Aviation Design Phoenix User manual

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Assembly
Manual
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Version 01/01/2006

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INTRODUCTION
 is our new jet trainer. It is fully composite, delivered assembled and painted.
It is designed for jet beginner with following objective :
-Very easy to fly.
-Short take off and landing due to big airfoil thickness (13%), large flaps and low wing loading
-Very fast assembly
-Easy access to engine (top engine, no hatch, no exhaust pipe)
-Easy access to fuel tank , ECU and radio with a large fuselage hatch
-Easy radio installation with big fuselage hatch and servo cover supplied
The 
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 is fully molded in composite material.
The model comes to you finished, fully molded in composite material and painted in mold. All
bulkeads are glued. All control surfaces are hinged. No gluing are required. This model has plug in
wings, stabs and fin booms for an easier transport.
All necessary hardware are included in the parcel
Assembly require only few hours to fit engine and radio.
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 model includes :
- High quality epoxy-glass fuselage painted.
- All plywood and wood parts premounted.
- Fully molded wings with winglets, stabs and fin booms painted
- High tensile aluminum wing joining tube.
- Access hatch requiring no additional framework.
- All hardware (screws, servo cover, ...)
- Instructions in English with pics.
Parts required to complete the kit :
- 2 liters kevlar fuel cell
- Deluxe retractable landing gear
with special CNC oleo legs and
wheels set on bearing + brakes
- Clear canopy
DISCLAIMER
 assumes no liability for the operation and use of these products.
The owner and operator of these products should have the necessary experience and exercise common
sense. Said owner and operator must have a valid Model Airplane licence and insurance as required.

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Installation of the radio equipment
Components need:
Elevator: 1 servo 5 kg torque
Rudder: 2 mini servos 3 kg torque (Hitec HS-225)
Ailerons: 2 mini servos 3 kg to 4 kg torque (Hitec HS-225MG)
Flaps: 2 mini servos 4 kg torque (Hitec HS-225MG)
Steering nose wheels: 1 servo 3 kg torque
Receiver and switch
Fuselage hatch:
If necessary, sand a little bit the rear plywood frame so that
the fuel tank fit in without problem.
Make a 6 mm hole in front of the fuselage hatch for the wood pin.
Glue the wood pin with CA in the hatch
Drill the corresponding hole in the front fuselage
Cut a slot and make a 3 mm hole in the back of the hatch for the hatch
latch

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Glue the hatch latch with CA. Take care to not glue the metalic part
Fit the hatch on the fuselage and draw the corresponding hole
Drill the 3 mm hole in the fuselage

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Gear :
Please, use only the oleo legs supply by Aviation Design.
If you use standard oleo, you will have to modify the gear position and gear door position
Draw the fuselage axis under the fuselage with a ruler
Draw the front gear door location and main gear door
location according to the drawing and template
Cut all gear doors using a fine diamond disc and dremel tool
380 mm
15 Inches
70 mm
2 ¾ Inches
10 mm
2/5 Inches

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Fit the main gear on the plywood mount a drill four
2 mm hole
Screw each gear with four 3x20 mm parker screws
Fit the front gear on the plywood mount a drill 4 x 2
mm hole
Screw the front gear with four 3x20 mm parker
screws
Screw the steering servo inverted on the plywood
frame
Connect servo to steering arm with 2 mm link + steel
wire

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Stab servo :
Increase the hole for the servo location in the stab with a permagrit rotating tool
Screw the servo in the servo cover (you can also glue it with silicon glue for more security)
Put in place the servo cover on the stab
Drill 4 x 1 mm hole in the stab for the screws
Make a 10 mm hole in on side of the stab for the servo connector
Cut a slot in the control surface for the fiber control
horn
Glue with fast epoxy the control horn
Connect two 3 mm link with M3 threaded rod
Screw the servo cover with the 4 parker screws
Connect the servo with the control horn
Apply thread lock.

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Aileron and flaps servos :
Process as the stab servo :
Increase the hole for the servo location in the wings with
a permagrit rotating tool for the aileron and flaps
Screw the servo in the servo cover (you can also glue it
with silicon glue for more security)
Put in place the servo cover on the wings
Drill 4 x 1 mm hole in the wings for the screws
Cut a slot in the control surface for the fiber control horn
Glue with fast epoxy the control horn
Connect two 2 mm link with M2 threaded rod
Screw the servo cover with the 4 parker screws
Connect the servo with the control horn
Apply thread lock.
Make a 5 mm hole in the wing root for the servo electric
wire
Don’t make the hole too big so that the conector can’t fall
in the wing
Sold electric wire for the flaps and aileron
Flaps control
horn
Aileron control
horn

