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Global Hobby Right Flyer 60H ARF Instructions For Final Assembly

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I N S T R U C T I O N S F O R F I N A L A S S E M B LY
To make your modeling experience totally enjoyable, we recommend that you get experienced, knowledgable
help with assembly and during your first flights. Your local hobby shop has information about flying clubs in
your area whose membership includes qualified instructors. We also recommend that you contact the AMA at
the address below. They will be able to help you locate a flying field in your area also.
Global guarantees this kit to be free from defects in both material and workmanship, at the date of purchase. This does
not cover any component parts damaged by use, misuse or modification. In no case shall Global's liability exceed
the original cost of the purchased kit.
In that Global has no control over the final assembly or material used for final assembly, no liability shall be assumed
for any damage resulting from the use by the user of the final user-assembled product. By the act of using the final
user-assembled product, the user accepts all resulting liability.
The Right Flyer 60H ARF is distributed exclusively by Global Hobby Distributors
All contents copyright © 2000, Global Hobby Distributors Version V1.0 7/00
Academy of Model Aeronautics
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Muncie, IN. 47302-9252
(800) 435-9262
www.modelaircraft.org
18480 Bandilier Circle Fountain Valley, CA 92728
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  • Page 1 By the act of using the final user-assembled product, the user accepts all resulting liability. The Right Flyer 60H ARF is distributed exclusively by Global Hobby Distributors 18480 Bandilier Circle Fountain Valley, CA 92728...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Engine Installation ..........21 Introduction ............3 Aligning the Engine ........21 Our recommendations ..........4 Mounting the Engine ........21 Kit Contents ............7 Installing the Throttle Pushrod ...... 22 Metric Conversion Chart ........8 Installing the Fuel Lines ........ 22 Full Size Hardware Diagrams ........

  • Page 3: Introduction

    This makes it much easier to transport. We hope you enjoy your new Right Flyer 60H ARF as much as we have enjoyed designing and building it for you. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact us. We have also included a product survey in the back of this manual.

  • Page 4: Our Recommendations

    The following section describes our recommendations to help you in deciding which types of accessories to purchase for your new Right Flyer 60H ARF. We have tested all of these items with the airplane and found that these products will offer the best in performance, reliability and economy.
  • Page 5 Magnum Glow Starter - This cordless glow starter is used to heat up the engine's glow plug for starting. It includes a built-in meter that tells you your glow plug's status. A battery charger is included to charge the unit after use.
  • Page 6 Global 12V Sealed Cell Battery and Charger - This battery is a 7Amp battery that is maintenance-free. It mounts in your flight box and provides power to your 12V accessories. The charger fully charges the battery in about 8 hours. Magnum Locking Glow Connector - Used with your power panel, the locking glow connector is used to heat up the engine's glow plug for starting.

  • Page 7: Kit Contents

    We have organized the parts as they come out of the box for easier identification during assembly. Each photo below represents the parts that are required in a main section of the assembly process. Before you begin assembly, group the parts like we show. This will ensure that you have all of the parts before you begin assembly and it will also help you become familiar with each part.

  • Page 8: Metric Conversion Chart

    {1} Prebent Nose Gear Strut {2} 2mm x 120mm Threaded Wires w/L-Bends {1} 75mm Diameter Wheel w/4mm Axle Hub {2} 4mm x 655mm Nylon Pushrod Tubes {1} Nylon Steering Arm {4} 2mm x 150mm Threaded Wires {1} 4mm Nylon Spacer {1} 1.5mm x 460mm Plain Wire w/Z-Bend {3} 4mm Wheel Collars {1} 1.5mm x 500mm Plain Wire w/Z-Bend...

  • Page 9: Full Size Hardware Diagrams

    Shown below are full size drawings of the small hardware parts included with the Right Flyer 60H ARF. Use these drawings to familiarize yourself with each part. Please refer back to this page to locate the proper parts when they are needed for a particular assembly step. These drawings are especially helpful when trying to identify the different size screws or nuts used in a particular step.

  • Page 10: Additional Items Required

    {1} Hitec Focus 4FM Radio w/4 Servos {1} Magnum XL .61ARNV # 210803 {1} APC 12 x 6 Propeller # 608660 {1} Thunderbolt Glow Plug # 115493 {1} Global Silicon Fuel Tubing # 115923 {1} Dubro 1/4” Foam Rubber # 868638 {1} Beacon # 64 Rubber Bands # 925040 Kwik Bond Thin C/A # 887500 5/16”...

  • Page 11: A Note About Covering

    covering material overlapping so it does not pull away later. See photo # 1 below. The covering material used on the Right Flyer 60H Photo # 1 is a heat shrink polyester material. Because of this, it is possible that with heat and humidity changes the covering on your airplane may wrinkle or sag.

