JetLegend T-45 Goshawk Assembly Manual

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JetLegend T-45 Goshawk Assembly Manual

Written by Curtis Mattikow

Foreword

Thank you very much for choosing JetLegend jet! If you are looking for a Jet with quality flying at

fair price, you've made the right choice. Hope you enjoy yourself in the amazing flying world that

JetLegend jets bringing to!

Before flying, your jet must be put together. A nice or poor building job could make your flight

different. This manual gives a perfect building guidance, to make your building procedure easier.

Herewith JetLegend team gives their special thanks to Mr. Curtis Marrikow, thanks him for his

perfect job on this wonderful manual!

JetLegend Team

January 5

, 2007

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Page 1 Written by Curtis Mattikow Foreword Thank you very much for choosing JetLegend jet! If you are looking for a Jet with quality flying at fair price, you’ve made the right choice. Hope you enjoy yourself in the amazing flying world that JetLegend jets bringing to! Before flying, your jet must be put together.
Page 2: Table Of Contents
JetLegend T-45 Goshawk Table of Content INTRODUCTION ..........................3 DISCLAIMER........................... 3 BEFORE YOU BEGIN ........................4 TOOLS AND ADHESIVES ......................4 PNEUMATIC AND FUEL SYSTEMS ....................4 RADIO INSTALLATION........................4 ENGINE INSTALLATION ........................ 5 NOSEGEAR ............................ 5 PNEUMATIC SYSTEMS ......................... 7 WINGS.............................
Page 3: Introduction
United States Navy T-45 Goshawk this product. Please inspect all parts before version, such as the tailhook, that give the beginning assembly.
Page 4: Before You Begin
JetLegend T-45 Goshawk RADIO INSTALLATION BEFORE YOU BEGIN There are enormous variations in how you can set up your radio trays. You Keep this in mind as you proceed: may or may not use dual power switches, a Look at EVERY assembly step you finish,...
Page 5: Engine Installation
JetLegend T-45 Goshawk the servo. Most failures of brand-new weight as you build, and you should be quite electronics will occur during the first hour of satisfied. operation. Better to find out now than later. Each engine has different dimensions and You will need two 36"...
Page 6 JetLegend T-45 Goshawk 3 Invert the fuselage and place the nosegear 6 Bolt the rear stabilizing strut for the onto its mounts. check the location and nosegear to the bulkhead as shown. alignment carefully and mark for four mounting screws.
Page 7: Pneumatic Systems
JetLegend T-45 Goshawk systems for brakes and retracts make some people feel more comfortable. 10 Use CA to assemble the two laser cut air PNEUMATIC SYSTEMS valve mounts. 9 Install the two air tanks. 11 Install the air valves to their mounts, add a ball link to each valve.
Page 8 JetLegend T-45 Goshawk 13 It is very important for the valves to be 16 Add a short three inch piece of air line to exactly in line with the servo horns. Any side each filler valve, and connect them to the air loads or binding may cause air leaks.
Page 9: Wings
JetLegend T-45 Goshawk 19 Add two three foot pieces of airline to the 22 Drill and cut one inch holes on these two remaining nipples on the air valve and marks for your airlines and servo leads on run them back to the engine area. Do a third both the wing top and fuse bottom.
Page 10: Ailerons
JetLegend T-45 Goshawk 24 There are three faint marks molded into the bottom of the flaps. Highlight them with a marker. AILERONS 25 Cut and drill out the slots for the flap hinges. 28 Remove the aileron hinges from the ailerons and wing.
Page 11: Main Landing Gear
JetLegend T-45 Goshawk 31 Glue a horn into each aileron. 34 Securely tape two more three foot pieces of airline to the other one. Make a smooth transition with the tape so it can go easily through the holes in the ribs.
Page 12 JetLegend T-45 Goshawk 37 Use the string to pull the air lines through 40 Insert the main gear into the mount. Slide and out the aileron servo bays. the cylinder in first, then the retract can go in, straight down. Align the gear carefully so as not to hit the gear wells.
Page 13: Aileron And Flap Servos
JetLegend T-45 Goshawk 43 Screw the gear down with the provided 46 Cut off the excess air line at the wing screws. center section. Leave about six inches of slack. Tie the three sets of lines together with y-connectors. 44 Loosen the trunnion bolt, and align the wheel and strut to face for and aft properly, and re-tighten the bolt.
Page 14 JetLegend T-45 Goshawk 49 stack the two covers together, colored 52 Use your wheel collar and string to bring side to colored side, and drill and cut the the aileron servo lead through the wing and servo horn openings. out the center section holes and secure the servo cover with four screws.
Page 15: Details
JetLegend T-45 Goshawk DETAILS sand if needed for proper fit on the fuse, and rough up the bottoms. 54 Apply the precut vinyl graphics to the speedbrakes and epoxy the speedbrakes into place. If you need, you can gently heat them with a heat gun to make them fit perfectly.
Page 16 JetLegend T-45 Goshawk 61 Glue both the strakes and the tailhook 64 Install the refueling probe on the nose assembly into place, check for alignment using epoxy. Alternatively, you can use carefully while drying. sliding brass or aluminum tubes (not...
Page 17 JetLegend T-45 Goshawk 64C. When dry, sand the tube to match the 66 Using the canopy as your guide, glue the contour of the nose. three cockpit components together. 64D. Clean the Vaseline off the nose probe 67 Trim the edges of the cockpit just enough tube and install the nose probe.
Page 18: Stab Mechanism
JetLegend T-45 Goshawk 69. There are alternative ways you could 71 Remove the three allen bolts holding the install the cockpit tub, but this technique left side frame of the stab mechanism. solves a handful of problems and looks neat and clean.
Page 19: Rudder
JetLegend T-45 Goshawk 74 Secure a 36" extension to the stab servo, 77 Mark the rudder horn line, it should be in tape it for security. Reinstall the stab line with the axis of the servo horn, not in line mechanism into the fuselage using the six with the direction of flight.
Page 20: Assembling The Wing To The Fuselage
JetLegend T-45 Goshawk anneal them and make them soft enough to bend without kinking. Assemble the tubes with the stopper parts as shown. You need to bend the fuel pick up line as far towards the center of the tank as you can, otherwise the...
Page 21: Decals
JetLegend T-45 Goshawk through the intakes to run your engine bubbles out, but it will not affect the adhesion electronic cables through to the radio of the glue on the decals once they dry. Stick compartment. It saves making up extensions...
Page 22 JetLegend T-45 Goshawk running past the tailpipe. All air lines should be secured in the same way. It is highly recommended that you use some sort of header tank for your engine. This can be a BVM Ultimate Air Trap or equivalent, or simply a small(six ounce or so) fuel tank that has a geometrically centered pickup.
Page 23: Balance And Control Throws
JetLegend T-45 Goshawk 88. Jetlegend whip antenna installed slightly 91. Two 2700mah 5 cell packs secured to off center to avoid the hatch latches. You each other and to the bottom of the forward may also install it on the nose.
Page 24 A whip antenna is available from JetLegend and is highly recommended, as an internal antenna can be blocked by the internal carbon fiber and metal components of the airframe.