Abell Adrenaline 3D V2 User manual

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Here’s what ya get!
Main Wing (1)
Ailerons (2)
Fuselage Side Front Left (1)
Fuselage Side Front Right (1)
Fuselage Sides Center (2)
Main Fuselage (1)
Rudder (1)
Horizontal Stabilizer (1)
Elevators (2)
4-40 x 3/8” Socket Head Cap Screws (4)
#4 Flat Washers (2)
Hinges (15)
Push Rod Guides (2)
3/8”x 1” Shrink Tube (1)
Control Horns (4)
Control Horn Retainers (4)
Clevises (8)
3/16”x 36” Carbon Fiber Wing Spar (1)
1/16”x 3/16” x 36” Carbon Fiber Sticks (4)
1/16”x 24” Round Carbon Fiber Rod (2)
3/16”x 16” Round Composite Tube (1)
Decals
Here’s what you’ll need!
Abell Hobby Super Gold + Odorless CA, Abell Hobby Insta-Set Accelerator, 1/6” Drill Bit, 5/64”
Drill Bit, Hobby Knife, Small piece of 3/16” or 1/4" Brass or Aluminum Tubing, Masking Tape, 3M
Hook & Loop (Velcro), Cutting tool to cut Carbon Fiber, 3/32” Allen Wrench, Soldering Iron &
Solder, Sand Paper and Sanding Block.

1) Prepare Motor mounts spars. Find the 16 inch black composite tube and cut two pieces 5
inches long and two pieces 2 inches long. Now find the 4-40 socket head cap screws and screw
one into each motor mount spar. (hint; run the screws all the way in and out several times to form
threads in the tube)
2) Prepare fuselage for motor mount spars. Locate the front fuselage sides (one left and one
right) and the main fuselage. Now glue the motor mount spars into the foam with Abell Hobby
Super-Gold + Foam Safe glue as shown making sure to keep the end of each spar flush with the
edge of the foam. (hint; It may be necessary to clean the machining debris out of the grooves
before you glue the spars in place) Then spray the glue joints with Abell Hobby Insta-Set
Accelerator to cure the glue.
3) Build a beveling tool. A piece of angle aluminum was used in the picture below but you can
build a similar tool using wood or even the spare pieces of foam that are included in the AF37-
V2 kit by simply gluing two pieces of wood or foam together forming a 90 degree angle. Then
glue a piece of 100 or 80 grit sand paper to one side of the angle as shown below.

4) Hinging rudder to vertical stabilizer. Using the beveling tool carefully sand a 45 degree bevel
to each side of the vertical stabilizer as shown above making sure that the point of the bevel is
centered and the bevels are the same on both sides. Now lay the fuselage and rudder flat on your
work surface and mark the hinge locations as shown below. Measuring from the bottom edge of
the vertical stab and rudder make a pencil mark at ¼”, ¾”, 2 ¼”, 2 ¾”, 4 ¼” and 4 ¾”.
Using a hobby knife with a #11 blade cut three ½” long slices into the rudder and vertical
stabilizer using your marks as a guide. Be sure to keep the slices centered in the thickness of the
foam. Now slide the hinges into the vertical stabilizer (DO NOT GLUE AT THIS TIME) and
then the rudder onto the hinges making sure to keep the hinges properly aligned with the hinge
line to avoid hinge binding. Leave a hinge gap of 1/16”. Next you will need to make a boring
tool. A boring tool can be made from any thin walled tubing, a piece of ¼” aluminum tubing
was used in the illustration below but brass or hard plastic will work as well. The tubing should
have an outside diameter of about 3/16” to ¼”. Sharpen one end of the tubing with sand paper.
Now, using the boring tool bore a hole into the foam until you reach the hinge. The hole should
be centered over the portion of the hinge that is in the hinge slot. (Do not cut into the hinge)
Remove the boring tool, push out the foam plug with a screwdriver or hex wrench and set the
plug aside aside. When you are finished you should have six foam plugs and six holes cut into
the foam as shown below.

Remove the rudder. Position the hinges in the vertical stabilizer so that the hinge just begins to
appear in the holes that you bored into the foam. Put two drops of Abell Hobby Super-Gold +
Foam Safe glue into each of the bored holes on the vertical stabilizer. Slide the hinges into
position making certain that they are aligned properly. Insert the foam plugs and spray with
Insta-set to cure the glue. (Hint; when spraying the Insta-set, be sure that you also spray where
the pivot point of the hinge meets the foam. This will prevent the glue from wicking into the
hinge joint) Now slide the rudder onto the hinges and repeat the gluing procedure as before.
5) Install fuselage spars. Find two of the four flat carbon fiber sticks. Using the Abell Hobby
Super Gold + and Insta Set, Glue one of the flat carbon strips to the top edge of the fuselage
starting at the base of the vertical stabilizer and the other to the bottom edge of the fuselage
starting ¼” ahead of the rudder hinge line. Trim off the excess with a cut off wheel. (Hint;
supporting the fuselage vertically as shown below makes this an easy task)

