Pietenpol Specs: Wingspan: 1370mm Length: 860mm Weight: 1600g
Pietenpol Thank you for purchasing your HobbyKing Pietenpol Aircamper. We hope you enjoy assembling and flying it as we did creating it. This sport scale model was created in the true spirit of Bernie Pietenpol, easy to build, and fun to fly. Like the full size Aircamper, the airframe is all wood, this time balsa and plywood, with an epoxy fiberglass cowl, aluminum wing mount struts, and wire landing gear.
Pietenpol Contents Airframe Assembly 1) Assembly starts with installing the elevator joiner wire. Lay it in place on the elevator halves, centering it. Mark the location of the wired bends with a pen. 2) Cut a channel to allow the wire joiner to sit even with the leading edge of the elevator. Then, drill a 2mm hole, centered on the hinge line at the location you marked with the elevator joiner bends. 3) Cut hinge slots in each elevator half, and the stabilizer. Use two hinges per half.
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Pietenpol 90˚ 5) Insert the tail parts back to the fuselage and then glue stabilizer and vertical fin in place with 5 min. epoxy or thick CA. Keep fin 90 degrees to the stabilizer 9) Attach tail wheel bracket to fuselage. Hole for tail wheel wire should be in line with the rudder hinge. 6) Insert rudder and elevator pushrods through the front of the fuselage, then use it to poke through the covering. Tail not shown for clarity. 10) Insert tail wheel wire into bracket.
Pietenpol Wing Assembly 5) Center aileron servo and aileron. Install pushrod, securing set screw on pushrod connector with thread lock. Cut away excess pushrod material. 1) Remove covering from servo mounts, strut mounts, and servo lead exit holes. 6) Glue anti-rotation pin into one wing panel, allowing half the pin to extend from the wing. 2) Install aileron servos into each wing half. Run servo leads through the wing, and out the exit holes.
Pietenpol 9) Screw aluminum wing mount struts to wing with M3x12mm machine screws. The longer strut is for the front, with the shorter strut on the back. Using clear tape, secure aileron servo leads to the inside of the rear struts. 10) Mate the wing to the fuselage, securing the struts with M3x16mm screws with washers. Feed servo leads through rear wing mount strut holes in fuselage. 13) Set your motor over the motor box.
Pietenpol Pre-Flight Final Set Up 1) Before flying this model, check that the model is assembled per this manual and is free from any damage that may have occured during transport. 70mm 20~30mm 20~30mm 2) Insert flight battery and check for proper center of gravity. Secure battery with velcro on the bottom of pack and velcro strap around it. If the battery shifts in flight it could cause a loss of control. 3) Ensure that pushrods and control surfaces move freely with no binding.
