SebArt professional line Sukhoi 29S 140 ARF ASSEMBLY MANUAL The new Sukhoi 29S 140 ARF was designed by Italy aerobatic pilot, Sebastiano Silvestri and the design is based on of his new Tournament Of Champion’s competition airplane. This professional ARTF kit is the result of Sebastiano’s long research in 3D performance.
Table of contents Table of contents...............................................................................................................……….. 2 Required radio, motor and battery.............................................................................................…. 3 Additional required items, tools and adhesives.............................................................................. 3 Warning.............................................................................................
Required radio, motor and battery Radio equipment: • Minimum 5-channel radio system • 5 digital servos metal gear, recommended JR PROPO DS 8411 • 2 servo extension 300mm, for elevator’s servos • 4 servo extension 100mm, for aileron’s servos Recommended electric motor for best performance: • Hacker A60-22S + MasterBasic90-Opto controller + APC 20 x 11 E • Hacker A60-24S + MasterBasic90-Opto controller + APC 20,5 x 12 WE Recommended Li-Po battery pack for best performance: • FlightPower 3700mAh 10S.….
Before starting assembly Before starting the assembly of your Sukhoi 29S, remove each part from its bag and protection for a prior inspection. Closely inspect the fuselage, wing panels, rudder, and stabilizer for damage. If you find any damage or missing parts, contact the place of purchase. If you find any wrinkles in the covering, use a heat gun or covering iron to remove them. Use caution while working around areas where the covering material overlap to prevent separating the covers.
Section 1 – wing fillet installation step 1 Locate the corresponding wing fillet to the wing. step 2 Locate the wing tube in the fuselage, and carefully slide the wing panel. Make sure the wing panel alignment pins slide into the holes provided in the fuselage. If necessary sand a little the holes, to let enter the pins free. Test fit the wing fillet and his alignment. step 3 Once satisfied with the fit, glue the wing fillet to the wing panel using medium CA.
step 4 Use the covering iron carefully, at a medium temperature, to glue the cover material down around the area of the fillet. Use caution while working around areas where the cover material overlaps to prevent separating the covers. step 5 Repeat steps 1 through 4 for the remaining wing panel and wing fillet.
step 2 Before to glue the hinges, carefully put few drops of oil in the hinge of the pin-hinges. Locate and glue the five hinges with 5 minutes epoxy, verifying their correct alignment. step 3 Carefully glue, with 5 minutes epoxy, the hinges into the aileron. step 4 Work the aileron up and down some times to work the hinges and check for proper movement. step 5 Repeat steps 1 through 4 for the remaining wing panel.
Section 3 – aileron servo & control horn installation step 1 Locate the following items, included in the hardware, plus the long arm and servo (not included). Install the servo hardware (gommets and eyelets) included with the servo. step 2 With the hobby knife open the servo bay and the control horn location.
step 3 Place the fibreglass control horn into aileron, check for correct alignment and glue it with some drops of medium CA. step 4 Drill the location for the four self-tapping screw using a 1.5mm drill bit and install the servo into the wing panel as per the picture. step 5 Bring out the servo lead.
step 6 Install the control horn as per picture. step 7 Repeat steps 1 through 6 for the remaining wing panel. Section 4 – elevator installation step 1 Locate the following items, included in the hardware.
step 2 Cut only one (1) of the three hinge as follow. step 3 Place the three hinges in their holes, and verify the correct position and alignment of the elevator with the stabilizer panel. step 4 Prepare the hinges for the application, using one small drop of sinthetic oil in their center of movement, like for the ailerons application.
step 5 Use good quality 5 minutes epoxy to glue the hinges in the elevator, and remember to check the correct sense of work for every hinge. If necessary clean the zone of the hinges with paper towels and rubbing alcohol. step 6 Always with 5 minutes epoxy glue the hinges in the stabilizer. If necessary clean the zone of the hinges with paper towels and rubbing alcohol. step 7 Work the elevator up and down some times to work the hinges and check for proper movement.
step 8 With the hobby knife remove the cover in the control horn location. step 9 Place the fibreglass control horn into elevator, check for correct alignment and glue it with some drops of medium CA. step 10 Repeat steps 1 through 9 for the remaining elevator.
Section 5 – elevator servo installation step 1 Install the servo hardware (gommets and eyelets) included with the servo. Locate the following items, included in the hardware, plus the long arm and servo (not included). step 2 Drill the location for the four self-tapping screw using a 1.5mm drill bit and install the servo into the wing panel as per the picture.
step 3 Locate the stabilizer carbon tube into fuselage and carefully slide the stabilizer on it too. step 4 Fix the stabilizer on the fuselage with the provided 3mm screws and washers. step 5 Install the control horn as per picture. step 6 Remove the stabilizer, and repeat steps 1 through 5 for the opposite side of the fuselage.
Section 6 – tail wheel & rudder installation step 1 Locate the following items, included in the hardware. step 2 Using a 2mm drill bit, carefully drill the hole into rudder, 25mm from the base level, for the tail wheel. With the hobby knife cut a groove 25mm length into the rudder as follow.
step 3 Assemble the tail wheel as follow. step 4 Locate the tail wheel on rudder and glue it with some drops of medium CA. step 5 Prepare the hinges for the application, using one small drop of sinthetic oil in their center of movement.
step 6 Use 5 minutes epoxy to glue the hinges in the rudder, remember to check the correct sense of work for every hinge. If necessary clean the zone of the hinges with paper towels and rubbing alcohol. step 7 Always with 5 minutes epoxy glue the hinges in the fuselage. If necessary clean the zone of the hinges with paper towels and rubbing alcohol. step 8 Work the rudder right and left some times to work the hinges and check for proper movement.
step 9 Using a 1,5mm drill bit, carefully drill the two holes for fixing the tail wheel on the fuselage. step 10 Use the two self-tapping screws to fix the tail wheel as follow.
