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1 50cc Pitts Python ARF-QB (Quick Build) ASSEMBLY MANUAL AEROWORKS™ 401 Laredo Unit “D”, Aurora, CO. 80011 - Phone 303-366-4205 - Fax 303-366-4203 E-mail - [email protected] 2007 - Copy write Protected – All Rights...
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2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Aeroworks Contact Information ………………………………………………………………. 3 Introduction …………………………………………………………………�...
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3 ™ 401 Laredo Unit D Aurora, CO 80011 Phone: (303) 366-4205 Fax: (303) 366-4203 Website: www.aero-works.net E-mail: [email protected] Thank you for choosing the Aeroworks 50cc Pitts Python ARF-QB. We put great ...
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4 INTRODUCTION Your new 50cc Pitts Python ARF-QB is a highly aerobatic airplane. It is capable of both pre- cision and 3-D maneuvers. The aircraft builds easily, quickly, and precisely due to its state of the art CAD design, LASER cut tec...
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5 KIT CONTENTS 50cc Pitts Python ARF-QB Materials List Basic Aircraft Parts Fuselage – covered, firewall installed and fuel-proofed: (2) 1/4” blind nuts installed for the bottom wing mounting (8) 6-32 blind nuts installed for the...
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6 Vertical Fin with Rudder with (7) pin point hinges (not glued) – covered (2) Pilot holes pre drilled for control horns mounting SUB ASSEMBLIES #1: (1) Fiberglass Cowling—painted with (4) screw holes (4) 4-40x14mm hex st...
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7 #10: (24) 6.35mm aluminum engine stand offs. #11: Tail Section flying wires - Pre-made (4) 0.6x350mm plastic coated steel cable (4) 0.6x260mm plastic coated steel cable (8) Right hand threads Rods – R1&R3 (8) Le...
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8 Hardware: ITEMS NEEDED TO COMPLETE • 50 CC Gas engine and ignition • Pitts style muffler • Engine mounting bolts, lock nuts, and washers. • 3 1/2” Spinner and propeller of choice • 4 x aileron servos (min 180 in./oz. Tor...
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9 1. Open your kit slowly and take care not to dam- age any parts of the kit. Remove all parts from their plastic protective covers for inspection. Before doing any assembly or installation of any decals it is very important to re-shrink or ...
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10 1. Go over all seams and color overlaps with your sealing iron. Note: Even if your models covering has no wrinkles out of the box it is still very important to go over all seams and overlaps to make cer- tain they are sealed securely. ...
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11 Aileron Servo Installation 1. Gather the aileron servos, pushrods, control horns, mounting screws and 4-40 ball links as shown below. Note: The ailerons have been pre-hinged and glued to the wing panels and are ready for flight. ...
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12 5. Secure with tape so that the string pulls from the front end of the plug . Taper the tape to avoid hang-ups inside the wing. 6. Pull servo extension through wing and pro- vided exit holes in wing panel. 7. Install servo in servo ...
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13 Aileron Control Linkage Installation 1. Gather the aileron control linkage parts as shown below. 1 pushrod 2 4-40 ball link assemblies 1 brass spacer 1 lef...
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14 5. Securely fasten the control horn to the aileron with six wood screws as shown. 6. Tape the trailing edge of the aileron to the trail- ing edge of the wing in the neutral position. Plug the servo into the receiver and turn radio on...
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15 Stabilizer Installation 1. Gather the Stab, Elevators and Hinges. STABILIZER - FIN ASSEMBLY 2. Mount bottom wing to fuselage. Slide the stab through the pre cut stab slot at the rear of the fuselage. 3. Center stab in fuselage 4. ...
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16 5. Make alignment marks on stab for easy re- alignment during the gluing process. 6. Glue stab into fuselage. Be certain to put glue onto both the top and bottom sides of the stab. Note: Use 30 minute Epoxy to allow adequate ...
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17 Fin Installation 1. Gather the Fin, Rudder and Hinges. 2. Mark cut lines on the covering were the bottom of fin will glue to the top of the fuse. Note: Cut lines should be thinner then the thickness of the fin. T...
