Troy Built Models P-47D Thunderbolt User manual

P-47D Thunderbolt
Specification:
Length :1463 mm(57.6")
Wing Span :1800 mm(73.2")
Wing Area :55.3 sq. dm
5.95 sq. ft
Wing Loading :117.5 g/sq. dm
38.5 oz/sq. ft
Flying Weight :6.5 kg(14.3 lbs)
Radio :6ch&9 servos
Engine :108 2-cycle
120 4-cycle
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
INSTRUCTION MANUAL
First-time builders should seek advice from people having building
experience.If misused or abused,it can cause serious bodily injury
and damage to property.
Fly only in open areas and preferably at a dedicated R/C flying site.
We suggest having a qualified instructor carefully inspect your
airplane before its first flight.Please carefully read and follow all
instructions included with this airplane,your radio control system
and any other components purchased separately.
(The people under 18 years old is forbidden from flying this model)
This R/C airplane is not a toy!
Air tank
Switch
Air inlet
3-way
pressure inlet
3-way
pressure inlet
3-way
pressure inlet
The status when the
gear up
Pull out length of 8mm
to make gear down
Air valve Air valve
Make sure to assemble retracts as instructed below.
Two wheel retract system
Quick release connector
Quick release connector
Pressure reduction inlet
Strut
Strut
3-way pressure inlet 3
Pressure reduction inlet 1
1
Air tank
1
Air inlet
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1
Air line (3000mm)
2
Quick release connector
Strut ( 90 )
Switch
Clevis
Rod (2X300mm)
1
1
1
Retainer
TP Screw(2x14mm) 2
Ø1.7mm
Ø0.2mm
Pleas notice the inner diameter for each
side of the pressure reduction inlet.
Please insure the sealing of the retract
system before flight .
20mm
20mm
AILERON
Side View
AILERON
40mm
FLAP
FLAP
136mm
Adjustment. The centre of the Gravity.
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70

: 4-cycle .120
15"X7
Spinner nut
6
(with 9 servos),
6
6
6 channel radio for aiplane is highly recommended for this model.
Warning
Remove the covering with proper
pressure to cut through only the covering itself.Otherwise,
cutting down into the balsa structure may weaken the
model part and cause accident.
The pre-covered film on ARF kits may wrinkle due to
variations of temperature.Smooth out as explained right.
Pre-cover the covering with clean cloth!
Start at low setting. Increase the setting if
necessary.If it is too high,you may damage
the film.
Iow setting
with cover(cloth)
Top view
Position for
right diagram.
ELEVATOR
Side View
25mm
25mm
Top view
Side View
20mm
20mm
RUDDER
Adjustment.
Adjustment.
1.5mm
7
TP Screw (2.3x8mm)
Ply (15x15x6mm) 7
Epoxy plies under the canopy and assemble the
canopy to fuselage with screw.
Wooden Block(43x28x26mm)
1
Gear door
2
4
Collar (5mm)
Wheel (100mm)
Landing gear 2
1
8
2
TP Screw (3x20mm )
Landing gear straps
(5mm)
4
TP Screw (2.6x14mm)
8
Washer (3x6mm)
2
Wooden Block(25x15x13mm)
TP Screw (2.3x12mm)
Wooden Block
TP Screw (2.6x14mm)
Collar (5mm)
Wooden supporter
Note:rubber wheels oleo struts
and retracts are optional.
Install the wheel to the fixed landing gear.
Epoxy the fixed landing gear to the main wing.
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Accessory list for the coming installation steps.
Accessory list for the coming installation steps.