Section 7 – rudder servo installation step 1 Install the servo hardware (gommets and eyelets) included with the servo and locate the following items, included in the hardware. step 2 Drill the location for the four self-tapping screw using a 1.5mm drill bit and install the servo as per the picture.
step 3 With the hobby knife remove the cover in the control horn location. step 4 Place the fibreglass control horn in the rudder, check for correct alignment and glue it with some drops of medium CA.
step 5 Prepare the rudder cable as follow. step 6 Install the rudder cable as follow. step 7 Repeat steps 3 through 6 for the opposite side of the fuselage.
step 8 Attach a heavy-duty servo arm to the rudder servo, attach the uniballs at the servo arm and adjust the linkages, in order to have rudder and servo in central position. Section 8 – landing gear & wheels installation step 1 Locate all the necessary items.
step 2 Install the landing gear as follow. step 3 Install the axle, wheel as follow. step 4 Install wheel and wheel pant as follow.
step 5 Hold the wheel pant parallel to the fuselage and drill the location for the wheel pant screw using a 1,5mm drill bit. Attach the wheel pant to the landing gear using a 2mm short self-tapping screw. step 6 Test fit the landing gear fillet and his alignment. step 7 Once satisfied with the fit, glue the fillet on the landing gear using medium CA. Use the glue carefully avoid over runs on other areas. step 8 Repeat steps 3 through 7 for the opposite landing gear side.
Section 9 – electric motor & cowl installation We recommend to fly HACKER motor, you need the following item (not included): • • Hacker A60-22S + MasterBasic90-Opto controller + APC 20 x 10 E Hacker motor mount for A60 series step 1 Assemble the motor mount as follow.
step 2 Install the motor on the mount as follow. step 3 Drill the location of the blind nuts where it is marked on the firewall and install the 4 mm blind nuts included in the hardware pack. Check the right length of the mount and install it on the fuselage as follow.
step 4 Install the ESC as follow. step 5 On bottom of fuselage, with the hobby knife remove the cover opening the holes for cooling. step 6 Apply a piece of masking tape on the line were you have to make the top hole for the cowl fixing screw, and mark the position as per the picture.
step 7 Apply a piece of masking tape on the line were you have to make the bottom hole for the cowl fixing screw, and mark the position as per the picture. step 8 Locate the canopy, as per the picture. step 9 Locate the spinner back plate.
step 10 Slide the cowling onto the fuselage and install the spinner back plate. Position and hold the cowl so there is 10mm gap between the back plate and the cowl. step 11 Use the applied masking tape as follow. step 12 Drill the location for the four self-tapping screws using a 1.5mm drill bit. Attach the cowl using the four self-tapping screws, included in hardware pack, and a Phillips screwdriver.
step 13 Fix carefully the prop and spinner. Section 10 – Glow engine installation We recommend to use 1.20 -1.70 two-cycle engine or 1.20-1.70 four-cycle engine. step 1 With an hobby knife open into cover the tuned pipe location, and remove the balsa spar and the plywood frames, as per picture.
step 2 Install and glue all the tunnel pipe’s parts with medium CA, as follow.
step 3 Use the covering iron carefully to glue the cover material all around down around the tunnel pipe.
step 4 Install and glue this tunnel pipe’s parts with medium CA too, as follow.
step 5 Locate and glue the motor mount reinforcement parts with medium CA, as follow.
step 6 Locate the engine and the mount parts included in the hardware pack, and install the engine as per picture.
step 7 Locate the throttle servo parts for installation, and install them as follow.
step 8 Assemble and locate the tank as follow.
step 9 Install the cowl, as per picture.
Section 11 – final radio installation In order to have best performance and light weight, we recommend you to install as receiver & servos power system the following item (not included): • Power Box System “SENSOR” Switch • Power Box System 1500 li-po battery or Flight Power 1250-2S EVO-RX li-po battery 42
Section 12 – hatch & cockpit installation For best look, we recommend you to install the optional parts Pilot figure and Panel instrument (not included): step 1 Locate the following items.
step 2 Assemble panel instrument and pilot figure as per their included manual. step 3 Locate the depron base in the canopy and glue the panel instrument and pilot figure with 5 minutes epoxy, as per picture. step 4 Locate the canopy on fuselage and place the 3mm screws with washers to fix it, as per picture.
Wings installation Locate the wing panels and fix them using the two 4mm screws, included in the hardware pack, and a Phillips screwdriver. Control throws We recommend the use of a computer radio, that will allow you to do quite a bit of fine-tuning of the feel of the Sukhoi, which will make aerobatics even easier.
Rates and expos Use the recommended expos to soften the feel of the model, especially on high 3D rates. The goal is to get the model to feel the same around neutral as it does on low rates. Use low rate settings for all flying, included starts and landings, and high rate for 3D aerobatics. For precision flying or general sport fliers, the low rate throws are perfect, even for snap rolls. When doing 3D aerobatics, flip to 3D rates just before the manover.
