FB Jets FEI BAO Assembly Manual

mounting servos in jet airframes as vibrations are not an issue. � Align the servo shaft by using your receiver or servo driver to find the servos neutral point and then attach the heavy-duty servo arm with the arm placed as shown in Photo 17. � Mount the rudder servo to the bulkhead position as shown in photo 19 & 20 using socket headed wood screws; the arm will be facing towards the rear of the fin. Verify that the cup receptacle follows the arched cutout in the fuselage. Hint: a ratchet typ ...

� Using your receiver or servo cycler power up the servo and set it at neutral. Attach the control arm at a vertical position. Mount servo in fin as shown in photo 27. The slot may need to be enlarged in size slightly with a small file if the servo arm binds. � Secure control horn with adhesive and let cure. � Construct linkage as shown in photo 29 &30. After adhesive is dry remove fixture. The servo installs with the top of the servo mounting tabs making contact with the servo rails, if the se ...

� The cockpit tubs come pre-trimmed and painted with a gloss black finish and should simply drop into place; if desired you can paint the tubs with flat black or grey. � The canopy also comes pre-fit at the factory and should be latched in place. � You can glue the tubs to the canopy if desired. � Step 16: Tail Accessories � Bolt the exhaust cones to the aft firewall. � Bolt the center section to the aft fuselage. � Reference photo 97, this completes the aft fuselage work. Step 17: Ordinance � The mounting locations for the ordinance are predrilled from the ...

unit. � 4-40 Allen head bolts and blind nuts were used for this build; drill out each hole to be large enough for the blind nut. Insert these from the top and snug them down with one of the bolts. Apply a little CA to the back of the blind nuts sparingly to hold them in place after the blind nut installation is complete reinsert the retract unit and bolt in place, Loctite® bolts into blind nuts. Step 9: Gear Doors Airline connections There are seven operating gear doors on the Rafale, three ...

glue in the mock up servo fixture with the mounting blocks as shown in photo 27. Make sure not to get glue on the mock up servo fixture or it will be difficult to remove later. � After the adhesive has cured on the mounting blocks remove the mock up servo fixture. Blocks that will be glued into place Servo Fixture Photo 26 Photo 25 ...

The production kit that was used for this manual had the servo bay cut outs position far back towards the TE of the wing; this creates a height issue when using standard sized servos and the stock flat hatches; see Photo 9. The kit was also supplied with extra raised hatches to help solve this issue. I will cover the servo installation with the raised hatches in this manual; however, for the model that I built I devised a method to utilize the flat hatches. This required structural modifications not covered in this manual (see Photo 10 for preview) and is covered in det ...