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3

THEGUIDE

Theguideisstructure

dso

,thatit

followsthe

bu

ildingprocessintheorderworksto

beperforme

das

fromo

ur

opinionisthenatura

lone

,to

buil

dtheVortex.Itissetupsothatyouperformasmuchworkaspossib

leon

the

first

day

,theng

luea

llw

hat

hasto

beg

lue

dwit

h24epoxyresignan

dfinis

honthesecon

dday

.O

fcourseyoucan

doit

also

dif

ferentlyifyou

deci

deto

buil

dinsma

ller

steps.Ifsojustcom

binepartso

fchaptersasyousee

fit.

3.1

THEPACKAGE

Thew

ho

lepackage

Sma

llparts

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Contentso

fthep

ackage:

Wing

(1)

fuse

lage

wit

hcanopy

(2)

elevator

(3)

rudder(

4)

Additiona

liforde

red

:

throwingpeg

(5)

0

,6mm

stee

lpushro

dfore

levator1m

0

,5mm

stee

lpushro

dforru

dder1mor0

,7mmcarbonpushro

dfo

rru

dder1m

3

/2mm

carbonro

d(170mm&150mm

)(6an

d7

)

2mmc

arbonro

d(200mm&180mm

forconnection

ba

llpan

)(8an

d9

)

be

llcran

kfore

levatorwit

hmicro

ba

llbearing6

/2,5

mm

(10an

d11

)

2

,5mm

carbonro

d56mm

fore

levator

/1

,5mmcarbonro

dforele

vator35mm

(12an

d13

)

five

ball

en

ds

largean

dfive

ba

llpans

large

(14

)

one

ball

en

dsma

llan

done

ba

llpansma

ll(15

)

twoM4

screws

forwing-f

use

lage

(16

)

twoM4

socke

dnut

(17

)

servoinsta

llation

board

(18

)

twostee

lflaperonconnectors

(19

)

rudderh

orn

(20

)

two

brass

ba

llha

dconnectors

(21

)

The

ba

llast

3

.2

PREPARINGTHEWORKINGAREA

Justa

frien

dlyadvice

Thesurfaceo

fwingsan

dtailispronetogetin

dentssotheworkingarea

shou

ldbe

laidou

twit

hso

ftfoam

be

foreyoustarttowork

.

Inthepro

duction

oftheVortexwe

havetospecia

llyta

kecarethatthe

planeisnot

damage

dsoitwou

ldbeun

fortunatethatyou

damageitin

theworkshopeven

be

forethe

first

flig

ht.


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3.3

INSTALLINGTHEWINGONTHE

FUSELAGE

3.3.1

WHATYOUNEED

Wing

,fuse

lage

,5min

.epoxy

,M4nuts

forthew

ing

,M4screws

for

thewing

,pieceo

fba

lsawoo

d,

dou

blesi

de

dtap

e,

an

distance

ho

lder

(anysuita

blemateria

l,weuseapen-

apieceo

fStyropora

lso

does

thejo

bto

),In

busscrew

drivero

fthecorrespond

ingsize

forthe

supp

lie

dscrews.

3.3.2

STEPSTOBEPERFORMED

Ta

kethepieceo

fba

lsaan

dg

lue

dou

blesi

de

dtapetoit

.T

he

distance

betweenthetapesismeasure

doptica

llyonthe

pre

dri

lle

dho

lesonthe

wing

.

Insertthenutsthatareuse

dtoscrewthewingontothe

fuse

lageintothe

pre

dri

lle

dho

lesonthewing

.Donotinsertthen

utsto

deep

becauseitis

hardtoremovethem

.

Gluethepieceo

fba

lsatothem

(wit

hdou

ble

-

side

dtape

).

Onceyou

haveg

lue

dthenutstothepieceo

f

ba

lsayouarerea

dytog

luethemintothe

fuse

lage

.

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Tog

luethenutsintothe

fuse

lageuse5min.

Epoxy

.Are

lease

agentwasa

lrea

dyapp

lie

dto

thewingan

dthe

fuse

lageontheappropriate

placessoyou

do

notnee

dtoworrya

boutthat.

App

lytheEpoxytothenutsan

dinsertthemwit

h

thepieceo

fbalsaintothe

fuse

lage

. Alignthemwiththe

ho

lesonthe

fuse

lagean

dpus

hthemthroug

h.

Usethe

distance

ho

ldertoprevent

pushingthemins

idew

henputtingon

thewing

.

Adjustthe

ho

lesonthewingtothenutsan

dscrewthe

wingtothe

fuselage

.

Becare

fulthatth

enutsarenotturne

daroun

dw

henscrewing

onthewing

.But

youshou

ldnevert

he

lessscrewittig

htlyon

.


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Becare

fultoa

djustthewingprecise

lytothefu

selage

.T

hemid

dlelineonthe

wingan

dthe

fuse

lageisagoo

dpointo

fre

feren

ce;-

).

Patientlywait

fortheg

lueto

harden;-

).

Removethewing

fromthe

fuse

lage

.To

dothispushitgentlyononesi

dean

dlift

itfromthe

fuse

lage

.

An

dyouare

finis

he

d.

