuel pump with the nessesary fuel valves •...
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Page 21: Final Settings
Vector flying is a very special feature, that’s why it requires a certain level of concentration. Mistakes can happen really fast… We would like to recommend a few basic parameters of how to set up your Diablo which doesn’t mean you must use exactly this set up. - Page 22 Normal Flight Mode: Used for Take Off, Landing and all normal aerobatic flying. Vertical Spin Mode (3D-Mode One): Used only for vertical Spins (Flying vertical with some speed, switch on to this mode and wait until your plane slows down, now you do a few spins along the rudder vector and bring the nose back down). 3D Flight Mode (3D-Mode Two): Used for hovering, flat spins and all other 3D manoeuvers.
- Page 23 Game Changer and taking the Diablo to its limits. We hope you have enjoyed assembling your CARF-Models Diablo and you have many years of happy flying with it. If you have found yourself in difficulty and need some assistance, your sales rep is only an email away.
- Page 24 Allen Screw M4 x 12mm Canopy Plastic ball link M3 Nosegear Linkage Stop Nut M3 Nosegear Linkage Allen Screw M3 x 16mm Nosegear Linkage Washer D3 Nosegear Linkage Allen Screw M3 x 12 mm Nosegear Linkage Wings L/R Knurled Plastic Nut M6 Gear Sheet metal Screw 3.4 x 21 mm Gear...
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