AeroFoam T-45 User manual

T-45
1/6.26th Scale
Length 69 inches Fuselage only (1753mm) (74.99 inches 1904mm with Pitot tube)
Wing Span 59.1 inches (1501 mm)
Weight RTF minus Fuel 16lbs (with AUT full)
Suggested Engine Size: 60n ~ 80n (8kg ~10kg) Perfect for our ACEx60 to ACEx80
CG 178mm (7 inches) from leading edge at root of wing to fuselage.
Ailerons Low 10mm / .40 inch Mid 12 / .47 inch High 14mm /.55 inch.
Flaps TakeOff 24mm Landing 40mm
Elevator low rate 19mm / .75 inch Mid 23mm / .90 inch High 26mm / 1.02inch.
Rudder Low 26mm / 1 inch High 38mm / 1.5 inch
Airbrake low 50mm high 85mm (do not operate at high Speed)

Kit Contents: Below is a basic rendition of the contents of the kit, your will have more hardware as
the pushrods would Not be installed at the factory and would be installed by the customer

The T-45 comes with the following servos:
1x 45g servo for Elevator
5x 25g servos for Aileron, Flaps and Rudder
4x 17g servos for Slats
6x 12g servos for Landing Gear doors, speed brakes and Steering
Use 6.0v MAX
CAUTION: When setting up and connecting the servos on your T-45 for the first time, be
careful not to have the Speed Brakes and the Flaps Binding or Reversed one example is to have
the model resting on a table and connecting power to the servos and have the Flap or Speed
Brakes in the Open position. You will burn out the servos. Be sure to check the FLAP,
Leading Edge Flaps / Slats and Speed Brake servos as soon as you
connect the Receiver power for the first time. AGAIN, You will
BURN OUT THE FLAP, LEADING EDGE FLAP / SLAT servos if your
transmitter is sending the servos in reverse direction. It is always
best to have those flying surfaces HALF DEPLOYED when you apply
power until you program those channels properly.
There is a EBEC already installed with two battery inputs, for 2x 3S batteries and also
two outputs, one is already connected to your Brakes and provides power for them at
7.4v the other lead is for your receiver and provides 6V please see the two black
selectors with the black arrows below and make sure they are as shown.

Nose section: There are four servo leads coming out of the nose section, make sure you pass them
through to the fuselage. Please note that some of the cables come with two wires and some with
three wires and you will have to match up the power wires when connecting them together.
There is a matching set of four servo cables under the canopy in their own wire bundle, find those
to connect with the cables in the nose section The four servo leads:
1. Gear for the nose retract 2. LED for the nose landing gear light.
3. Rudder (Nose Gear Steering servo) 4. Gear Door
Find the 4 Metric 4x50 (two inches long) screws and washers. You will need to insert those
through the main fuselage into the nose section. You only need to make sure the bolts are snug
enough until all the gap on the side of the fuselage is gone. Do not over tighten and crush the
foam.

Bring the nose section to the fuselage and Join the two using the 4x50 bolts. Insert
them from the fuselage into the nose section. You might find it easier in you remove
the main receiver tray, in this example the tray is just unbolted it and turned vertical

Fuel Tanks:
The Main Fuel tank is 1600cc / 54 Ounces; two of them are include. If you have
enough channels on your radio and you would also like to install a Smoke pump, the
top fuel tank position can be made to fit a 1600cc tank or a combination of Fuel and
Smoke as desired. On my prototype, I have a Dubro 20oz tank for fuel and a 10oz for
smoke, but bigger smoke tank can be installed.
The fuel lines come installed on the tanks and for the most part, they are secured with
zip ties to tighten in place. This is OK, for beginners, but if you want to get into best
practices, you should install fuel barbs and safety wires all of your connections when
possible. While this is Not Required, it is a best practice to avoid spills or air bubbles
into your tanks. Below is how the standard tank arrives, two zip ties hold the fuel line
in place.
Begin by removing the Receiver tray in the nose, there are four small screws holding
the tray in, remove those to expose the UAT and all connections.

With the main tank and lines removed, it will look like the image below. This will work
properly, but as stated above, this it not the best practice for better reliability.

Now with best practices for Turbine operations, barbs installed on all the fuel lines
and then safety wire to hold the lines in place.
Fuel Tank Tip. If you can’t see the vent line and want to see how close it is to the top
of the tank, place a flashlight behind it and look though the opposite end. You can
accurately see how much wasted fuel space you will have before the fuel spills over.

Below left is the picture of the stock bottom location. The picture on the right is how I
was able to remove the tank through the rear where the Turbine access hatch is
located, you will need to remove the mail fuel tank retainer / stopper brace.
The main tank is held in place with a wood stopper, assemble the three pieces of
wood and secure them with CyA to hold your main tank in place.

ELEVATOR: The T-45 uses a Single 45g servo for elevator. The servo is located in the
tail on the left side of the elevator. The actual elevator rod is a push pull, meaning it
has two control arms. There are two Phillips screws on the cover to gain access to the
servo. The servo cover has the Airfoil shape on the left side. This is the Elevator
Neutral point. When in the Neutral position, the Servo Horn should be exactly 90
degrees facing up / down.
Find the left and right elevators, the threads on the elevator rods go all the way
through, you mount the elevators with the two mounting screws facing down.