Ply (20x15x6mm) 4
170mm
TP Screw (3x20mm)
4
4
WssherTP (3x6mm)
1.8mm
Epoxy the wooden form to appropriate in the cowling
Drill holes to appropriate position in the wooden form.
Mount the receiver and battery in the fuselage.
1
Canopy
1
wooden form
11
TP Screw (2.3x8mm)
4
TP Screw (3x20mm)
4
Wssher 3x6(mm)
Ply (15x15x3mm)
11
Trim the cowling and canopy along the shaded line.
Epoxy solid wood plates to appropriate position
inside the fuselage as below.
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12
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Accessory list for the coming installation steps.
6
Pin hinge(24x24mm)
Make sure hinges are
mounted in the same line.
Securely glue together. If coming off during flights, you 'll
lose control of your airplane which leads to accidents!
1mm
Aileron
Make sure they are in
the right position while
installing.
Trailing
edge
8
6
2
2
2
4
2
2
2
2
Clevis
Rod (2x300mm)
Retainer
TP Screw (2.3x12mm)
Wooden Block (20x20x8mm)
Servo tray(68.5x56.5x2mm)
Pin hinge(24x24mm)
Screw (3x35mm)
Washer(3x15mm)
2
Washer(3x15mm)
Lock Nut (3mm )
Clevis
Retainer
Rod (2x300mm)
Screw (2x10mm)
1
2
3
4
5
1
Accessory list for the coming installation steps.
Apply instant type CA glue to aileron and pin hinge Install the servo as the illustration below.
Install the nylon control horn and connect the linkage.
Assemble the aileron to main wing with instant type
CA glue
Keep some space about 1mm width between
aileron and trailing edge.

TP Screw (2.3x12mm)
3mm
1.5mm
Securely glue together. If coming off during flighs, you 'll
lose control of your airplane which leads to accidents!
6
Pin hinge (36x20x1mm)
Make sure hinges are
mounted in the same line.
6
Pin hinge(36x20x1mm)
8
2
2
2
4
2
2
2
2
Clevis
Rod (2x300mm)
Retainer
TP Screw (2.3x12mm)
Wooden Block(20x20x8mm)
Servo tray(68.5x56.5x2mm)
Screw (3x35mm)
Washer(3x15mm)
2
Washer(3x15mm)
Lock Nut (3mm )
Rod (2x300mm)
Clevis
Washer(3x15mm)
Washer
Lock Nut (3mm )
Screw (3x35mm)
Flap
1mm
Make sure they are in
the right position while
installing.
Trailing
edge
Screw (2x10mm)
Secure the servo.Install the nylon control horn
and connect the linkage.
Epoxy the pin hinges to the flap.
Keep some space about 1mm width between trailing
edge and flap.
Epoxy the flap and the retract strut covering part to appropriate position
in the main wing as below.Be careful to ensure the moving parts of the
hinges are able to move freely.
Install the servo.
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8
9
10
2
6
Accessory list for the coming installation steps.
1
Retainer
2
4
2
Clevis
Copper joiner
Aluminum tube(3x6mm)
2
2
Screw (2x10mm)
Nut (2mm )
2
Washer(2x5mm)
Assembly of the elevator servo.
Retainer
1
Wooden Block (3mm Ply)
1
Wooden Block (3mm Ply)
Rod (2X300mm)
1
1
Ring
1
Switch
Clevis 1
2
2
2
Clevis
Copper joiner
Aluminum tube(3x6mm)
2
2
Screw (2x10mm)
Nut (2mm )
2
Washer(2x5mm)
Steel wire
Copper joiner
Aluminum tube Lock Nut (2mm )
Screw (2x10mm)
Ball joint
Washer(2x5mm)
Assembly of the rudder servo.
Add a rubber ring to the
clevis for insuring safety
Install the servo of switch.
Elevator servo
The sketch map when the servos install completion.
Rudder servo
Throttle servo
switch servo
Let the push rod through the wooden block and epoxy
the wooden block to appropriate position on the frame.
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Accessory list for the coming installation steps.

