Top Flite TOPA0155 - Manual (Page 2)

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
DECISIONS YOU MUST MAKE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Engine recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Flaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Landing gear options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Spinner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Cockpit and pilot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Trim scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Scale competition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
ADDITIONAL ITEMS REQUIRED. . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Hardware and accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Adhesives and building supplies . . . . . . . . . 5
Optional supplies and tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
IMPORTANT BUILDING NOTES . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
METRIC CONVERSIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
TYPES OF WOOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
PREPARE TO BUILD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
DIE-CUT PATTERNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 &9
BUILD THE TAIL SURFACES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Make the stab and fin skins . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Build the fin and rudder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Finish the fin and rudder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Build the stab and elevators . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Finish the stab and elevators. . . . . . . . . . . 17
BUILD THE WING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Make the wing skins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Prepare the landing gear ribs . . . . . . . . . . 18
Frame the center section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Mount the retracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Mount the fixed landing gear . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Sheet the bottom of the center section . . . 23
Build the inner flaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Fit the retracts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Mount the flap servos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Build the outer wing panels . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Build the ailerons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Join the wing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Build the outer flaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Hinge the flaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Connect the inner flaps to the outer flaps . 34
BUILD THE FUSELAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Frame the bottom of the fuselage . . . . . . . 35
Sheet the aft fuse bottom . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Sheet the front fuse bottom . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Mount the tail gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Mount the wing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Make the wing fillets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Frame the top of the fuselage . . . . . . . . . . 45
Join the stab to the fuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Join the fin to the fuse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Fit the air intakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Mount the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Mount the cowl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Finish the engine compartment . . . . . . . . . 52
Complete radio installation . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Cut the cockpit opening. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Scale display propeller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
FINISHING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Final preparations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Trim scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Cover the model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Arresting hook. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Painting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Paint the canopy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
FINAL ASSEMBLY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Mount the canopy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Join the control surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Hook up the controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Apply the decals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Add panel lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
GET THE MODEL READY TO FLY . . . . . . . . . . 63
Check the control directions . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Set the control throws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Balance the model (C.G.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Balance the airplane laterally . . . . . . . . . . 64
PREFLIGHT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Identify your model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Charge the batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Balance propellers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Ground inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Range check. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
ENGINE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS . . . . . . . . . . 65
AMA SAFETY CODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
CHECK LIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
FLYING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Takeoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Flight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Landing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
INTRODUCTION
Congratulations and thank you for purchasing the
Top Flite
Gold Edition Hawker Sea Fury. The Sea
Fury is the type of plane that makes an ideal scale
model no matter what the size (we can’t take all the
credit for a great-flying model!). Because of its large
wing area and long tail moment, you’ll find that the
Sea Fury is stable and predictable in the air.
Additionally, this Top Flite
Gold kit incorporates
airfoils specially designed for Top Flite’s warbirds
(S8036 at the root and S8037 at the tip). These
airfoils provide slower stall speeds and gentle stall
characteristics making Gold Edition kits among the
friendliest flying warbirds around!
When it comes to construction, the high number of
die-cut parts minimizes carving and fitting, while
complete instructions guide you through every detail.
Without adding any additional scale details you’ll end
up with a model that very much represents a Hawker
Sea Fury. With a little research and some scale
documentation you can go “all-out” and make your
Sea Fury a show-winning model.
1. Your Sea Fury should not be considered as a toy, but
rather a sophisticated, working model that functions very
much like a full-size airplane. Because of its
performance capabilities, the Sea Fury, if not
assembled and operated correctly, could possibly cause
injury to yourself or spectators and damage to property.
PROTECT YOUR MODEL,
YOURSELF & OTHERS
FOLLOW THESE IMPORTANT
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
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