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Hangar 9 VRTF Easy 2 Instruction Manual

Hangar 9 VRTF Easy 2 Instruction Manual

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INSTRUCTION MANUAL

• Assembles in two easy hours
• Only requires one tool to build — and it's included!
• No glue is required to assemble (no smell, no mess)
• Modular construction allows for easily replaced parts if crash damaged
• Can be disassembled in approximately 15 minutes for easy storage/transportation
• Pre-covered and trimmed in genuine UltraCote
• All balsa plywood craftsmanship constructed
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  • Page 1: Instruction Manual

    WE GET PEOPLE FLYING INSTRUCTION MANUAL • Assembles in two easy hours • Only requires one tool to build — and it’s included! • No glue is required to assemble (no smell, no mess) • Modular construction allows for easily replaced parts if crash damaged •...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Introduction Additional Parts Needed Radio System Set-Up Easy 2 Parts Layout Airplane Orientation Stage 1 — Assembling the Wing Stage 2 — Installing the Radio Stage 3 — Installing the Linkages Stage 4 — Installing the Tail Stage 5 —...

  • Page 3: Introduction

    Additional Items Needed to Get the Easy 2 in the Air: • Propeller (10 x 6 if using a .40 size engine) • Hangar 9 field kit, which includes: glow plugs, fuel pump, 4-way wrench, glow plug igniter with charger, chicken stick and tote box (Part HANSTART)

  • Page 4: Radio System Set-Up

    Radio System Set-Up It’s a good idea to begin charging the radio system first, so that later, in Stage 3, you’re able to center the servos. Locate your charger and plug your battery pack and transmitter into your charger. Plug the charger into an outlet to begin charging.

  • Page 5: Stage 1 - Assembling The Wing

    Stage 1 — Assembling the Wing Parts Needed • Wing halves (left and right) • Small self-tapping screws (2) • Steel wing rods (2) • Small rubber bands (3) • One servo with mounting hardware (4 rubber grommets, • Aileron connectors (2) Note: On some Easy 2 kits, 4 eyelets and 4 long servo screws —...
  • Page 6 Stage 1 — Assembling the Wing CONTINUED Step 1. From your radio system box, remove one servo and the Step 2. Note there is a rectangular shaped cut-out on the servo mounting hardware — four rubber grommets, four brass bottom of the right wing panel (the panel with the Easy 2 decal). eyelets and four servo screws.
  • Page 7 Stage 1 — Assembling the Wing Screw CONTINUED location Slide the left and right wing halves together, making sure the Now loop the three small rubber bands several times around the alignment pin near the trailing edge correctly engages in the hole. screws to hold the wing halves together.
  • Page 8 Stage 1 — Assembling the Wing CONTINUED Step 6. Install the Z-bend of one of the aileron linkages into the When both aileron linkages are attached, center the servo so the outermost hole in the aileron servo arm as shown. servo arm is parallel to the wing’s leading and trailing edge.

  • Page 9: Stage 2 - Installing The Radio

    Stage 2 — Installing the Radio Parts Needed • Fuselage with pushrods and tank pre-installed • Switch harness (included with the radio system) • Shock-Loc radio tray with six self-tapping screws • Aileron extension (additional part required) • Three servos with rubber grommets (12). Note: The eyelets •...
  • Page 10 Stage 2 — Installing the Radio CONTINUED Step 9. Install the servos in the fuselage as shown. First install the elevator and rudder servos and then the throttle servo, Bottom feeding the servo leads in first toward the front of the airplane, and then placing in the servo.
  • Page 11 Stage 2 — Installing the Radio CONTINUED Step 11. It’s now time to install the Shock-Loc radio tray into Step 12. Insert the three servo connectors marked in Step 8 in place. The radio tray will be easier to install if the servo arms are the appropriate slots in the receiver (rudder, elevator and removed.
  • Page 12 Stage 2 — Installing the Radio CONTINUED Step 13. A hole is pre-cut in the left side of the fuselage for the Step 14. There are three wires on the switch harness — one switch. Unscrew the switch plate from the switch and place it female and two male.

  • Page 13: Stage 3 - Installing The Linkages

    Stage 3 — Installing the Linkages Parts Needed • Fuselage from Stage 2 with pushrods installed • Throttle linkage with clevis • Two long pushrods (long: throttle; short: steerable • Steering linkage with clevis nose wheel) • Transmitter • Servo arms removed in Stage 2 Step 15.
  • Page 14 Stage 3 — Installing the Linkages CONTINUED Step 16. We will now hook up the pushrods. First we’ll install Step 17. The pushrod that exits the top of the fuselage is the the elevator linkage. Take one servo arm and locate the pushrod rudder pushrod.
  • Page 15 Stage 3 — Installing the Linkages CONTINUED Step 18. Locate the throttle control rod and the steering control rod. Note that the throttle control rod is the longer of the two. Unscrew the plastic clevis from both rods. From outside the fuselage on the bottom, install the shorter of the two rods, threaded rod end first, through the slot cutout on the bottom (see photo #2).

