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Hangar 9 PT-19 Instruction Manual

Hangar 9 PT-19 Instruction Manual

Giant scale 1.20 arf
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Giant Scale 1.20 ARF
• 90% pre-built
• IMAA Giant Scale legal
• Pre-covered in genuine UltraCote
• Pre-finished fiberglass cowl
• Gas or glow option
Specifications:
Wingspan:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82" / 208.3 cm
Length: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.5" / 161.3 cm
Wing Area: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1010 sq. in. / 6516.5 sq. cm.
Weight (Approx.): . . . . . . . . . . . 13–16 lbs. / 5896–7257 grams
Recommended Engines:
UltraCote
WE GET PEOPLE FLYING
PT-19

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1.08–1.20 2-Stroke
1.20–1.50 4-Stroke
Zenoah G23 Gas or Glow

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  • Page 1: Instruction Manual

    WE GET PEOPLE FLYING PT-19 Giant Scale 1.20 ARF INSTRUCTION MANUAL • 90% pre-built • IMAA Giant Scale legal • Pre-covered in genuine UltraCote ® , featuring full scale trim scheme • Pre-finished fiberglass cowl • Gas or glow option Specifications: Wingspan:.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Section 20: Balancing the PT-19 ........

  • Page 3: Introduction

    Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of one of the finest giant scale ARFs to be produced! The Hangar 9 Fairchild PT-19 trainer is a semi-scale aircraft suited for the intermediate to advanced level flyers and modelers. Although this is an ARF (Almost -Ready-to-Fly) kit, it does have some construction features that can be challenging for the new modeler.

  • Page 4: Parts Needed

    Parts Needed Aileron Extension (2) (JRPA114, 12" Silver) Fueler Valve Propeller Kill switch and hardware (if using a gas engine) Foam for cushioning tank Fuel tubing (use gas fuel tubing for gas engine) Fuel Filter Tools and Supplies Needed Adhesives Thin CA (cyanoacrylate) glue Thick CA (cyanoacrylate) glue 6-minute epoxy...

  • Page 5: Contents Of Kit

    Contents of Kit Large Parts A. Fuselage D. Vertical stabilizer with rudder B. Left wing half with aileron E. Horizontal stabilizer with elevators C. Right wing half with aileron F. Cowl Other Parts (not pictured) • Pushrod and accessories • Fuel tank and hardware •...

  • Page 6: Section 1: Hinging The Ailerons

    Step 1. Carefully remove the aileron from one of the wing pan- throughout the hinge, securely bonding it to the wood structure. els. Note the position of the hinges. The PT-19 comes with high quality CA-type hinges. Step 2. Remove each hinge from the wing panel and place a T-pin in the center of each hinge.
  • Page 7 Section 1: Hinging the Ailerons CONTINUED Step 6. Using CA remover/debonder and a paper towel, remove Step 8. After both ailerons are securely hinged, firmly grasp the any excess CA glue that may have accumulated on the wing or wing and aileron and check that the hinges are securely glued in the aileron hinge area.

  • Page 8: Section 2: Joining The Wing Halves

    Section 2: Joining the Wing Halves Parts Needed Tools and Adhesives Needed • Right/Left wing panels • 30-minute epoxy • Plastic wing bags (optional) • Epoxy brush • Dihedral brace • Masking tape • Rubbing alcohol • Paper towels • Wax paper •...
  • Page 9 Section 2: Joining the Wing Halves CONTINUED Step 6. Place one wing half right side up on a flat work surface. Step 8. Apply a generous amount of epoxy into the wing brace Use a scrap piece of wood or an epoxy brush and smear a gen- cavity of the other wing panel.
  • Page 10 Section 2: Joining the Wing Halves CONTINUED Step 10. Carefully slide the two wing halves together and firm- Step 12. Allow the wing center joint to cure completely, then ly press them together, allowing the excess epoxy to run out. remove the masking tape.

  • Page 11: Section 3: Installing The Aileron Servos

    Section 3: Installing the Aileron Servos Parts Needed Tools and Adhesives Needed • Assembled wing • Hobby knife • Standard size servos (2) • Phillips screwdriver (medium) • Servo extensions (2)-(12" recommended-JRPA114) • Drill • Music wire (1) (36") • 1/16" drill bit •...
  • Page 12 Section 3: Installing the Aileron Servos CONTINUED Step 5. Using a 1/16" drill bit, drill the servo screw locations of the opening. The wire can be started either way, but we found marked in Step 4. it easier to get the wire out using the method described above. An optional method is to use a 16"...