6) Prepare main wing and horizontal stabilizer. Place the wing on a flat surface making sure
that the side with the groove is up. Find the 3/16” X 36” carbon fiber wing tube. Clean the
groove in the wing so that the 3/16” tube fits nearly flush with the bottom of the wing. (Hint; the
3/16” tube can be used to clean the debris from the groove). Now glue the wing spar into the
groove in the wing using the Abell Hobby Super Gold + and Insta Set.
Next find the Ailerons and position them with the wings as shown. (Hint; the rear of the wing is
the edge that is closest to the wing spar at the end of the wing. Also make sure that the end of

the ailerons forms a straight line with each wing tip.) It is helpful to mark the bottoms of the
wing and ailerons with masking tape so that they don’t get mixed up later.
Now bevel the leading edge of each aileron using the beveling tool. Do not bevel the wing!
Now mark your hinge locations. Measuring from each wing tip make a mark on the wing and
ailerons at 1”, 6”, 11” and 16”, these marks represent the center of each hinge location.
Cut the hinge slots into the leading edge of each aileron and the trailing edges of the main wing.
Temporarily install the hinges into the wing and the ailerons onto the hinges. DO NOT GLUE!

Locate the horizontal stabilizer and two elevator half’s. Bevel the trailing edge of the horizontal
stabilizer with the beveling tool. Mark the bottom of each component with masking tape as
shown to avoid confusion later on. Measuring from each end of the horizontal stabilizer mark the
center of the hinge locations at ¾” and 3 ¼” on both elevator half’s and the horizontal stabilizer.
Cut the hinge slots and temporarily install the hinges into the horizontal stabilizer and then the
elevator half’s onto the hinges. DO NOT GLUE!
7) Assemble components. Locate the + shaped motor mount that is included with the Scanner RC
3213–1250 Brushless Motor. Attach the fuselage sides to the motor mount as shown below.
Then attach the front motor mount assembly to the fuselage. DO NOT GLUE!
Now place the wing assembly and horizontal stabilizer assembly on your work surface. Remove
the left aileron, left stabilizer and hinges. Slide the main wing into the fuselage. Position the
wing so that it is centered and square to the fuselage making sure that the front of the wing is
making full contact with the fuselage side pieces and that the side pieces are making full contact

with the fuselage. Once you are certain that the wing is positioned correctly apply a small
amount of Abell Hobby Super Gold + to the points where the front and rear of the wing meet the
fuselage and then where the fuselage sides meet the wing and again where the fuselage sides
meet the fuselage. Then spray the glue joints with Abell Hobby Insta Set Accelerator. (Hint; only
use enough glue to hold the components in place, final gluing will be done in a later step)
Slide the horizontal stabilizer into the fuselage. Now place the wing and fuselage assembly on
your work surface so that the wing and horizontal stabilizer are flat on the surface and the
fuselage hangs over the edge as shown. Find the center fuselage side pieces and lightly glue in
place making sure that they are properly aligned with the wing and stabilizer. (Hint; slide the
assembly towards the edge of your work surface so that the fuselage makes contact with it. This
will help hold the fuselage straight and support the side pieces during installation.) Now position
the horizontal stabilizer so that it makes contact with the fuselage side pieces and is centered and
square to the fuselage. Lightly glue into place using just enough glue to hold the pieces in place,
final gluing will be done later. (Hint; if the horizontal stabilizer will not slide far enough forward
to make good contact with the fuselage side pieces it may be necessary to sand off the point on
the front of the stabilizer flat.)
(Hint; make sure to place some sort of weight on the wing tip to keep your AF37 V2 from
flipping off of the table.
Now re install the hinges, aileron and elevator. DO NOT GLUE! Now look at the entire
airframe very closely checking for proper alignment of all components. Make sure that the wing
and horizontal stabilizer are square to the fuselage both laterally and horizontally. Also look
down the fuselage from front to back to see if the wing lines up with the horizontal stabilizer.
Make any adjustments necessary. Now you can final glue the wing and horizontal stabilizer to
the fuselage on both the top and bottom side. Final glue the front and center fuselage sides to the

fuselage, wing and stabilizer. (Hint; when final gluing move the fuselage side away from the side
of your work surface so that the glue doesn’t wick through the joint and glue your plane to the
table)
Bore hinge gluing holes into wing and horizontal stabilizer and glue hinges in place and spray
with Insta Set. Slide ailerons and elevator half’s onto hinges, bore holes and glue. Remember to
spray the Insta Set on the glue joints and where the pivot point of the hinge meets the foam to
prevent the glue from wicking into the hinges.
Find the two remaining flat carbon strips and glue to the bottom of the fuselage sides, wing and
horizontal stabilizer as shown starting ½” ahead of the elevator hinge line. Cut off the excess
carbon fiber strips flush with the front of the front fuselage sides and save.