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Rudder servos :
Process as the stab servo :
Increase the hole for the servo location
in the booms with a permagrit rotating
tool for the rudder
Screw the servo in the servo cover
(you can also glue it with silicon glue
for more security)
Put in place the servo cover on the
boom
Drill 4 x 1 mm hole in the wings for
the screws
Cut a slot in the control surface for the
fiber control horn
Glue with fast epoxy the control horn
Connect two 2 mm link with M2 threaded
rod
Screw the servo cover with the 4 parker
screws
Connect the servo with the control horn
Apply thread lock.
Make a 20 mm hole in the boom in front
of the hole of the wing root for the servo
electric wire.
Drill this hole on both side of each boom.
Sold electric wire for the rudder
Make a 5 mm hole in the boom in front of
stab root for the elevator electric wire
Don’t make the hole too big so that the conector can’t fall in the boom.
Sold electric wire for the elevator.

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Secure the wings :
Fit the wing joiner tube through the fuselage.
Install the left and right booms .
Take care to put it at the center (same lenght left and
right (about 220 mm).
Install the left and right wings.
Make a 2.5 mm hole at 30 mm from the wing root
throught the wing and aluminium tube to secure the
wings
Threated the wing tube and wing at M3 mm and secure
wings with a M3x25 screw
Secure also the tube in the fuselage.
Make a 2.5 mm hole in the center of the fuselage from
the gear door. Drill the hole throught the plywood
frame and aluminium tube to secure the tube.
Screw a 3 x 16 mm parker screw through the plywood
and aluminium tube, so the tube will not move during
assembling and desassembling.
Secure the horizontal stabilisator :
Install the stab between the 2 booms.
Secure the stab with two M6x40 nylon screws

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Fuel tank
Connect the fuel tank to the clunk as the photo.
Check that there is no leak before to fit it in fuselage.
Drill a 3 mm hole in the bottom of the fuselage for
the fuel vent
The fuel tank is connected to the small catch tank
(200 cc) or UAT catch tank to be sure that there is no
bubble in the fuel line.
The tubing from the main tank to the catch tank and
to the catch tank to the fuel pump must be gasoline tubing
(no silicone tubing). Also for the air vent tube.
The catch tank is glue with double face tape on the bottom
of the fuselage close to the main tank or with rubber band
to the main tank.
Hold the fuel tank with rubber bands or silicon glue
Filling the fuel tanks :
Connect your pump and fill the system in direction of the
tank. It will first fill the catch tank and after the main tank.
The main tank will be full when fuel come from the air
vent tube.
When tanks are ful, close the
filling tubing.
Do not close the air vent tube
after.
The system is ready for
starting.
Fuel vent

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Engine installation :
The engine must be screw with 4 times 3x20 mm parker screw to the rear position.
A plywood reinforcement is already glued inside the fuselage
For small engine like P60, engine mountings are not large enough to be screw on the fuselage.
In this case make some extension pad in 3 mm aluminium
Make all necessary hole in the fuselage for electric wire and fuel tubing in front of the engine
ECU installation :
Fit the ECU in one side of the plane.
Fit the fuel pump and valves just rear to the ECU and hold them with T rap.

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Radio installation :
Fit the radio in the nose section with batterie.
Adjust batterie position to have to correct CG position.
Don’t put the received and aerial antenae too close the the ECU
Retract valve and brake valve can be fitted as the pics
Recommended surface throws
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Up 18mm Up 15mm
Down 15mm Down 15mm
Exponential: 10 Exponential: 10
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15 mm left and 15 mm right 25 mm down with also mix 2 mm up elevator for pitch down moment
Exponential: 10 70 mm down with also mix 4 mm up elevator for pitch down moment
All measured in the widest part of the surface
Exponential is not mandatory but improves the flight

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Center of gravity
You normally need a 1700 Mah battery + ECU battery to have a correct Centre of Gravity.
Note : balance the model with the gear down and the tanks empty.
The center of gravity (CG) must be located at 128mm rear of the wing leading edge (wing root)
You must check it before the first flight, to do this with the aircraft in flight condition but without fuel
lift the aircraft in this point, the aircraft must adopt a slightly nose down attitude. If it is horizontal or
the tail drops move the baterie forward or add weight in the nose.
In other hand if the nose drops considerably add weight in the tail.
This CG position is the forward position. You can put it backward of 5 mm without trouble
Total weight
The total weight of the  is 7.5 kg tanks empty.
Important note : Pay very careful attention to structural integrity. This jet can reach speeds of over
400 KPH - 250 MPH. It is your responsibility to operate it safely.
Specifications may change without notice.
Nota 1 : Oleo legs :
If you use the front oleo leg made by Eurokit in Italy, we strongly recommand to drill a 4 mm hole (40
mm long) through the fork and to glue a piano wire inside it to reinforce the aluminium casting
223 mm
8 ¾ Inches
128 mm
5 Inches
CG
CG

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