  • Page 13: Section 4: Installing The Aileron Linkages

    Section 4: Installing the Aileron Linkage Parts Needed Tools and Adhesives Needed • Wing assembly from Section 3 • Drill • Aileron linkages (2mm x 7-7/8" — threaded on one end) (2) • 1/16" drill bit • Control horns (2) •...
  • Page 14 Section 4: Installing the Aileron Linkage CONTINUED Step 5. Repeat the marking and attachment procedure for the Step 9. Center the servo arm and install the Z-bend into the other aileron control horn. outermost hole. Do the same for the other aileron linkage. Step 6.

  • Page 15: Section 5: Mounting The Wing

    Section 5: Mounting the Wing Parts Needed Tools and Adhesives Needed • Complete wing assembly • CA glue (medium) • Fuselage • Drill • Wing dowel rods (2) • 1/4" drill bit • Fuselage wing hold-down screws/washers (2) • Medium Phillips screwdriver •...
  • Page 16 Section 5: Mounting the Wing CONTINUED Step 5. The fuselage wing hold-down plate is located toward Step 9. Once you’re satisfied with the alignment, you’re ready the rear of the fuselage wing opening. to drill the wing hold-down bolt holes. Using a 3/8" drill bit, and the wing bolt plate holes as a guide, drill through at a 90°...
  • Page 17 Section 5: Mounting the Wing CONTINUED Step 12. Trial fit the wing into position on the fuselage. Thread the wing hold-down screws into the wing and loosely tighten. Check the alignment of the wing by measuring the alignment as you did in Step 9. It may be necessary to slightly enlarge the holes with a small round file to obtain the proper alignment.

  • Page 18: Section 6: Installing The Tail (Vertical Fin And Horizontal Stabilizer)

    Section 6: Installing the Tail (Vertical Fin & Horizontal Stabilizer) Parts Needed Tools and Adhesives Needed • Fuselage • Thin CA glue • Wing • CA remover/debonder • Horizontal stabilizer with elevators • 30-minute epoxy • Vertical fin with rudder •...
  • Page 19 Section 6: Installing the Tail (Vertical Fin & Horizontal Stabilizer) CONTINUED Step 5. Now you can install the wing and sight the horizontal Step 8. When you’re satisfied with the alignment, carefully stabilizer alignment from the rear of the aircraft. Make sure the mark the position with a pencil at the junction where the hori- horizontal stabilizer is level with reference to the wing.
  • Page 20 Section 6: Installing the Tail (Vertical Fin & Horizontal Stabilizer) CONTINUED Step 10. Mix up approximately 1 ounce of 30-minute epoxy. Step 11. Mix up a small amount, approximately 1/4 ounce, of Carefully slide the horizontal stabilizer back into the opening in 30-minute epoxy and apply it in the fuselage cavity where the the fuselage.

  • Page 21: Section 7: Hinging The Horizontal Stabilizer And Elevators

    Section 7: Hinging the Horizontal Stabilizer and Elevators Parts Needed Tools and Adhesives Needed • Fuselage • Thin CA glue • Elevators (2) • CA debonder • Paper towels • T-pins Step 1. Locate the two elevator halves. Trial fit each into the Step 3.

  • Page 22: Section 8: Hinging The Rudder And Installing The Tail Wheel

    Section 8: Hinging the Rudder and Installing the Tail Wheel Parts Needed Tools and Adhesives Needed • Rudder • Thin CA glue • Fuselage • CA remover/debonder • Tail wheel assembly • Threadlock Z-42 • 30-minute epoxy • Drill • Drill bits: 1/16", 3/32" •...
  • Page 23 Section 8: Hinging the Rudder and Installing the Tail Wheel CONTINUED Step 4. Remove the rudder from the vertical fin. Using a 3/32" Step 7. When you’re satisfied with the fit, remove the tail wheel drill bit, drill into the exact center of the rudder as marked to assembly from the fuselage.
  • Page 24 Section 8: Hinging the Rudder and Installing the Tail Wheel CONTINUED Step 9. With the rudder and tail wheel assembly installed, Step 12. Once you’re satisfied the tail wheel wire is correctly apply thin CA glue to the rudder hinges on both sides, using aligned, slide the tail wheel itself onto the wire.

  • Page 25: Section 9: Installing The Control Horns

    Section 9: Installing the Control Horns Parts Needed Tools and Adhesives Needed • Standard control horns (4) • Phillips screwdriver • Plastic plates (2) • Drill • Screws (6) • 1/16" drill bit • Fuselage • Ruler • Rudder • Felt tipped pen •...
  • Page 26 Section 9: Installing the Control Horns CONTINUED Step 5. Using a 1/16" drill bit, drill two holes through the ele- Step 8. Next, install the rudder control horns on the left and vator so the control horn can be mounted. Hint: It’s sometimes right side of the rudder.
  • Page 27 Section 9: Installing the Control Horns CONTINUED Step 11. Drill the holes with a 1/16" drill bit. Install a rudder control horn on both sides of the rudder with two screws. Again, make sure the control horns are centered over the hinge line. Install hex nuts to keep horns in place –...