  • Page 12: Joining The Wing Halves

    4) Test fit both of the wing halves together with 10) Mix a generous amount of Kwik Bond 30 the dihedral brace temporarily installed (without us- Minute Epoxy. Apply a thin layer of epoxy to the ing glue.) Look carefully at the center section joint: exposed half of the dihedral brace, the inside of the the wing halves should fit together tight with little or second wing half, and the entire surface of both root...

  • Page 13: Aligning The Wing

    2) Using a modeling knife, carefully remove the 6) Place the wing onto the wing saddle. The covering from over the two predrilled wing hold down joint where the two wing halves were glued together holes in back of the wing saddle. One hole is located is considered the centerline of the wing.

  • Page 14: Vertical Stabilizer

    If the stabilizer is not level with the wing, loosen the trailing edge and two holes are located 5-1/2” in the four machine screws and slide a thin shim under front of the trailing edge. See photo # 9 below. the low side of the stabilizer.

  • Page 15: Mounting The Vertical Stabilizer

    5) Remove the vertical stabilizer. Using a modeling knife, carefully remove the covering from TOOLS AND SUPPLIES REQUIRED below the lines you drew. Also remove the cover- Kwik Bond Thin C/A ing from the bottom edge of the stabilizer and from Kwik Bond 30 Minute Epoxy inside the outline you drew on top of the fuselage.

  • Page 16: Hinging The Elevator

    10) Repeat steps # 3 - # 9 to install the second wing half for now, slide the waxed paper between aileron onto the other half of the wing. the aileron torque rod and the trailing edge of the wing. See photo # 14 below. Photo # 14 11) Remove the elevator and hinges from the horizontal stabilizer.

  • Page 17: Main Landing Gear

    19) Test fit two C/A hinges into the hinge slots back from the front edge of the firewall. The slot is in the rudder. Each hinge should be inserted far 3/8” wide and 4” long. enough into the slots so that the centerline of the hinges are flush with the leading edge.

  • Page 18: Installing The Main Gear Wheels

    flat spots ground into the wire. Slide the steering arm onto the strut, aligning it with the flat spot just 7) Partially thread one 3mm x 6mm machine above the coil. Hold the steering arm in place as screw into each of the two wheel collars. Working shown and tighten the machine screw firmly using a with only one landing gear wire for now, push one # 2 phillips screwdriver.

  • Page 19: Installing The Nose Gear Wheel

    8) When the nose gear strut lines up with the nylon mounting bracket, carefully push the strut down PARTS REQUIRED into the bracket. See photo # 22 below. {1} 360cc Molded Fuel Tank Photo # 22 {3} Aluminum Tubes {1} Rubber Stopper {1} 20mm Diameter Front Plate {1} 17mm Diameter Back Plate {1} Silicon Fuel Tubing...

  • Page 20: Installing The Stopper

    5) Carefully bend the longer of the two tubes 10) When satisfied with the alignment of the up at a 45º angle, being careful not to "kink" the tube. stopper assembly, tighten the machine screw using a # 2 phillips screwdriver until the rubber stopper ex- When the stopper assembly is installed in the pands and seals the fuel tank opening.

  • Page 21: Engine Installation

    If you are using an engine that has a crankcase dimension wider than the inside width of the hard- PARTS REQUIRED wood rails, you can remove equal amounts of wood from the inside edge of each rail. Remove small {1} 1.5mm x 500mm Plain Wire w/Z-Bend amounts at a time until your engine fits properly, but {4} 4mm x 25mm Machine Screws be careful not to remove too much material.

  • Page 22: Installing The Throttle Pushrod

    15) Using a pair of scissors, cut each of the two 9) Install the carburetor onto your engine. If silicon fuel lines to the proper length and attach them your engine is equipped with a rear needle valve as- to the engine. The vent/pressure line connects to the sembly, install that onto the engine as well.

  • Page 23: Servo Installation

    It is important that the spinner cone not touch Photo # 37 any part of the propeller when it is in place. 21) When satisfied with the fit, slide the spin- ner cone over the propeller, making sure that the molded lip in the cone is seated in the molded groove in the backplate.

  • Page 24: Installing The Servos

    7) When satisfied with the alignment, hold the 11) Position three servos into the fuselage servo servo tray firmly in place. Using a pen, carefully tray, making sure that you run the servo wires below trace around the two balsa mounting blocks. the tray and out toward the front of the fuselage.

  • Page 25: Throttle Pushrod

    14) Using a drill with a 1/16” drill bit, drill four Before starting the next few steps, please make pilot holes through the servo tray, one for each of the sure you have read and completely understood how mounting screws (included with your radio system). your radio control system operates.

  • Page 26: Adjusting The Throttle Linkage

    2) To properly align the control horn, it should be perpendicular to the hinge line and its centerline 10) When your throttle linkage is adjusted prop- should be 1-1/4” out from the fuselage side, at the erly, the carburetor barrel should be fully closed when hinge line.
  • Page 27 It is important to glue the threaded wire into 14) Using a modeling knife, remove the cover- the nylon pushrod tube. This will prevent the wire ing from over the elevator pushrod exit hole in the from turning or pulling out during flight. back of the fuselage.

