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• Learn to f l y low-wings with AWARFease!
• Quick to build...flight-ready in just 16-20 hours
• Stable at low speeds—acrobatic at full throttle
Features like this easy-access
engine positioning will make
BrightStar maintenance fast
and simple.
You'll quickly make a successful step up to flying low-wings with your BrightStar 40 AWARE Its
90% prebuilt construction gets you out of the workshop and onto the flight line in only a matter
of hours. Then you can begin exploring the exciting acrobatic possibilities in the BrightStar's
low-mounted wing...without leaving behind the reasssuring durability and low-speed stability
of your basic trainer.
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- Page 1 • Learn to f l y low-wings with AWARFease! • Quick to build...flight-ready in just 16-20 hours • Stable at low speeds—acrobatic at full throttle Features like this easy-access engine positioning will make BrightStar maintenance fast and simple. You'll quickly make a successful step up to flying low-wings with your BrightStar 40 AWARE Its 90% prebuilt construction gets you out of the workshop and onto the flight line in only a matter of hours.
- Page 2 4 Horizontal stab and elevator..1 created for you and other first-time radio control modelers, 5 Vertical fin and rudder....1 Hobbico's BrightStar offers nearly all the excitement of 25 Clevises ...........2 piloting a real airplane...and develops skills that will take you 26 Control horns .........2...
- Page 3 Fuel Tank & Parts Landing Gear Part # Quantity Part# Quantity Fuel tank ..........1 10 Main landing gear strut .....2 13 Rubber tank stopper ......1 1 1 Nose gear strut ......1 14 Fuel pick-up weight (clunk) ....1 22 Wheel Pant .........3 15 Plastic stopper disk 27 Plastic steering arm ....1 (one large and one small) ....2...
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Page 4: Radio Equipment
(HCAQ1050) are available for this purpose. Getting Ready for Flight Your Hobbico BrightStar can be ready for takeoff in as little as 16-20 hours. Your hobby dealer or flying instructor (see next page) can help you decide what accessories you'll need for flight. Most are one-time-only purchases - like a glow plug igniter (see glossary), fuel pump, and "chicken stick"... -
Page 5: Repair Service
It as quickly If you, as the original owner of this model, discover a defect in parts as possible or workmanship within 90 days of purchase, Hobbico will repair or replace it, at option authorized... - Page 6 both sides of one of the wing joiners. Sandwich this coated joiner between the remaining two. Make sure that the centerlines drawn in step 1 are visable on both Special Note: sides of the assembly. Quickly proceed through the following steps (3 and 4) before the glue cures. You should charge your radio system before starting to build.
- Page 7 Even the edges wing joiner will not fit in the cavity, lightly sand any excess epoxy or uneven surfaces from the joiner edges, sides and ends. Caution: A snug fit is desirable between the joiner and the wing cavity. Do not sand excessively. Viewing the wing dihedral D 5.
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Page 8: Join The Wing Halves
Apply epoxy to the wing root rib Test fit the aileron servo D 10. Apply epoxy inside the joiner cavity of the D 13. Test fit the aileron servo into the servo tray and remaining wing panel. Next, coat the wing root ribs on the hole in the top of the wing. -
Page 9: Assemble The Pushrods
Install the aileron control horns completely around the wing over the joint. A small amount of pressure should be applied to make a smooth seam. Check the aileron hinge D 17. Thread the aileron control horns onto the torque rods until there is 3/4" (19mm) of torque rod between the wing and control horns. - Page 10 Securing the aileron pushrods Install the wing mounting dowels D 2. Insert both wing mounting dowels so they D 20. Locate the 1/4" (6.5mm) diameter clear protrude an equal distance on both sides. Mix 1/4oz. retaining tube and cut two 1/4" (6.5mm) pieces. Slide (7.4ml) of 30-minute epoxy.
- Page 11 Install the plywood stabilizer mount Locate the vertical fin slot D 7. Using your finger, locate the vertical fin slot on D 4. Locate the 1/8" (3mm) plywood stabilizer the top of the fuselage. Remove the covering with a mounting base and test fit it into the bottom of the hobby knife.
- Page 12 Mark the centerline Align the stabilizer with the fuse EQUAL MEASUREMENTS D 11. Attach a piece of string with a T-pin to the center of the fuselage as shown. Hold the string to one corner of the horizontal stabilizer. The distance from the pin D 9.
