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Instructions
Main Rotor Housing
Hold the main rotor housing diagonally while inserting it into the main flybar seesaw holder. Push the pre-assembled collar pieces into the two larger flybar holes, and screw the assembly into the rotor housing with collar screws. Don't tighten too much so that the seesaw can still pivot.
Glue bearings into the ends of the seesaw flybar unit; use the anaerobic retainer, labeled R48 in your kit.
Use the green metal tubular adhesive (R48) to attach two pins into the bottom of the rotor housing.
Assemble the SF Mixing lever. Glue collars into either side of the center hole, and screw a linkage ball into the two ends using a cross screw and purple Screwlok (T22). Make two units.
Attach the mixing levers to the sides of the seesaw flybar. They should face in opposite directions, with the short end of one meeting the longer end of the other. Make sure all three parts can still pivot freely.
Assemble two main rotor holders. Place two 693ZZ bearings into the holder, and glue them with R48. Attach a collar in the back the same way. Use Screwlok to keep the linkage ball in place with a cross screw. Make two of these.
Insert the feathering shaft into the top of the main rotor housing, and keep in place with a pair of O-rings on either side. Slide an aluminum collar onto the ends. There are two different collars you can use: one is 2.5-mm deep, the other is 1.5-mm. The thinner collar is recommended for beginner flyers.
Screw the main rotor units onto the feathering shaft using a washer, a socket screw, and a small amount of Screwlok.
Screw the head stopper onto the top of the rotor housing using a 6-mm screw and a dab of Screwlok.
Build the metal washout linkages. Use R48 to glue a collar into one side of the main flybar unit. Place a 0.2-mm washer between that and another collar on the other side. Screw the flybar linkage onto the short end of the flybar using a collar screw. Attach a linkage ball to the longer end of this unit as with the other linkage balls. Make two of these units.
Using a collar screw and two 0.5-mm washers each, screw the linkage units to the main washout base.
Attach the washout to the pins on the bottom of the main rotor housing, then push the main shaft into the bottom. The linkage pieces will meet with the swashplate on the main shaft.
Screw a large socket screw into the side of the main rotor housing, and keep it in place with a corresponding nut and some Screwlok.
Power System
Attach the B linkage rods to the control beams, on the center knob. Make two of these, and screw them onto a metal T-type control arm, using Screwlok and a cross screw.
Push the paddle arm through the rotor housing and place the control arm unit around the main rotor. Attach it at the other end with another control arm and some Screwlok.
Attach the optional flybar weights to the ends of the flybar rod. Make sure the rod is evenly placed in the rotor housing. Attach the flybar paddles to the end. Rotate them in a clockwise direction to attach.
Attach the carbon rotor blades using a socket screw and a nut to either of the rotor holders.
Connect the uppermost linkage balls to those on the seesaw bar using A-type linkage rods. Connect the B-type rods to the washout base. Screw D-type between the washout base and the swashplate. Place an M-, N- and O-type rod on the swashplate ends as well.
Main Frame
Screw the main shaft mounts into the side of an upper carbon frame piece, gluing the main bearings inside. Attach the upper and lower bearing cases to the back of the machine, around the tail gear assembly. Connect the battery mounting plate to the front of the frame as well.
Attach a frame mounting bolt and the tail boom stiffener to the sides of the frame. Screw the other side frame plate to the model so it creates a large frame for the helicopter. Make sure the screws are tight, held in place with Screwlok, but not too tight to avoid stripping.
Attach the pre-assembled lower frame to the bottom of the upper frame using screws and Screwlok.
Attach the canopy mounting bolts and anti-rotation brackets on the side of the machine.
Install the motor through the hole in the bottom of the device. Attach the two servos on opposite sides of the frame.
Assemble the main gear unit. Insert the one-way bearing into the one-way bearing shaft, lubricate and sandwich between the main drive gear and the auto-rotation tail drive gear. Place the shaft ring at the top.
Place this gear unit inside the main frame, near the center, so that it meshes with the motor's gear. Push the main rotor shaft through the gears and hold them in place with a screw and nut.
Connect the linkage rods to the servo motors, and screw the swashplate into the anti-rotation bracket.
Build and attach the skids to the bottom of the frame.
Tail Rotor Section
Attach the tail rotor arm to the ball link unit using screws.
Connect this arm unit to the tail boom and tail unit.
Use Screwlok to attach the tail rotor blades to the tail rotor holders. Place this unit on the tail rotor shaft and screw it in place with R48 and an M3 Screw.
Connect the ball links to the linkage balls on the rotor.
Screw the tail fin onto the other side of the tail rotor.
Attach the tail stabilizer and tail booms to the middle of the tail rotor. Install the tail servo mount at the end of the tail boom.
Attach the tail section to the body of the helicopter with some screws. Attach the tail belt around the main tail gear shaft.
Wire the servos into the receiver using the connections attached to the end of the wires. Run the wires through the body of the helicopter, but make sure they don't interfere with any of the moving parts. Attach the receiver to the bottom of the helicopter.
Mount the battery on the battery mounting plate.
Cover the front of the helicopter with the canopy. Screwing it into the canopy mounting screws.