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18 5. Put epoxy into rear section of fuse were the tail post of fin will be located. 6. Slide fin into position. Tape or hold in place un- til glue is completely cured. Note: Double check fin alignment before glue dries complete...
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19 9. Fin attached to fuse with seams covered shown below. Elevator and Rudder Control Horn Installation 1. Gather the elevator servos, pushrods, control horns, mounting screws, ball links and brass spacers as shown below. Note: 1...
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20 4. Use a drop of thick CA glue on each mounting screw as shown. 5. Mount the control horn using six wood screws as shown. Note: Repeat installation steps for other elevator horn. 6. Gather rudder servo with double output arm...
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21 8. Place the control horn over the pre-drilled mounting holes as shown. Install control horns with mounting bolts and nuts. 9. Use a drop of thick CA glue on each nut as shown to prevent nut from loosenin...
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22 3. Mix epoxy in mixing cup and use a tapered stick to apply the epoxy inside the pre-drilled holes in the leading edge of the elevators. Apply epoxy to trailing edge of each hinge. 4. Mix epoxy in mixing cup and use a tapered stick ...
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23 Elevator Servos and linkage Installation 1. Attach the 24” extension to the servo lead and secure with safety wire, string, tape, or other method. Ensure the plugs will not come apart from vibration or light tension. Test ...
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24 5. Correct installation of ball link and brass spacer to servo arm shown below. 6. Adjust the length of the elevator pushrod so that the servo arm is 90 degrees to the servo case when it is placed on the servo output shaft. En- sur...
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25 3. Gather the rudder control linkage parts shown 2 Rudder cables 4 4-40 ball link assemblies 2 Brass spacers 2 Threaded metal RC links (Not Used) 4 Threaded couplers 4 Brass swaging tubes 4. Locate the ...
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26 7. Loop the cable back through the brass swage tube as shown. 8. Pull second loop tight against brass swage tube as shown. 9. Crimp the brass tube with a crimping tool or pli- ers. 10. A drop of thin CA may be applied to the swa...
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27 11. Attach the ball links and brass spacers to the rudder servo arm and then attach the servo arm to the rudder servo as shown. 12. Plug the rudder servo into the rudder channel of the receiver and power up. Turn on transmitter to cent...
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28 15. Loop the cable back through the brass swage tube as shown and pull tight. 16. Crimp the brass tube with a crimping tool or pli- ers. 17. A drop of thin CA may be applied to the swage tube to help secure the cable. 18. Cut off a...
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29 19. Finished rudder cable installation shown below 20. Finished rudder cable installation shown below Tail Wire Installation 1. Gather the Pre-Made tail section flying wires and mounting hardware. Note: Long wires fit to the top ...
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30 3. Install mounting bolts through brass coupler and pre drilled holes in fin and stab. 4. Secure mounting bolts with lock nuts. 5. Top flying wire installation shown below. 6. Attach bottom flying wires to bottom of fuse with mounti...
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31 7. Secure flying wires to fuse bottom. 8. Bottom flying wire installation shown below 9. Adjust flying wire tension until wires are taught but not to tight. Overly tight wires will break easier during flight. Note: The brass tu...
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32 1. Gather the landing gear parts as shown below. (1) landing gear strut, (2) wheels, (2) axle as- semblies, (2) wheel pants and landing gear mounting hardware. 2. Remove bottom hatch cover. 3. Fuse shown with hatch cover removed 4...
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33 5. Assemble the 8-32 landing gear bolts with flat washer. Use a drop of blue Loctite on landing gear bolts before attaching the landing gear. 6. Bolt landing gear strut to fuse with (4) bolts and washers. 7. Gather the wheel parts...
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34 9. Align flat sides of axle with edge of landing gear. Tighten axle to landing gear. Note: Test fit wheel pant alignment to main gear prior to tightening axle 10. Install the inner wheel collar on the axle. Use a drop of blu...
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35 13. Tighten wheel pant with two mounting bolts. 14. Final installation of wheel pants shown below Tail Wheel Installation 1. Gather the tail wheel parts shown below. Tail wheel strut and leaf spring, 3 tail wheel mounting ...
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36 3. Mount the tail wheel steering tiller using two wood screws. Apply a drop of thick CA to the mounting screws before inserting into the tiller mounting holes. 4. Tighten wood screws and secure in place. 5. Place the tail wheel leaf...