  • Page 28: Section 10: Installing The Main Landing Gear

    Section 10: Installing the Main Landing Gear Parts Needed Tools and Adhesives Needed • Wing • Pencil • Main landing gear (2) • Hobby knife • Main landing gear straps (4) • Drill • Self-tapping screws (8) • 1/16" drill bit •...
  • Page 29 Section 10: Installing the Main Landing Gear CONTINUED Step 5. Reinstall the landing gear and straps. Using four Step 6. Repeat Steps 3 through 6 to mount the second main 2.6mm self-tapping screws, fasten the landing gear to the bot- landing gear to the wing.

  • Page 30: Section 11: Installing The Engine (2- Or 4-Cycle)

    Section 11: Installing the Engine (2- or 4-Cycle) Parts Needed Tools and Adhesives Needed • Fuselage • Phillips screwdriver • Metal motor mounts (2) • Allen wrench • Mounting hardware • 12-minute epoxy • Engine • Epoxy brush • Rubbing alcohol •...
  • Page 31 Section 11: Installing the Engine (2- or 4-Cycle) Step 5. Trial fit your engine on the motor mount. Once the proper width has been confirmed, tighten the screws on the metal motor mounts. You can remove your engine at this point while completing the following sections.

  • Page 32: Section 12: Installing The Engine (Gas Option)

    Section 12: Installing the Engine (Gas Option) Parts Needed Tools and Adhesives Needed • Fuselage • Phillips screwdriver • Plywood motor mount • Allen wrench • Mounting hardware (optional) (four 4mm x 25mm flat head • ball driver screws, four 4mm x 30mm machine screws, four 4mm nuts, •...
  • Page 33 Section 12: Installing the Engine (Gas Option) CONTINUED Step 3. Once the blind nuts are in place, proceed with mount- Step 6. After the epoxy has had an opportunity to cure, you can ing the 1/4" hardwood motor mount to the firewall. You will have mount the Zenoah G-23 to the hardwood motor mount using the to countersink the screw holes for the motor mount screws.

  • Page 34: Section 13: Assembling And Installing The Fuel Tank (Glow/Gas)

    Section 13: Assembling and Installing the Fuel Tank (Glow/Gas) Parts Needed Tools and Adhesives Needed • Brass tube, long (vent) • Hobby knife • Brass tube, long (fuel) • Screwdriver (medium) • Clunk (fuel pickup) • Fuel pick up tube, glow (clear) •...
  • Page 35 Section 13: Assembling and Installing the Fuel Tank (Glow/Gas) CONTINUED Step 6. Note the orientation of the tubes and plastic caps. Make Step 9. Insert the 3mm screw into the center hole of the larger sure the vent tube is positioned correctly. plastic cap and tighten until it just threads into the black cap on the other side of the rubber stopper.
  • Page 36 Section 13: Assembling and Installing the Fuel Tank (Glow/Gas) CONTINUED Step 11. Tighten the 3mm screw slightly. Then, insert the stop- position. Foam in the tank compartment can be used to provide per, clunk, and tubes into the fuel tank. Position tubing as some vibration damping and help support the fuel tank (foam shown in Step 9.

  • Page 37: Section 14: Installing The Radio

    Section 14: Installing the Radio Parts Needed Tools and Adhesives Needed • 4-channel radio system with 5 servos • Drill • Fuselage • 1/16" drill bit • Radio packing foam (not included) • Small Phillips screwdriver • Antenna tube (not included) •...
  • Page 38 Section 14: Installing the Radio CONTINUED Step 5. Mix up a small amount (approximately 1/4 ounce) of Step 8. Route the antenna back through the fuselage using an 6-minute epoxy and epoxy the two plywood pieces to the servo antenna tube (not included), or route it outside the fuselage back tray.

