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- Page 1 F E I B A O F 1 8 – f FEI BAO JETS F18-f Assembly Manual Written by Jeff DeCaluwe In collaboration with R/C Jet Models...
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Page 2: Before You Begin
Congratulations on your purchase of the Fei Bao F18-f Jet. BEFORE YOU BEGIN: · Clean and inspect all parts. Inventory them against the parts list at the end of the manual and notify the kit supplier of any missing components as soon as possible. - Page 3 F E I B A O F 1 8 - f · Other Parts · Buna smoke tubing for inside the fuel tanks · BVM UAT or alike highly recommended · Wire twist tie (optional) but recommended or alike · Blue Loctite ·...
- Page 4 You can buy a complete kit with a gun, nozzles, and two cartridges of glue from your dealer for approximately $60 to $80. Consider it a great investment, the glue is the best you will use. One cartridge is plenty to assemble your F18-f.
- Page 5 As they say a picture can say a thousand words. WORKING WITH PNEUMATIC SYSTEMS The F18-f uses pneumatic brakes and retracts. If you follow a few tips, you should have very reliable, leak-free operation. Neatness counts.
- Page 6 F E I B A O F 1 8 - f Connect 2 - 8" pieces of any colored airline (I have used blue on one side and white airline on the other side for clarity, but that is not included in the kit) to both air brake cylinders then tee the same colors together and add an other piece about 12”...
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Page 7: Fuel Tank System
3: FUEL TANK SYSTEM The F18-f has a 3 tank fuel system. The main is 88 oz with 2 - 40oz saddle tanks which are just behind the CG of approx. 5½” to 6¼” from the wings leading edge. They are connected in parallel, then “Y”... - Page 8 F E I B A O F 1 8 - f Everything needs to be very clean, especially the inside of the tanks. Depending on the kind of header tank you use, The BVM UAT as shown above should be installed at an approx. 45-degree angle to allow air bubbles to exit from the top fill line.
- Page 9 F E I B A O F 1 8 - f There is also a problem with the internal tubing supplied at the factory in the tanks. After some time in kerosene the tubing tends to get stiff and hard. We recommend changing these lines with flexible black buna smoke tubing which remains flexible.
- Page 10 F E I B A O F 1 8 – f b) Drill (5) 1/16” holes about 1/2” apart with the middle hole near the center of the concave side of the tank. Center the holes fore and aft on the lap joint. Have a helper hold a vacuum nozzle such that the drilled residue is removed.
- Page 11 F E I B A O F 1 8 - f Coat the center portion of each hinge with petroleum jelly. Use enough to keep any glue from sticking, but make sure you do not get any petroleum jelly on the ribbed portion of the hinge that needs to be glued.
- Page 12 F E I B A O F 1 8 - f Get a wing and fill the three holes with Hysol or BVM epoxy. Be fairly generous with the glue. The ONLY place where glue should be is in the hole itself...clean up any excess right away. To help for an even better adhesion you may want to put some glue around each hinge staying away from the pinned area with petroleum jelly on it..
- Page 13 F E I B A O F 1 8 – f 5: ELEVATOR BALANCING, SERVOS, EXTENSIONS & LINKAGES Some may say not to balance your elevators because it may cause flutter but I tend to differ, If your servo gear mesh and linkage is tight with out any play there should not be a problem whether it is balanced or not and if there is play in the gear mesh or linkage then you will probably get flutter either way.
- Page 14 F E I B A O F 1 8 - f Repeat previous step for the other elevator. Install the elevator servos as show in the pictures below and do not use the rubber grommets as they may cause flutter if there is to much play. Attach a 36"...
- Page 15 F E I B A O F 1 8 - f You can hold the servo with wooden blocks by cutting 3 for each side then drill holes through them then screw them to the servo, then put a little epoxy on the side that goes to the inner wing. And clamp it there over night to dry or you can purchase servo wing holders from your dealer that glue on the inside of the wing and then there is 3 screws that hold the servo in place as seen in the pictures.