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37 7. Mount the tail wheel strut and leaf spring using three wood screws. 8. Attach the steering spring to the rudder tiller and tail wheel tiller. Center the spring between both tillers. 9. Use pliers to twist spring ends closed arou...
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38 11. Center tail wheel and bend spring through tail wheel tiller. Use pliers to twist spring ends closed around the tail wheel tiller. Note: Ensure rudder is in the centered or neutral position. 12. Repeat for opposite side tai...
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39 1. Gather the Inner cabane and mounting hardware as shown. (4) Aluminum Inner Cabanes (12) 6-32 x 15mm Hex head bolts (8) #6 Flat washers (Fuse mounting) (4) #6 Bonded washers (Top Wing mounting) INNER CABANE AND OUTTER ST...
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40 5. Install front cabane into pre made front slot of the fuselage. 6. Left Front and Rear inner cabane inserted into fuse shown below 7. Repeat cabane installation steps for other side inner cabane. 8. Secure rear inner cabanes with...
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41 9. Tighten cabane mounting bolts 10. Pull aileron extension through pre made hole in radio floor of fuse. 11. Secure front cabanes using 4-40 x 15mm bolts, flat washers and blue Loctite 12. Gather the outer struts and mounting hardware...
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42 13. Place L shaped mounting brackets into mounting slots in bottom wing. 14. Install using 4-40 x 10mm bolt, #6 flat washer and Blue Loctite to secure 15. Securely tighten L bracket into place 16. Place L shaped mounting brackets into m...
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43 17. Install using 4-40 x 10mm bolt, #6 flat washer and Blue Loctite to secure 18. Securely tighten L bracket into place 19. Attach bottom wing using provided nylon 1/4-20 x 2” mounting bolts. 20. Attach top wing to Inner cabane using ...
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44 21. Outer struts have been marked at the bottom to ensure quick and accurate installation. Note: Markings may differ from picture 22. Align outer strut with aluminum L brackets and check for correct fit. 23. Attach outer cabane wit...
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45 The following cowl preparation steps will assist you during a later step to make the cowl installa- tion quicker and more accurate 1. Slide cowl onto fuse and bolt in place. Place a small piece of masking tape directly behind cowl onto ...
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46 Engine Installation 1. The 50cc Pitts Python will accept a wide range of engine types. The DA-50 rear carburetor engine with Pitts style muffler, was mounted and used for the test flights. NOTE: Distance from front of firewall ...
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47 5. Mark the location of the engine mounting holes on template. 6. Use a 1/4 drill bit to drill the engine mounting holes. 7. Align mounting template with firewall and tape in place. 8. Use a 1/4 drill bit to drill the engine moun...
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48 9. Firewall drilled ready for engine installation 10. Remove engine box top hatch cover 11. Use blue Loctite to secure all mounting hard- ware. Note: Using a flat fender washer behind firewall will help dispense the bolt pressur...
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49 Throttle Servo and Choke Installation 1. Gather the left and right plywood throttle and choke servo mounting trays, the throttle and choke servos and pushrod parts as shown below. 2 x 4-40 metal rods thread at one end 2 x 4-4...
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50 5. Attach ball link to throttle arm of carburetor 6. Assemble brass threaded coupler to 4-40 ball link and Ball link and brass spacer to the servo arm as shown below. 7. Assemble servo arm to servo at 90 degrees to servo. Drop servo ...
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51 9. Drill throttle servo mounting holes into throttle servo mounting tray. 10. Install throttle servo to mounting tray. 11. Remove pushrod from throttle arm on carburetor and cut throttle pushrod to length. 12. Gather the soldering tool...
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52 13. Solder the threaded brass coupler to the end of the throttle pushrod. 14. Attach ball link to throttle servo arm. 15. Attach the throttle pushrod with the 4/40 ball links and secure. Power up the receiver and throttle servo and adj...
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53 17. If a manual choke will be installed gather the choke pushrod, ball link, wheel collar and nylon ties as shown. Wheel collar and ties are not sup- plied. Note: If a manual choke is used it will be necessary to cut a re...