  • Page 16: Stage 4 - Installing The Tail

    Stage 4 — Installing the Tail Parts Needed • Fuselage with radio gear installed from Stage 3 • Washers (2) • Horizontal tail section • Wing Nuts (2) • Vertical tail section • Thread locker (tube) • 4-40 x 3/8 " Machine screws (2) Horizontal Wing Washers...
  • Page 17 Stage 4 — Installing the Tail CONTINUED Step 20. Trial fit the tail assembly into the tail of the fuselage Now take the second screw, put a washer on it, apply a drop of as shown by sliding forward the tongue of the vertical fin into thread locker and insert it from the bottom, through the fuselage the fuselage.
  • Page 18 Stage 4 — Installing the Tail CONTINUED Step 22. Now we’ll adjust the pushrod. Center the elevator and rudder servo as we did in Step 14 (repeat Step 14, page 12, just in case the servos got “bumped” during any prior installations). Now shorten or lengthen the pushrod by screwing the clevis until the elevator and rudder are even with the tail area ahead of them when the clevis is attached.

  • Page 19: Stage 5 - Installing The Landing Gear

    Stage 5 — Installing the Landing Gear Parts Needed • Fuselage • Collar with screw (1) • Main landing gear with wheel pre-installed • 4mm screws (2) • Nose wheel landing assembly with wheel pre-installed • Dowel rods (2) • Steering arm with screw •...
  • Page 20 Stage 5 — Installing the Landing Gear CONTINUED Step 24. Place the steering arm on the Z-bend (using the Step 26. With the rudder servo’s control arm centered, adjust innermost hole) with the screw pointing toward the front. Now the nose wheel so that it’s straight with the fuselage. Sight down pass the wire nose wheel assembly through the steering arm, the fuselage to make sure it’s straight.

  • Page 21: Stage 6 - Installing The Engine

    Stage 6 — Installing the Engine Parts Needed • .40 - .46 size 2-cycle engine with muffler • Engine mount with mounting hardware (the mounting hardware is pre-installed on fuselage) • Fuselage assembly Step 28. On the front of the airplane is the pre-attached engine Slide the engine as far forward as it will go and center the mount.
  • Page 22 Stage 6 — Installing the Engine CONTINUED Step 29. Center the throttle servo and adjust the clevis (screw Step 31. Note the two colors of fuel tubing, clear and orange. in/out) until the carburetor barrel is 1/2 open when the clevis is Attach the clear fuel line to the fuel nipple.

  • Page 23: Installing The Propeller

    Installing the Propeller You will need to purchase the appropriate propeller for your particular engine. If you have a .40 size engine, a 10 x 6 propeller will work. For .46 size engines, an 11 x 6 is the correct propeller.

  • Page 24: Balancing The Easy 2

    Balancing the Easy 2 Before your first flight, it’s important to check the balance of the Easy 2. This is referred to as checking the C.G. (center of gravity). Notice on the bottom of the wing where the red leading edge trim meets the white.

  • Page 25: Pre-Flight Check

    Pre-Flight Check 1. Check that all control functions move in the correct direction. If not, use the respective reversing switch to correct the direction. CARBURETOR ELEVATOR 1/16” THROTTLE ELEVATOR RUDDER AILERON AILERON RUDDER 2. Check that each clevis is securely snapped into position.

  • Page 26: Flight Instructions

    Flight Instructions For first-time pilots, the thought of flying their Easy 2 through "T R/C Pilot Program" ICKET TO loops, rolls and perfect three-point landings can be thrilling. Learning to fly, however, takes time, patience and, most Enclosed with your Easy 2 is the “T R/C Pilot ICKET TO importantly, a good instructor.

  • Page 27: Pre-Flight At The Field

    Pre-Flight At The Field Range Test Your Radio 1. Before each flying session range check your radio. This is accomplished by turning on your transmitter with the antenna collapsed. Turn on the radio in your airplane. With your airplane on the ground, you should be able to walk 30 paces away from your airplane and still have complete control of all functions.

  • Page 28: 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, Model flying must be in accordance with this Code in all explosive gases (such as hydrogen-filled balloons), ground order for AMA liability protection to apply...

  • Page 29: Glossary

    Glossary Ailerons. Each side of this airplane has a hinged control Expanded Scale Voltmeter (ESV). This device is used to surface, called an aileron, located on the trailing edge of the check the voltage of the battery pack. wing. Move the left aileron up and the right aileron down, and the airplane will turn or roll to the right.
  • Page 30 Glossary CONTINUED NiCad. This abbreviation stands for Nickel Cadmium, the Switch Harness. This switch is commonly located on the chemical compound used in rechargeable batteries. fuselage and governs the on/off mechanism for the flight pace. Nitro. Short for nitromethane, a fuel additive that improves an Tachometer.
  • Page 32 © Copyright 1998, Horizon Hobby Distributors, Inc.

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