User Manual

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Important note
This model is not made of Styrofoam™, and it is not possible to glue the material using white glue, polyurethane or
epoxy; these adhesives only produce supercial joints, and simply break away under stress. Please be sure to use
medium-viscosity cyano-acrylate glue exclusively, preferably Zacki ELAPOR® # 59 2727, which is optimised specically
for ELAPOR® particle foam. If you se Zacki ELAPOR® there is usually no need for cyano ‘kicker’ or activator. However,
if you wish to use a different adhesive which requires the use of activator, please note that these materials are injurious
to health, and should always be applied in the open air. Take care when handling all cyano-acrylate adhesives, as they
harden in seconds, so don’t get them on your ngers or other parts of the body. We strongly recommend the use of
goggles to protect your eyes. Keep the adhesive out of the reach of children! For certain joints it is also possible to use
hot-melt adhesive; the instructions indicate where this is the case.
Working with Zacki ELAPOR®
Zacki ELAPOR® has been developed specically for glued joints in our models which consist of moulded ELAPOR®
foam parts.
Please observe the following points in order to obtain perfect joints:
• We advise leaving joined parts for 24 hours to obtain maximum strength, particularly when the glued area is large.
• Activator should only be used for temporary, small-area joints (‘tacking’). Spray a little activator on one surface, and
allow it to air-dry for about thirty seconds.
• To obtain maximum joint strength you should lightly sand the surface with 320-grit abrasive paper before applying glue.
• The adhesive will harden more quickly if you moisten one surface very slightly; in most cases activator (kicker) is then
not required. All you have to do is moisten the mating surface very lightly with a damp cloth or sponge.
Bent parts - actually don’t exist. If you nd that a component has taken up a curve, perhaps after being transported,
it is easy to straighten again. In this respect ELAPOR® behaves in a similar way to metal: bend the component
back slightly beyond the correct position, and the material will then spring back to its proper shape when released,
and maintain it. There are limits, however - don’t overdo it!
Bent parts - really do exist. If you wish to paint your model, apply MPX Primer # 60 2700 to the surfaces, wiping it on
very lightly as if you were cleaning the model. Paint must always be applied thinly and evenly, otherwise the component
will warp. Then you really will have bent parts, and they will also be heavy and perhaps even unusable. We have found
that matt-nish paints produce the best visual effect.
We recommend using our “ELAPOR® Color” range of spray cans # 60 2701 - # 60 2712 (surfaces must be given a coat
of MULTIPrimer # 60 2700 beforehand).
Specication: FunGlider
Wingspan 1300 mm
Overall length 800 mm
All-up weight min. 590 g
Wing area approx.20,5 dm² (FAI)
Wing loading min. 28,9 g/dm²
RC functions:
Ailerons, elevator, rudder, throttle
The Centre of Gravity should be located 57 mm aft of the root leading edge of the wing. The position is indicated by
small pimples on the underside of both wing roots.
1. Before starting construction
Check the contents of your kit before starting work on the
model. You will nd Figs. 1 + 2 and the Parts List helpful
at this stage.
2. Installing the receiving system components
The positioning of the RC components has a minor but
useful effect on the model’s Centre of Gravity. Final
balancing is carried out later by tting trim ballast (metal
balls) in the holes in the n.
Install the M-LINK receiver (RX) in the bottom of the
fuselage, in the empty space aft of the servos. Route the
aerial out of the cooling air exit opening, and tape it to the
fuselage. The Li-BATT FX 3/1-950 ight battery can be xed
to the fuselage side at the front, below the speed controller,
again using hook-and-loop tape. Group the cables together
neatly, and x them to the fuselage side using hot-melt
adhesive or adhesive tape.
Fig. 3
Note: since the “grip” of the hook-and-loop tape is greater
than the adhesion between the sticky coating and the foam
surface, we recommend gluing the tape in place using hot-
melt adhesive or Zacki ELAPOR® (cyano-acrylate).
3. Folding propeller blades
Tighten the screws just to the point where there is no lost
motion (slop) in the propeller blades, but they still fold back
smoothly.
Fig. 4