  • Page 28: Adjusting The Elevator Pushrod

    20) Using a # 1 phillips screwdriver, install and tighten the servo arm retaining screw, provided with PARTS REQUIRED your servo, to secure the servo horn in place. {1} Nylon Control Horn {1} Nylon Backplate 21) Remove the masking tape from the eleva- {2} 2mm x 20mm Machine Screws tor and double check that both the elevator and the {2} Nylon Clevises...

  • Page 29: Installing The Pushrod

    4) Place the nylon backplate onto the machine 9) Thread one nylon clevis 3/8” onto one end screws, aligning the two holes in the backplate with of the pushrod assembly. Hold the wire with a pair the two screws. Using a # 1 phillips screwdriver, of pliers to help keep it from turning.

  • Page 30: Adjusting The Rudder Pushrod

    14) Apply a drop or two of Kwik Bond Thin 21) Snap the clevis into the third hole out from C/A to the connector nut and allow the glue to fully the base of the control horn and slide the piece of cure.

  • Page 31: Aileron Pushrods

    27) If the control surface deflection is more or 3) Using a 5/64” drill bit, enlarge the third hole less than 1/2” it must be changed. If your radio is out from the center of the arm to the right of the one equipped with End Point Adjustments (EPA), make you cut off.

  • Page 32: Adjusting The Aileron Pushrods

    8) Use a couple of pieces of masking tape, taped Figure # 11 between the wing tips and the ailerons, to hold the ailerons centered. 9) Thread the two nylon clevises onto the threaded ends of the two aileron pushrod wires until the pin in each clevis lines up with the hole in each adjustable control horn.

  • Page 33: Installing The Battery And Receiver

    3) Mount the switch using the faceplate and two 9) Using a drill with a 5/64” drill bit, drill a hole machine screws you removed previously. Use a # 1 through the left side of the fuselage, behind the bat- phillips screwdriver to tighten the screws and secure tery and receiver mounts.

  • Page 34: Balancing

    7/16” down ommended that the center of gravity be located any Rudder: 1/2” right 1/2” left farther back than 4-1/2”. AEROBATICS Balance the Right Flyer 60H ARF with the fuel Ailerons: 7/16” up 7/16” down tank empty. Elevator: 3/4” up 3/4”...

  • Page 35: Safety

    8) Properly balance the propeller. An out-of- balance propeller will cause excessive vibration which If you've come this far, now you're ready to pre- can lead to engine and/or airframe failure. To bal- pare for the maiden voyage of your new Right Flyer ance the propeller we recommend using the Prather 60H.

  • Page 36: Basics Of Flight

    3) While R/C flying is generally safe, it can lead Choosing the Right Flyer 60H as your first air- to serious harm or injury. Do not try to fly your model plane greatly simplifies these activities. First, it if there are any houses or people nearby. takes very little thrust to overcome the drag, so much so that the airplane glides well with no power at all.
  • Page 37 The descent should be gentle, so let the nose drop Takeoff and climb-out require that the plane be about 10 to 20 degrees. Keep the wing level unless a facing into the wind. Make small adjustments to the turn is required. If you must turn, bank as usual to rudder control stick to keep the plane tracking straight start the turn but only hold about half of the normal as engine power is increased.

  • Page 38: Glossary Of Terms

    correction. Typically, you will need very little down elevator as well. Remember to move the stick only Adjustable Connector: Connects to the servo arm. small amounts at a time. The radio control system The pushrod wire passes through the connector and you are using is proportional, meaning the amount is held in place with a set screw.
  • Page 39 Dihedral Brace: Made out of plywood or alumi- Pushrod Housing: A tube that is usually nylon. The num, the dihedral brace strengthens the joint between pushrod wire runs through the housing. two wing sections. Receiver: The part of the radio system that receives Elevator: The elevator is the control surface on the the signals from the transmitter.
  • Page 40 Trim Lever: A sliding lever on the transmitter that allows you to make small adjustments to the control surfaces from the transmitter. Vent Tube: Commonly referred to as the pressure tube, the vent tube is connected by the fuel line to the muffler pressure nipple on the muffler.

  • Page 43: Product Evaluation Sheet

    Simply fold this form on the dotted lines, seal with tape and mail it to us. Do not use staples and make sure our address faces out. 7) Was any of the assembly difficult for you? If 1) Kit: RIGHT FLYER 60H ARF yes, please explain. 2) Where did you learn about this kit?
  • Page 44 Post Office ___________________________ will not ___________________________ deliver without ___________________________ proper (Return Address Here) postage Global Hobby Distributors Attn: Customer Care 18480 Bandilier Circle Fountain Valley, CA. 92728-8610 Fold along dotted line...

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