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- Page 1 F-16 for AMT Pegasus jet engine or AMT Mercury or Jet CAT 120 Assembly Manual ZI le chenet, 91490 Milly La Foret, FRANCE Tel : 33 1 64 98 93 93 Fax : 33 1 64 98 93 88 aviation.design@wanadoo.fr E-mail : www.adjets.com...
- Page 2 The flight characteristics are excellent with low and high speed capability. The model has plug in wings, stabs and fin. The F-16 will operate from prepared grass fields (70 meters long) or tarmac surfaces. F-16 ARF model includes - High quality epoxy-glass fuselage painted.
- Page 3 Wheels set + brakes : ref : ADJ 370 This set include: 2 x 100 mm diameter wheels + scale cover + brakes 2 x 55 mm diameter front wheels It includes valve, tubing, connectors, air tank, filling valve. Variable pressure brake control valve : ref : ADT Brk Double walded stainless steel tailpipe : ref : ADJ 390 2 wing tip missiles : ref : ADJ 385 Missile tube is in resin.
- Page 4 DISCLAIMER assumes no liability for the operation and use of these products. The owner and operator of these products should have the necessary experience and exercise common sense. Said owner and operator must have a valid Model Airplane license and insurance, as required. CONSTRUCTION Fuselage : It is possible to let the fuselage in 2 parts for transportation.
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Page 5: Main Landing Gear
Assembling the nose section on the rear fuselage : Adjust the 2 part of the fuselage together and drill 3 x 3 mm hole in the fuselage through C25 and C26. Insert 3x M3 blind nuts in C25 and C26 MAIN LANDING GEAR : Insert the 2 retracts between C8 and C9. - Page 7 Front landing gear : Screw the front landing gear on C30 with 4 x d.3x10 mm parker screws Screw the servo on the servo fitting Screw the servo fitting on C30 The steering servo should be a 3 kg.cm servo Connect the servo to nose gear steering arm with 2 x M2 link and M2 threaded rod (30 mm long).
- Page 9 Front landing gear : Screw C30 and the front landing gear on C33 and C31 with 4 x d3x16 mm parker screw Front gear door : Glue the vacuum part with CA on the front gear door.
- Page 10 Main gear doors Screw a ball link on the 1.5" air cylinder. Screw the air cylinder on C36. Glue C36 to the fuselage according to the drawing and pics. Screw the ball of the ball link on C37 Glue C37 on the main gear door. Connect the link to the ball ling and check that the door close perfectly : the door is open when the cylinder is fully extended and the door is closed when the air cylinder is retracted.
- Page 11 The 2 Robart 2 way valves can be mounted on a plywood frame and glued in the front fuselage. Wheels and brakes Glue the 6 mm diameter screws with threadlock in the legs Connect the system according to the manual. Do not remove the O ring inthe brake drum Separate rubber tires and O ring are available in spare parts.
- Page 12 Bearings installation You will have 2 bearings per stabs. One bearing is fitted in the fuselage in its location. You can glue it or not in the fuselage. The second one is mounted in the aluminium bearing mount. Just glue the bearing in the aluminium block with threadlock.
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Page 13: Fin Installation
Stabs installation Important : the 2 stabs MUST be balanced You will have to drill a hole in the stab root and glue some lest in the leading edge to balance them. You will need approximately 35 grams of lest per stabs. When the stabs is fitted in the 2 bearings, it must be free in rotation : not hard point, no unbalance. - Page 14 VENTRAL FINS INSTALLATION : You can now glue with silicone glue the ventral fins to the fuselage. Installation of the AMT jet engine. The AMT is just screwed with 4x 3mm diameter srews on plywood engine mount with blind nuts. The ECU and the AMT Batterie is put in the nose close to the landing gear.
- Page 15 Filling the fuel tanks : Connect your pump and fill the system in direction of the catch tank. It will first fill the catch tank and after the main tanks. The main tank will be full when fuel come from the 2 air vent tube. When tanks are full, close the filling tubing.
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Page 16: Fuel Tank
CANOPY Fit the canopy frame on the fuselage. Drill a 3 mm hole through the front of the canopy frames and the fuselage Glue the hatch latch in the fuselage. Drill 2 holes in the frames and in the fuselage for the 2 rear pins Glue the 2 pins in the canopy frame. - Page 17 Filling the fuel tanks : You have to disconnect the tubing between the fuel pump and the catch tank. Connect your pump and fill the system in direction of the tank. It will first fill the catch tank and after the main tank.
- Page 18 Cockpit detail kit : The first step is to assemble the ejector seat : Cut the vacuum parts as shown Glue with CA the 2 vacuum parts and the 2 plastic parts according to the plan. Drill a hole in the ejector seat head to fit the plastic horns. Glue it with CA Glue with CA the plastic part at the rear of the ejector seat.
- Page 19 The third step is to fit all the part in the cockpit Fit the ejector seat in the ABS vacuum part. Fit the pilot and instrument panel. You should have to heat the pilot (with a air gun heater) to fit it in the cockpit with the good angle and to slide the instrument panel between its legs.
- Page 20 3 Oleo legs : The front oleo leg : The front oleo leg (the Robart one) must be cutted as follow : Use a dremel cutoff wheel and deburr the tube after cutting. Remove the plastic washer from the strut. Select the 3/16 adapter bushing and insert flush with the top of the tube Secure it with threated lock.
- Page 21 Installation of radio equipment The F-16 needs 5 good servos : For the 2 tailerons, we recommend to use some very good servos with metallic gears : 9 kg torque NG steering : 1 servo 3 kg torque Retract + gear doors + brakes : 3 micro servos 1 kg torque You normally need a 1700 Mah battery power to have a correct Center of Gravity.
- Page 22 With a Mercury engine or a Jet Cat engine, the total weight of the F-16 is 8.5 - 9 kg tanks empty, without missiles With an AMT Pegasus engine, the total weight of the F-16 is 10 kg, tanks empty, without missiles (11 kg with missiles and external tank).