Hobby King Typhoon -EP User manual

Specs:
Wing Span: 1250mm
Wing Area: 29.13 Sq dm
Length: 1106mm
Weight: 1350g w/o battery
Required:
otor: BL2820
Radio: 4 channels
4 * 9~12g servos
Battery: 3S~4S 11.1~14.8V 2200mAh ~ 2600mAh
ESC: 60A
Warning!
This item is not a toy. It has the potential to cause serious harm if mistreated. The user accepts all
responsibility in the assembly of this model. Always check the model to ensure it is free of damage and all
screws and control hardware is tight before each flight.

Wing Assembly
1) Wing control hardware and wing tube.
2) Cut covering at servo mounts.
3) Install aileron servo, secure with screws. Depending on your servo you may need short extension leads
to reach your receiver.

4) Check to make sure the pre-fitted “CA Style” hinges are centered on the centerline. Then glue the hinge
with thin CA glue. After the glue cures, flex the control surface a few times to make sure it moves freely.
5) Install aileron horn, secure with included screw.
6) Attach aileron control rod with supplied hardware. ake sure servo is centered and servo arm is installed
90 degrees to the control rod for best movement.

Tail Assembly
1) Tail control hardware, tailwheel, and elevator joiner.
2) Insert horizontal stabilizer to fuselage. Center it, then draw a line noting its position. Using a sharp hobby
knife remove the covering for vertical fin and horizontal stabilizer. Do not cut balsa underneath.
2a) The areas shown where covering was removed will provide a good wood to wood joint when gluing tail
parts to fuselage.

3) To install the elevator joiner, a small channel needs to be cut on each elevator half to accept the wire.
4) Drill a 2mm hole to install the elevator linkage rod. Try to keep the hole perpendicular to the hinge line
and centered on the control surface. When the elevator joiner is installed, it needs to keep both halves
even to prevent unwanted rolling tendencies.
5) Glue the elevator joiner wire to the elevator halves with thick CA glue or epoxy. Lay both halves flat on a
table while the glue cures.

6) Insert elevator to fuselage before installing horizontal stabilizer.
7) Insert stabilizer to fuselage, centering it on the area where the covering was previously removed. Glue
the stabilizer in place with thick CA or epoxy.
8) Glue hinges with thin CA glue. Flex control surface several times to check for proper movement.

9) Install elevator servo, secure with screws
10) Install elevator horn, secure with supplied screws and square backplate
11) Attach elevator control rod with supplied hardware

12) Glue the vertical fin with CA glue or epoxy
13) Bend the tail wheel steel wire after inserting it through the plastic bracket. There should be about 15mm
of wire after the bend. Cut off remainging wire.
14) Cut a small channel in the rudder to allow the tail wheel wire to sit even with the hinge line when
installed.

15) Drill a 2mm hole to accept the tail wheel wire. Drill it centered on the control surface so tail wheel is
straight, relative to the rudder.
16) Insert rudder and hinges to fuselage. Glue rudder hinges with thin CA glue. Flex several times to
ensure free movement of the control surface.
17) Glue tail wheel steel wire with thick CA or epoxy.

18) Install rudder servo, secure with screws
19) Feed rudder cables through the fuselage. Loop cable through threaded end, and secure with aluminum
crimp. Repeat for both sides. For best control, control cables should cross the fuselage. So, cable on right
side of servo, should exit left side of fuselage.
20) Install rudder horn, secure with screws and 2 nut.

21) Center rudder servo, and rudder. Pull cables tight. Take cable, loop through threaded ends, and pull
cables to remove all slack. The final adjustment can be made by tightening the clevis on the threaded cable
end.
Landing Gear Assembly
1) ain Landing Gear parts
2) Glue wheelpant mount to wheel pant with thick CA or rubberized CA glue.
ake a left, and right wheel pant.

3) Following the plywood mount as a guide, cut a small slot in each wheelpant for the axle to clear.
4) Secure wheel to landing gear with wheel collars on the inside and outside of the wheel,
secure with set screw.
5) Insert wheel into wheel pant. Adjust wheel collars on axel to make sure wheel spins freely on axle and
does not interfere with the wheel pant.

6) Install main landing gear to fuselage with screws. Secure screws with thread lock.
7) Secure wheel pants to landing gear with supplied screws.
Cowl Installation
1) Cowling/ otor ount box.

2) Glue motor mount with thick CA glue or epoxy.
3) Using paper tabs taped to the fuselage. ark the location of the cowl mounting blocks.
4) Place cowl on fuselage in desired position. Drill holes at the mounting block locations marked on the
paper tabs. This will ensure the holes in the cowl, line up to those on the mounting blocks.

5) Install cowling, secure with screws
Final Setup
Set CG at 90mm aft of leading edge, measured at the wing root.