The Elevator cover on the fuselage has a marking for the elevator neutral position, it
is the outline of the elevator Airfoil. Simply match the elevator to the airfoil shape and
that would be your elevator Neutral Point. Ours needed about 3 clicks of up elevator
Elevator Travel Rates are as follows: low rate 19mm / .75 inch Mid 23mm / .90 inch
High 26mm / 1.02inch.
Vertical Fin / Rudder: The Vertical fin and rudder are installed on the T-45 by first
inserting the carbon spar into the fuselage. The simply match slot in the rudder to the
25g servo already installed for you in the fuselage for the Rudder Rudder Low 25mm / 1
inch. High 38mm / 1.5 inch

Ailerons: The Ailerons and corresponding servo are already installed on the T-45 you
will have to install the control rod. You want the servo to provide the best resolution,
torque and mechanical advantage. You do not want to limit the travel adjust / limit if
you have to lower the travel adjust to get the required throws, you are not getting the
max torque possible from each servo. In order to accomplish this, the control rod
should be as low as possible to the wing without it binding or touching the Aileron
servo cover The Aileron control throws are as following: Low 10mm / .40 inch
Mid 12 / .47 inch High 14mm /.55 inch.
For control rod, you have two options. OPTION #1 Use the third screw from the top on
the servo horn and then use the top hole in the control surface. OPTION #2 Use the
second hole from the top on the servo horn and then the second hole in the control
surface. This gives more of a direct line and allows you to use more of the travel to
gain better mechanical advantage and better servo resolution.

Flaps: The Flaps and corresponding servo are already installed on the T-45 you will
have to install the control rod.. Install the control rod on the second hole from the
top of the servo arm and also on the second hole of the control horn on the actual
Flap for better mechanical leverage. The flap control throws are as following: Low
/ Take Off Flaps 24mm / .95 inch Landing Flaps 40mm 1.5 inch.
Leading Edge Flaps / Slats:: The leading edge slats / slats are already installed for you
along with the servo and control rods. You need to set your travel throw for that
channel so they activate at the same time as the flaps..

The servos are covers are glued and you would have to pry them out, I have
removed them here to show you how they are installed at the factory.
The leading edge flap or slat deflection is about .75 inch or 19mm Max deployment.
You want to make sure both are as close as possible to each other on both wings. For
takeoff flap, we also used 9mm or .35 inch of slat deployment and 19mm or .75 inch
with full flaps down.
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Turbine Installation: If you purchased one of our ACEx80 Turbines, then you will see
that the mounting holes have already been drilled on the wood Turbine mounts and
there is no other guesswork to be done. This will also insure the you have a gap of 1
inch to 1.5 inches from the rear tail cone of the Turbine to the start of the actual pipe.
This gap should not be confused with the start of the aluminum bell mouth.
Make sure to check the Turbine to Pipe gap and adjust if needed.

This view of the Turbine installation is to show the Turbine to Tailpipe gap is
measured, we check it between the rear of the Turbine and the actual start of the
tailpipe NOT the bellmouth of the tailpipe.
So, you want Smoke? Sold Separately, we also offer a couple of different kits for a
Smoke system that can be purchased as a complete kit or in parts to piece your own
system. We offer a brushed and a brushless smoke pump, injectors or complete kits.

Installation of your smoke pump can be done, at your discretion / choice. My turbine
fuel pump is in front of the main tank, under the receiver tray, my smoke pump is
located in the engine compartment next to the Turbine as shown below. Your Smoke
tube can be place right behind the turbine, or behind the exhaust pipe. I routed the
tube between both layers of the tailpipe and have the tube come out in the tail.
My homemade smoke injector coming off the back of the tailpipe, the glare from the
flash makes the tailpipe look as if it was painted grey. If you make your own like this
one, make sure it sprays the smoke oil into the exhaust and does not try to push the
smoke oil across the tailpipe causing it not to burn or turn into smoke.

CG: The CG of your T-45 is 178 MM / 7 inches from the leading edge of the wing at the
Fuselage. This is basically measured where the wing meets the fuselage. If you are
checking the CG manually, the Wheels will always have to be down and you must
have the AUT full of fuel, but no fuel in the main tanks. Invert the T-45 upside-down
and place one thumb on top of the wing at the location listed below.
We provide the CG at the location where you should place it for your TEST flights,
you can adjust to your liking after you trim your T-45

The Retract and Brake controller continue to evolve, so we are not going to spend
too much time on them. They both come installed for you. IF YOU UNPLUG anything,
make sure to label it, so you know where you unplugged it from. There is NO wiring
diagram. One servo lead goes out to your Receiver for the retracts, the controller will
do all the timing of the gear and doors. There is a button on the Retract controller,
and pressing that button cycles the landing gear once.
There are two main brake controllers used, a JP basic brake controller and the AG-63
Gyro Assisted Brake controller. The AG-63 will stop your jet by applying brakes and
help correct steering if the airplane is not tracking strait (if your airplane is sliding or
drifting). We have been using the AG-63 Exclusively in our personal jets and highly
recommend this product.