Top Flite TOPA0405 - Manual (Page 2)

TABLE OF CONTENTS
AND BUILDING SEQUENCE
INTRODUCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
PRECAUTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
DECISIONS YOU MUST MAKE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
ENGINE SELECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
RADIO SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . 3
LANDING GEAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
SCALE COCKPIT INTERIOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
COMPETITION-MINDED MODELERS. . . . . . . . 4
DOCUMENTATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
OTHER ITEMS REQUIRED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
BUILDING SUPPLIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
TOOLS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
OPTIONAL TOOLS & SUPPLIES . . . . . . . . . . 5
IMPORTANT BUILDING NOTES . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
DIE-CUT PATTERNS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 & 7
COMMON ABBREVIATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
TYPES OF WOOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
METRIC CONVERSIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
GET READY TO BUILD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
BUILD THE TAIL SURFACES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
BUILD THE STABILIZER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
BUILD THE FIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
BUILD THE RUDDER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
BUILD THE WING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
BUILD THE MAIN STRUCTURE . . . . . . . . . . 13
JOIN THE WING PANELS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
SHEET THE BOTTOM OF THE WING . . . . . 20
SHEET THE TOP OF THE WING . . . . . . . . . 22
BUILD THE AILERONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
INSTALL THE WING TIPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
BUILD THE FLAPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
BUILD THE FUSELAGE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
BUILD THE FUSE SIDES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
INSTALL THE RADIATOR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
INSTALL THE FIREWALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
MOUNT THE WING TO THE FUSELAGE . . 32
ATTACH THE STAB AND FIN. . . . . . . . . . . . 33
BUILD THE ELEVATORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
ENGINE INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
FUSELAGE COMPLETION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
MAKE THE TOP COWL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
ASSEMBLE THE COWL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
BUILD THE WING FILLETS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
INSTALL THE FORWARD WING FAIRING. . . 44
FIT THE SCOOP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
HINGING THE CONTROL SURFACES . . . . . . 45
INSTALL THE AILERON & FLAP SERVOS . . 46
INSTALL THE RUDDER PUSHROD . . . . . . . . 47
INSTALL THE THROTTLE PUSHROD . . . . . . 48
RETRACT INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
FINISHING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
SCALE DETAILS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
FINAL SANDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
BALANCE THE MODEL LATERALLY. . . . . . 50
COVERING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
APPLY TRIM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
EXHAUST STACKS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
PAINTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
APPLY DECALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
FINAL HOOKUPS AND CHECKS . . . . . . . . . . 52
INSTALL THE HINGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
INSTALL THE HARDWARE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
ATTACH THE CANOPY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
SET THE CONTROL THROWS . . . . . . . . . . 53
BALANCE YOUR MODEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
PREFLIGHT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
CHARGE THE BATTERIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
BALANCE THE PROPELLER . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
FIND A SAFE PLACE TO FLY . . . . . . . . . . . 55
GROUND CHECK THE MODEL . . . . . . . . . . 55
RANGE CHECK YOUR RADIO. . . . . . . . . . . 55
ENGINE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS . . . . . . . . 55
AMA SAFETY CODE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
FLYING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
FUEL MIXTURE ADJUSTMENTS . . . . . . . . . 58
TAKEOFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
FLIGHT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
LANDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
FUSE AND WING PLANS . . . CENTER PULL-OUT
SECTION
Your Giant P-51B is not a toy, but a sophisticated
working model that functions very much like an
actual airplane.
Because of its realistic performance and size, if
you do not assemble and operate your P-51B
correctly, you could possibly injure yourself or
spectators and damage property.
To make your R/C modeling experience totally
enjoyable, get assistance with assembly and
your first flights from an experienced,
knowledgeable modeler. You’ll learn faster and
avoid risking your model before you’re truly ready
to solo. Your local hobby shop has information
about flying clubs in your area whose membership
includes qualified instructors.
You can also contact the Academy of Model
Aeronautics (AMA), which has more than 2,500
chartered clubs across the United States. We
recommend you join the AMA which will insure you
at AMA club sites and events. AMA membership is
required at chartered club fields where qualified
flight instructors are available.
Contact the AMA at the address or toll-free phone
number below:
Academy of Model Aeronautics
5151 East Memorial Drive
Muncie, IN 47302-9252
Tele. (800) 435-9262
Fax (765) 741-0057
or via the internet at : http://www.modelaircraft.org
PROTECT YOUR MODEL,
YOURSELF & OTHERS
FOLLOW THIS IMPORTANT
SAFETY PRECAUTION
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