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54 21. DA-50 with Pitts style muffler mounted. Note: 2 1/2” aluminum stand offs used with no other stand offs required. Ignition Module Installation 1. Gather the ignition module and installation parts as shown below. 2. In...
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55 5. Secure ignition wire with nylon ties as nec- essary Fuel Tank Assembly 1. Gather the fuel tank parts as shown below. There are two tanks provided, 750cc (26oz) for your fuel system and 450cc (16oz) for your smoke system if used...
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56 3. Locate the (4) supplied brass fuel barbs. Two for the fuel tank and Two for the smoke tank. Solder a brass fuel barb to the fuel line pick up tube. This will keep the weight of the fuel clunk from pulling the fuel line off the brass tu...
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57 7. Install air vent tube into rubber stopper and bend upward. Air vent tube should rest as close to the top of fuel tank as possible. Without touching the top of the tank. 8. Install the fuel tubing and clunk. Secure the fuel tubing ...
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58 11. Gather the fuel “T”, fuel filler dot, fuel filter. Note: The fuel “T”, fuel filter and filler dot are not supplied, but are available through Aeroworks. 12. Install a short piece of fuel line and the fuel “T” to ...
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59 15. Install the vent line to the vent tube in the tank. Note: We recommend running your vent line to the rear of the fuel tank like shown below. This will prevent fuel from siphoning out when the tail section of the plane ...
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60 4. Another view of the tank installed shown below 5. Route the vent line on top of the fuel tank and secure with small nylon ties as shown. This will stop excess fuel from draining out the vent line during an extended down line ...
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61 2. Mark and Drill hole to accommodate fuel filler dot. 3. Fuel filler dot installed shown below. 4. Locate the supplied Rubber grommets as shown below. Note: We have supplied rubber grommets for you to route the fuel line thr...
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62 6. Drill hole in bottom hatch cover to accommo- date rubber gourmet 7. Feed vent line tubing through the rubber grom- met in the hatch cover. 8. Install fuse bottom hatch. ...
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63 1. Gather the receiver, receiver battery, ignition battery, regulators, switches, Velcro straps and foam rubber as shown. RADIO INSTALLATION 2. We chose to mount the ignition switch on the same side as the fuel filler on the left side....
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64 5. Mount switches in accordance with the switch manufacturers instructions and hardware. Re- peat switch mounting installation for mounting of the receiver switch. We recommend mounting the receiver switch on the opposite side of the fus...
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65 9. Secure ignition battery using Velcro straps. 10. Mount receiver battery and receiver regulator using the same steps and techniques as for the ignition. 11. Attach Y– Harness to the servo extension for the top wing 12. Secure Y–...
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66 13. Install Receiver using Velcro strap and foam rubber 14. Install the receiver antenna in the pre-mounted antenna tube. Note: Placing baby powder on the antenna will aid in sliding it through the tube. 15. Place tape on the an...
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67 1. Gather the following material for making a cowl cutout template. Hobby Knife, Ruler, Tape, Felt tip pen or marker Template material has been supplied. COWL INSTALLATION 2. Mark a center line down one side of the tem...
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68 5. Template shown with both lines drawn ready to install to fuselage. 6. Remove muffler to make easier installation of the cowl template. 7. Align center line on template with center mark on tape you installed before the engine insta...
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69 9. Be sure to get the 3/8” reference line you previ- ously drew lined up with the front edge of the fuselage as shown 10. Trace around the cylinder head of the motor be- ing careful to keep the template in the same loca- tion. Note:...
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70 13. Measure back 1 1/4” from the Rear Edge of the template. 14. On 1 1/4” marks, draw a reference line across the Rear of the template 15. Measure and mark 3 1/4” from the center line of template as shown 16. Measure and mark 2 ...
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71 17. Measure and mark 3” back from the 1 1/4” rev- erence line. 18. Draw a hot air exit and muffler relief hole in the cowl template as shown below. Note: Relief hole is offset on template to match offset of engine and muffler...
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72 21. Dry fit template and check to see if the template lines up correctly. It may be necessary to make small adjustments to the cut out at this time. 22. Once satisfied with fit. Align template with the center mark on alignment tape pr...