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Page 13: Install The Stabilizer
Install the Dorsal Fin drawn in the previous step. Next, carefully cut through the covering using a new #11 knife blade at the inside lines and remove the covering from the center. Do not cut the wood under the covering! This would seriously weaken the stabilizer and could easily cause the stabilizer to break in flight. -
Page 14: Engine Selection
fuselage over the covering. It should be located straps (from plastic parts tree) over the struts so they approximately 1/2" in front of the stabilizer where are approximately 3/4" from the ends of the channel. Mark the holes using a felt-tip pen. shown. - Page 15 Drill this hole so it lines up behind the carburetor arm on your engine. The predrilled hole is not needed and NOTE: Hobbico offers pliers that easily make perfect should be plugged with 6-minute epoxy. Z-bends (HCAR2000). See your hobby dealer.
- Page 16 Install the nose gear strut from the rubber stopper. Insert the 3 x 18mm self-tapping screw through the larger disk, rubber plug and then into the smaller disk. Do not tighten the screw at this time. Bend the vent tube D 31.
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Page 17: Washers
Install the throttle pushrod pointed straight up just under the top of the tank. The rubber stopper must seat over the lip of the tank. Make sure that the tubes are positioned side-to-side. Tighten the stopper by turning the screw. Do not overtighten or you may strip the threads in the plastic disk. -
Page 18: Install The Muffler
Install the muffler Install the spinner D 44. Trim the spinner cone propeller slots if necessary so there is at least a 1/16" gap between the cone and the prop. Once satisfied with the fit, attach the cone with the screws provided. Be careful not to overtighten these screws. -
Page 19: Install The Aileron Servo
Install the servo tray Receiver and battery installation D 47. Position the servo tray in the fuselage. You may need to sand the edges and corners slightly for a good fit. Glue it in place using thick CA. D 50. Following the radio system's instruction manual, Install the servos in the fuselage plug the three servos into the receiver. -
Page 20: Clevises
Prepare the pushrods Align the control horns D 52. Locate the two wooden dowel pushrods and apply thin CA to the ends of the shrink tubing on both rods. Install the pushrods D 53. Insert the two pushrods, threaded end first, through the fuselage and out the two pushrod exits at the back of the fuselage. - Page 21 Center the servos with your radio Connect the pushrods D 60. Turn the transmitter on and then the receiver. Center all of the trim levers on the transmitter and place the throttle stick at its midway position. Turn off the receiver and then the transmitter. By doing this, your servos will be at their centered (neutral) position when you connect the pushrods.
- Page 22 Connect the aileron servo to lock the nut in place. Thread a 3 x 4mm machine screw into the connector. Reattach the servo arms in the same position. Be sure to reinstall the servo screw. Install the steering pushrod D 68. Hold the ailerons at neutral and mark the servo arm where the pushrods intersect the holes.
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Page 23: Wheel Pant
Prepare the Wheel Pants D 73. Install the wheels and wheel pants by using the parts in the following order: wheel pant, plastic spacer, wheel and wheel collar. Secure the wheel pant in place by attaching the steel wheel pant strap using two 2 x 8mm wood screws. -
Page 24: Pushrod Connector
low rates following the radio system's instructions If If any of the servo movements are opposite, reverse the your radio does not have dual rates, set up the plane servo direction with the servo reversing switches on using the low rates first and increase the throws as you the transmitter. -
Page 25: Fuselage
You may wish to experiment by shifting the balance up to 3/16" forward or back to change the flying characteristics. Moving the balance forward may improve the smoothness and arrow-like tracking, but it may then require more speed for takeoff and make it IMPORTANT more difficult to slow down for landing. -
Page 26: Charge The Batteries
Charge the batteries Ground check the model Follow the battery charging procedures in your radio If you are not thoroughly familiar with the operation of instruction manual. You should always charge your R/C models, ask an experienced modeler to check to transmitter and receiver batteries the night before you see that you have the radio installed correctly and that go flying and at other times as recommended by the... - Page 27 Use a "chicken stick" device or electric starter; follow RADIO CONTROL instructions supplied with the starter or stick. Make certain that the glow plug clip or connector is secure I will have completed a successful radio so that it will not pop off or otherwise get into the equipment ground range check before the first flight of running propeller.
- Page 28 Landing Ground Handling Because this is not a high-wing trainer, the BrightStar Start with learning to steer the model on the ground will need a slightly different approach to landing. using the rudder and throttle. You should learn to guide the airplane on the ground at various speeds and Keeping the wings level during approach is recommended to prevent "scuffing"...