AA`
BB`
Install the wing to the fuselage
with 6x50mm screws as shown
in the diagrams below.
Drill 6.2mm holes at the place
of main wing.
A=A`
B=B`
TP Screw (2.3x12mm) Wooden block
Retracts strut
LockNut (4mm)
Note:rubber wheels oleo struts
and retracts are optional.
Bushing (8X4mm)
Rib template (2mm ply)
3mm
TP Screw (2.3x12mm)
1.5mm
Rod (2x300mm)
Clevis
Washer(3x15mm)
Washer
Lock Nut (3mm )
Screw (3x35mm)
5mm
Clevis
Retainer
Rod (2x300mm)
Screw (2x10mm)
Screw (2x10mm)
2
Wood dowel (6x50mm)
2
Wood dowel (6x30mm)
2
Metal wire (5x30mm)
Main wing joiner 1
1
Bushing (8X4mm)
Reinforcement Plate 1
2
2
Blind Nut (6mm)
Screw (6x50mm)
4
Wooden Block(25x15x13mm)
1
Gear door
2
2
Wheel (100mm)
4
Screw (3x10mm) 8
TP Screw (2.3x12mm)
LockNut (4mm) 2
2
Wooden Block(15x15x3mm)
Install the nylon control horn and connect the linkage.
Secure the servo.Install the nylon control horn and
connect the linkage.
The standard sketch map will be as below when the
main wing install completion.
Assemble the wheel and the gear door to the retract.
Cut away the surplus parts of plastic cover
carefully along the shaded line.
PVC part 2
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3
Apply anaerobic adhesiue.
AA
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Accessory list for the coming installation steps.
Tail wheel
Washer(3x15mm)
Screw (3x80mm)
Lock Nut (3mm )
Clevis
Aluminum tube
Steel wire
3mm
2
Plastic tube(3x50mm)
120mm
40mm
Retainer
8
TP Screw (2.3x8mm)
Ply (15x15x3mm) 8
TP Screw (2.3x8mm)
90mm
Tail wheel
1.8mm
40mm
The sketch map when tail wheel assemble completion.
The sketch map of assembling the wheel steeling
mount to appropriate position in the fuselage.
Drill holes to appropriate position in the tail fuselage and
rudder for connecting the rudder and rudder servo.
TP Screw(3x20mm)
Washer (3x6mm)
4
4
Ply (6mm) 1
Ply (6mm)
The sketeh map of the linkages on the rudder shaft.
Assemble the tail wheel cover with screw.
The sketch map of the linkages on the tail wheel and
in the fuselage.
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50
52
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53
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100mm
TP Screw (3x20mm)
6mm
100mm
6mm
6mm
Main wing joiner 1
Securely glue together. If coming off during flights, you 'll
lose control of your airplane which leads to accidents!
Cut away the shaded portion for assembling
the gear house very well.
Rib template (2mm ply)
2
Wood dowel (6x30mm)
1
6mm
6mm
8
TP Screw (3x20mm)
Epoxy the main wing together tightly.
Assemble the retract to the right place.
Drill holes to appropriate position in the wings
and epoxy wood dowels in them.
And trim holes for draging servo lines out as illustration below.
Drill holes to relevant position in the fuselage.
Epoxy the wheel house to the wings carefully.
According to the rib template drill holes to the wing
root and epoxy the wooden dowel in them.
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21
4
19
Steel wire
Copper joiner
Aluminum tube
Clevis
Add a rubber ring around the
clevis for insuring safety!
nut 6mm
25mm
40mm
10mm
40mm
25mm
10mm
Fuel tank (550cc) 1
Collar (3mm) 3
1
1
1
Tail landing gear
Tail gear supporter
Tail wheel (45mm)
2
2
2
Steel wire (0.5x3000mm)
Copper joiner
Aluminum tube(3x6mm)
1
Tail gear supporter
Clevis 2
1
1
Ply (3mm)
Nut (6mm)
1
Nose arm(3mm)
1
Tail landing gear(3mm)
TP Screw(3x20mm)
Washer (3x6mm)
4
4
Ply (6mm) 1
Collar
Tail landing gear
Collar
Collar
The sketch map when assemble the tail landing
gear to the wheel steeling mount.
1
Clevis
Washer(3x15mm)
Washer
Lock Nut (3mm )
Screw (3x30mm)
Screw (2x10mm)
Rod (2x300mm)
Plastic tube (2x1000mm)
3mm
3mm
Fiberglass pushrod
(8x650mm)
1
2x200mm Rod
2x300mm Rod
Clevis
2x200mm Rod
8x650mm Rod
250mm
250mm
Assemble the linkage rods for elevator and rudder.
110mm
20mm
Rod (2X300mm)
Heat-shrink Tube(12x30mm)
3
4
1
Plastic tube (2x200mm)
5
4
4
2
Clevis
1
Retainer
Screw (3x35mm)
2
Washer(3x15mm)
Lock Nut (3mm )
Washer(3x15mm)
1
Screw (3x80mm)
2
Screw (2x10mm)
8
TP Screw (2.3x8mm)
Ply (15x15x3mm) 8
Drill holes to appropriate position in the tail fuselage.
Install the control horn to relevant position in the elevator
and connect the linkage.
2
Plastic tube(3x50mm)
Epoxy the fuel tank to the fuselage
According to the standard position draw lines.
Install the tail landing gear.
Open a hole at the tail bottom as illustration.
Epoxy the plies to the right position and leave the
holes all open
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48
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Accessory list for the coming installation steps.