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73 1. Locate the Dummy radial engine cowl baffling. Using a hobby knife or cut off wheel remove necessary sections of baffle to allow for ade- quate cooling of your engine. Note: We have found the section of baffling re- moved in the below ...
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74 3. Insert and lift into position the dummy radial engine and alignment jig back plate. 4. Place front jig plate into position aligning the cutouts of front plate over the ring of dummy radial engine 5. Place bolt and washer through ...
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75 7. Insure Dummy radial is centered in cowling and the position of the dummy cylinders are located correctly. The air inlet cut out should be directly over the engine cylinder. Once satisfied with the location of the dummy radial tighten ...
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76 11. Finished cowl installation shown below. 12. If additional engine cooling is required, remove more from the front section of the cowl exposing more of the engine cylinder head. Note: Always check the operating temperature of y...
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77 1. Factory placement of decals shown. DECAL INSTALLATION Decals Available through Aeroworks 2. Factory placement of decals shown. ...
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78 1. Decals supplied with the kit may vary from the photos below. Installation step are the same Gather supplied decals, transfer tape, ruler, scis- sors, hobby knife, plastic squeegee or credit card, Windex or Application fluid like Rap...
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79 5. Press transfer tape to top of decal. 6. Peel backing from decal. 7. Spray model surface with application fluid, Windex or soapy water solution. 8. Spray back side of decal with application fluid, Windex or soapy water so...
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80 9. Position decal in proper location. Application fluid will allow decal to be moved slightly. 10. Using a plastic squeegee or credit card. Spread decal smooth and remove all excess application fluid. Let decal set until dry enough to b...
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81 13. Repeat installation process of bottom decal for top decal installation. Use application fluid for easier installation 14. Place top decal over bottom decal. Position evenly and centered on bottom decal. Press top decal onto bottom d...
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82 2. Glue or screw in dash panel and pilot figure ac- cording to manufactures recommend installation procedure DASH AND PILOT INSTALLATION Available Through Aeroworks 3. Reattach canopy using mounting screws. 1. If installing pilot or da...
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83 1. Mount the cowl using the cowl mounting bolts and rubber backed washers. The rubber backed washers are to prevent the fiberglass cowl from cracking and to prevent mounting bolts from loosing from normal engine vibration. PRE-FLIGHT PR...
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84 5. Attach top wing to inner cabanes with 6-32 x 15mm bolts and #6 bonded washers. Bonded washer will prevent bolts from coming loose during normal engine vibration and flying. 6. Secure outer cabanes with 6-32 x 15mm bolts, flat washe...
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85 9. Glue a small piece of Velcro to the inside of the rear inner cabane and to the side of the safety clip. 10. Secure safety clip to the cabane with Velcro 11. This will give you a simple and virtually invisi- ble method for connecting ...
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86 Center of Gravity 2 1/4” Back Measured off the Top Wing From the Wings Leading Edge at the Wing Tip CENTER OF GRAVITY 1. Measure C.G. from Top Wing at the Wing Tip 3. Start at recommended CG until you are comfort- abl...
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87 1. The amount of control throw should be adjusted using mechanical means as much as possible and then electronically with the radio. The control throws are shown in degrees and inches of de- flection measured at the widest point of the co...
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88 7. Location for throw meter to measure Elevator throw in degrees. 8. Gather the Rudder Throw Meter ( Supplied) and scotch tape. 9. Slide the throw meter under the rudder boost tab 10. Center the throw meter on the rudder using th...
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89 11. Bend the precut positioning tabs down around the fin. 12. Secure the tabs to the fin using scotch tape. As shown below 13. Degrees are measured at the tip of the boost tab as shown below. ...
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90 Control Throw Deflection Table Low Rate High Rate Aileron 1 1/2” or 25˚ up 2” or 30˚ up 1 1/2” or 25˚ down 2” or 30˚ down Rudder 25˚ left 35˚ left 25˚ right 35˚ right Elevator 1 3/8” or 12˚ up 2” o...
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91 Aerobatics The 50cc Pitts Python ARF-QB is capable of any aerobatic maneuver. After you gain some confi- dence and little experience flying the airplane you can cut loose and perform any maneuver you can think of. Here is a list of so...
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92 50 cc Pitts Python ARF-QB NOTES ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________...
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