- Page 16 F E I B A O F 1 8 - f You will also need to open up the top holes to accommodate the bolts for the ball links. Go very slowly on this, if the holes end up oversize, you will need to replace them. Or they will give you flutter.
- Page 17 F E I B A O F 1 8 - f Cut the slot for the horn. Power tools are a little dangerous here, as if they slip. you can drill all the way through to the other side of the surface. Use an exacto and many small strokes, only resort to the Dremel if you run into a really hard portion.
- Page 18 F E I B A O F 1 8 - f Repeat the last 8 steps for the flaps and ailerons when you are done mounting the servos. You will need 12" extensions on the aileron servos. The flap servos, of course, only travel down, so adjust your linkages and servos accordingly, so that they are all the way at one end when the flaps are up(neutral, level with the wing), and all the way at the other end when flaps are down.
- Page 19 F E I B A O F 1 8 - f Install the flap servo as shown, along with the linkage and horn. Note that they may not be much structure beneath this new slot to hold the horn, pay extra attention to using lots of Hysol or epoxy glue when you glue this horn in or you could use blocks that are bigger to go a bit under the wing foil.
- Page 20 F E I B A O F 1 8 – f Add a bead of glue to each side of the control horn. Be sure to use your nozzle to inject glue into the small holes in the horn, they need to be filled with glue for proper strength of the joint. Insert the control horn into the slot, making sure it is 90' to the surface, and not too deep and not too shallow in the slot.
- Page 21 F E I B A O F 1 8 - f This may not be necessary because of the epoxy glue used but just for security you can use masking tape to hold the horn and linkage at 90' to the surface while drying. Install the rudders with the supplied flat washers and hex 3mm bolts For the flap and aileron servos you will need 12"...
- Page 22 F E I B A O F 1 8 - f 8: FRONT WHEEL SERVO & PULL-PULL LINKAGE Install the nose gear steering servo with the hardware that is supplied with the servo Use your hand pump to unlock the nose gear retract so it can move freely up and down. Insert the nose gear assembly in the fuselage and check location and clearance in the fuselage.
- Page 23 9: COCKPIT WITH PILOTS (OPTIONAL) If you purchased the F18-f cockpit then you will need to also purchase some pilots. You can put a couple George Bush 1/7 scale dolls in there but you will have to cut off the legs, and if you get some F4 jet dolls then you will have to shorten there body and cut off there legs, Also the bottom of the seat needs to be removed.
- Page 24 F E I B A O F 1 8 – f If you notice all the stuff on the main tray, it has been placed on the outer edges to prevent the cockpit from touching them. The UP3, Receiver, Gyro and air failsafe are just under the main tray in front of the UAT on the new made tray.
- Page 25 F E I B A O F 1 8 – f Link the valves to the servos using scrap pushrod wire. Secure the fuel pump and smoke pump with a tie wrap next to the UAT You want the pumps away from the receiver and ECU as far as possible to prevent any possible electronic interference Connect the input side of the fuel pump to the UAT Run the output side of the fuel pump to your manual shutoff valve and then to the fuel...
- Page 26 F E I B A O F 1 8 – f After you know every thing is in place for aft fuselage then it is time to bolt the front of the fuse to the Aft using 6 of the supplied 4mm bolts and also it is a good practice to use some blue locktite on the threads first.
- Page 27 F E I B A O F 1 8 – f You can either glue or use 4 to 6 small screws to mount each cone to the fuselage. Note the arrows are on the tail cone formers, point them towards the center of the fuse, if not it will be hard to fit the pipe, the holes are on a offset in the cones.
- Page 28 F E I B A O F 1 8 – f Drill and secure the bypass to the engine mounting rails with four wood screws. Finally, drill the rear of the bypass for the pipe mounting straps and bolt in place. The heads of the bolts should be on the inside of the bypass.
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Page 29: Technical Data
Velcro. Congratulations, you have now completed construction of your F18-f. The next step is programming your transmitter, and setting the servo throws. - Page 30 F E I B A O F 1 8 – f Credits: Written by Jeff DeCaluwe Test Pilot: Peter Doupnik Maiden at Leamington Airport, Ontario, Canada NOTES!______________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________...