Linkage Stopper
Washer (2mm)
Washer (2mm)
Nut (2mm)
Set screw (3x4mm)
Washer (
2mm )
Set screw (3x4mm)
1
1
1
1
Fuel supply line
Fuel spray line
Air pressure line
Washer (4x8mm)
Washer (4x8mm)
Washer (4x8mm)
Screw (4x35mm)
Screw (4x25mm)
Nut (4mm)
Spring Washer (4mm)
4mm
Set Screw (3x4mm)
Set Screw (2mm)
Rod (2x400mm)
Set Screw (2mm)
Washer (2mm)
Linkage Stopper 1
1
1
1
4
Washer (4x8mm) 4
Screw (4x25mm)
Set Screw (3x4mm)
The sketch map when the engine intall completion Assembly of the fuel tank
Install the throttle servo
Assemble the throttle servo to the fuselage
Epoxy the plies to fire wall and assemble the
engine mount to them.(see 36 step)
Assemble the accelerator push rod to the engine
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38
8
42
43
60mm
90mm
Make sure hinges are
mounted in the same line.
6
Pin hinge(24x24mm)
A
B
A=A'
B=B'
A'
B'
Make sure to glue securely.
If not properly glued, a failure in flight may occur.
Temporarily fasten down the main wing and
check its correct position.
Securely glue together.If coming off during flihts,
you'll lose control of your airplane which leads
to accidents!
Mount the main wing on the fuselage.
Epoxy plies to appropriate position under the belly
parts and drill holes in relevant position .
Epoxy the drop tank to the belly parts with metal wire .
2
2
Blind Nut (6mm)
Screw(6x50mm)
The standard sketch map will be as below when the
horizontal tail install completion.
Aplly instant type CA glue to elevator and pin hinge.
4
Pin hinge(2.5x48mm)
2
Wooden Block(15x15x3mm)
1
Stab joiner(12x267mm)
6.2mm
Blind Nut 6
Pin hinge(24x24mm)
5mm
4
Matal douel (4x30mm)
1
Rib template (3mm ply)
Drill holes the drop tank
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5
Accessory list for the coming installation steps.
5mm
5mm
2
Metal wire (5x30mm)
Metal wire (5x30mm)
10mm
Keep 10mm with betueen the
belly pant and the drop tank

In case of 2-cycle & 4-cycle engine.
5.2mm
Blind Nut
Blind Nut (4mm) 4
165mm Ply (25x25x3mm) 20
4
Blind Nut (4mm)
20
Ply (25x25x3mm)
TP Screw (2.3x8mm) 5
1
Engine mount (68x105mm)
Linkage Stopper 4
4
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4
Washer(4x8mm)
Screw (4x35mm)
Spring Washer (4mm)
Nut (4mm)
1
4
Screw (4x25mm)
2
Plastic tube (2x650mm)
Securely glue together. If coming off during flights, you 'll
lose control of your airplane which leads to accidents!
2.5mm
1mm
Rudder
Tailing
edge
Cut away the rubber tube when
the epoxy glue dried.
Make sure they are in
the right position while
installing.
The front view when the engine install completion.
Drill four holes to appropriate position in the diameters
as show for engine mount.
The side view when the engine install completion.
Keep some space about 1mm width between the
vertical tailing edge and the rudder.
Assemble the rudder to the vertical tail with AB glue
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37
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Accessory list for the coming installation steps.
Make sure hinges are
mounted in the same line.
4
Pin hinge(2.5x48mm)
43mm
80mm
64mm
64mm
Securely glue together. If coming off during flights, you 'll
lose control of your airplane which leads to accidents!
Elevator
1mm
Tailing
edge
Make sure they are in
the right position while
installing.
4mm
4
Wood dowel (4x30mm)
1
Rib template (3mm ply)
4mm
Securely glue together tightky. If coming off during flights,
you 'll lose control of your airplane which leads to accidents!
2.5mm
Aplly instant type AB glue to rudder and pin hinge
Assemble the horizontal tail to fuselage as below and
take care to keep them clean.
Keep some space about 1mm width between the
elevator and horizontal tail edge.
Assemble the elevator to the horizontal tail with CA glue.
Drill two holes at the stabilizer root base on rib template
and wood dowel in them.
According to thr rib template drill holes to the tail of
fuselage as below.
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