  • Page 39: Section 15: Installing The Control Linkages

    " x 2mm, two 12" x 2mm, three clevises, and one piece of heat shrink tubing). Since the PT-19 uses a split elevator, you will construct a pushrod that has two threaded rods on one end of the wooden pushrod for the two elevators, and one shorter threaded rod to connect to the servo horn on the other end.
  • Page 40 Section 15: Installing the Control Linkages CONTINUED Step 5. Drill a 1/8" hole at this mark. This end of the hardwood slide a piece of heat shrink tubing over the end of the wooden dowel will be used as the pushrod end for the split elevators. pushrod end.
  • Page 41 Section 15: Installing the Control Linkages CONTINUED Step 11. Spread the two threaded pushrods apart approximately identify where to mark the music wire so the Z-bend you will "–2". Insert the elevator pushrod into the fuselage so that each make will go into the hole in the elevator servo arm. threaded rod comes out of the elevator pushrod exits.
  • Page 42 Section 15: Installing the Control Linkages CONTINUED The rudder control horns have already been mounted on the both ends of a linkage by screwing the clevises in and out as need- rudder. You will make up two sets of linkages. ed.
  • Page 43 Section 15: Installing the Control Linkages CONTINUED Step 25. Note where the throttle control rod is in relation to the throttle servo arm in the fuselage. Make sure the carburetor is 1/2 open and that the servo is at its electrical center position. Mark where the rod passes over the servo arm with a felt tipped pen or pencil.
  • Page 44 Section 15: Installing the Control Linkages CONTINUED Step 29. We will be using a standard JR 507 servo as the throttle may have to trim a small portion off and reinstall the ball links. Once servo to illustrate the placement of the throttle servo. Any dimensions the servo linkage is attached, adjustments will have to be made to provided will pertain to the 507 servo and you may have to make fine tune the throw of the linkages.
  • Page 45 Section 15: Installing the Control Linkages CONTINUED Step 35. Once you are satisfied with the approximate position, making sure the spacer is in place so the servo is held approxi- mark the servo location with a pencil. We made a template of the mately 1/16"...

  • Page 46: Section 16: Attaching The Cowling

    Saito 1.50 tom of the cowl so the muffler will have an outlet and there will engine mounted in the PT-19. be access for a glow driver. This will also provide for sufficient air flow around the engine.
  • Page 47 Section 16: Attaching the Cowling CONTINUED Step 6. Tape the cowl securely in position and check that it fits Step 8. Use a 1/16" drill bit to drill out pilot holes in the cowl correctly. There should be ample clearance (1/8" around the and the screw hold-down blocks.

  • Page 48: Section 17: Attaching The Windscreens

    Section 17: Attaching the Windscreens Parts Needed Tools and Adhesives Needed • Fuselage • Scissors • Windscreen (2) • Canopy glue (Pacer Formula 560) • Windscreen trim tape) • Masking tape • Screws (8) • Trim film/tape (blue) Step 1. Locate the two windscreens and note the raised lines Step 4.

  • Page 49: Section 18: Application Of Decals And Scale Detailing

    Section 18: Application of Decals and Scale Detailing Parts Needed Tools and Adhesives Needed • Fuselage • Scissors • Wing • 6-minute epoxy • Decals • Rubbing alcohol • Rollover cage • Paper towels • Epoxy brush • Ruler Note: A two-view drawing of the PT-19A is provided as a You can also use a mixture of soap and water, applied to the reference for placement of the decals provided in the wing surface, and position the decal.
  • Page 50 Ready-made instrument panels are available for the PT-19 from Roll-Cage Installation Hangar 9. HAN 180 includes both front and rear panels or Step 6. Install the roll-over cage between the front and rear HAN181 (front instrument panel) and HAN182 (rear instrument cockpit openings.
  • Page 51 Performance Top Speed 135 mph Cruising Speed 120 mph Stalling Speed 46 mph Service Ceiling 16,000 ft Rate of Climb 835 fpm Range (Cruising) 480 miles Specifications Wingspan 35' 11.18" Length 27' 8.37" Height 7' 9.0" Empty Weight 1749 lbs. Gross Weight 2450 lbs.

  • Page 52: Section 19: Control Throw Recommendations

    Section 19: Control Throw Recommendations The following control throws offer a good place to start with for your first flights. If only one rate is available on your radio, set up the control throws for low rate for the first flights, then increase the throws to your liking. Aileron Low Rate High Rate...

  • Page 53: Section 20: Balancing The Pt-19

    Section 20: Balancing the PT-19 An important part of preparing the aircraft for flight is properly We have tested several PT-19 models using the following power balancing the model. This is especially important when various plants and have found the added weight to be approximately as engines are mounted.

  • Page 54: Pre-Flight Check

    At full throttle with a strong AILERON AILERON 1.50, the PT-19 is more than capable of most sport aerobatics maneuvers. Repair Information One of the advantages of a ARF kit is that replacement parts are readily available through your hobby shop.

  • Page 55: Pre-Flight At The Field

    Pre-Flight at the Field Range Testing Your Radio Adjusting the Engine Step 1. Before each flying session be sure to range check your Step 1. Completely read the instructions included with your radio. This is accomplished by turning on your transmitter with engine and follow the recommended break-in procedure.

  • Page 56: Ama Safety Code

    AMA SAFETY CODE 1994 Official AMA National Model Aircraft Safety Code I will not operate models with pyrotechnics (any device that explodes, burns, or propels a projectile of any kind) including, but not limited Effective January 1, 1994 to, rockets, explosive bombs dropped from models, smoke bombs, all Model flying must be in accordance with this Code in explosive gases (such as hydrogen-filled balloons), ground mounted order for AMA liability protection to apply...
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