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3.4

INSTALL

INGTHEBELLCRANK

Inthe

fuse

lagetw

ostee

lwiresareinserte

d.

Notethattheyarenoto

fthesam

ethic

kensoneis0

.5an

done0

.6mm

thic

k.

Forthe

horizonta

ltailusethe0

.6onew

hic

hwasinserte

dintothe

leftPTFEtu

bethenyoureceive

dthe

plane

.Ifyou

haveremove

ditnowisthetimetoinsertitintoitstu

beagain.

3.4.1

WHAT

YOUNEED

Fuse

lage

,horizon

taltail

,Dri

ll2

.5mm

,carbonro

d

2.5

mm

,carbonro

d1

.5mm

,be

llcran

k,

bearing

,san

d

paper

(granu

larit

y500

),5min

.epoxy

,superg

lue

.

3.4.2

STEPS

TOBEPERFORMED

Inthe

fuse

lagehasclearlymarke

dp

lacesw

herethe

ho

les

for

mountingthe

horizonta

ltail

haveto

be

dri

lle

d.

Usea2

.5mm

dril

lto

dri

lla

llthe

ho

les.Dri

llthe

front

ho

leexact

ly

inthecenteroft

hemarke

dp

lace

.

Dri

ll4

ho

lesinthep

lacew

herethe

backro

dmovesw

henthetail

moves.

Wit

hsan

dpaperconnectthe

dri

lle

dho

lesan

dma

kethecutout

ofthemarke

dsh

ape

San

dthe2

.5mm

carbonro

dsslig

htlysothattheywil

lfitthe

ho

lesinthe

horiz

onta

ltailseasy

buttig

htlyan

dmoveseasy

.

DONOTSANDTH

EMIDDLEOFTHE2

.5mmRODWHERETHE

BEARINGISMOU

NTED

.


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Sen

dtheen

dso

fthe1

.5mmcarbonro

djustso

muchthatyou

removethee

dge

.

DONOTSANDTHEWHOLEROD

.THEHOLESON

THE

HORIZONTALTAILAREBIGENOUGHAVERYTHIGHFITIS

WANTED

.

Topreparethe

bearing

forg

luingsan

dit

.Weus

ethemetho

d

shownonthepicture

butnorma

lsan

dpaperwi

lldoto

.

San

dthe

big

ho

leonthe

be

llcran

ksothattheb

earing

fitsinit

.

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Page12

San

dthe

be

llcran

karoun

dthe

ho

letopreparethesurface

for

gluing

.

Gluethe

bearing

intothemid

dleo

fthe

be

llcran

kwit

h5min

epoxy

.

Be

foretheg

lueh

ardensassem

bleone

ha

lfo

fthetailwit

hthe

carbonro

dsandthe

be

llcran

kasshowninthepicture

.T

hiswil

l

ensurethattheb

earingispositione

dinthecorrectposition

.

Leavetheg

lueaw

hileto

harden

.

San

dthesurface

aroun

dthe

ho

leonthe

fuse

lage

,w

herethe

be

ll

cran

kwil

lbeglue

din

,toprepareit

forg

luing

.


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Ben

dthestee

lpushro

dsthatareinsta

lle

dinthe

fuse

lage

,inthewe

llknownZ

form

,topreparet

hem

fortheconnectionwit

hthe

be

llcran

kan

dtheru

dder.

Asshownonthepicture

.T

heZshou

ldnot

bem

ore

than1

,5mm

hig

hsothatitwil

lhaveenoug

hspaceto

moveinthe

fuse

lage

.

Assem

blethe

be

llcran

kwit

hthepushro

d.

Assem

blethe

be

llcran

kwit

hthe

fuse

lageasshownonthe

picture

.

Gluetheparto

fthe

be

llcran

k(asshownonthe

picture

)thatis

movinginthecutout

from

bothsi

deswit

hsupe

rg

lue

.Ma

kesure

thatit

doesnotruntothe

bearing

.

Removethe

horizonta

ltailan

dyouare

finis

hed

.T

he

fina

lg

luingo

f

the

be

llcran

kwil

lbe

doneina

laterstepwit

h24

hourepoxy

.

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3.5

INSTALL

INGTHEVERTICALTAIL

Importantin

form

ation:

Theru

dder

boxonthe

fuse

lageissan

de

dinthemanu

facturingprocess

.We

blowoutthe

carbon

dustthat

ispro

duce

dduringsan

ding

,buttherecanstil

lbesomeresi

dueo

fit

.T

hiscarbon

dustis

hardto

remove

fromthe

tailan

dwingsurfaces.Wesuggestc

leaningtheru

dder

box

be

forestartingan

dbeingcare

ful

when

buil

ding

.

3.5.1

WHAT

YOUNEED

Ru

dder,ru

dderh

orn

,Tesapapertape

,penci

l,knife

,ru

ler,superg

lue

,ca

liper,woo

d/plastic

block

3.5.2

STEPS

TOBEPERFORMED

Whatwewantto

achieveisthatthevertica

ltailismounte

d

symmetrica

llyto

the

fuse

lage

.Toachievethisthemid

dle

pointo

fthe

fuse

lageasshowninthepicture

hasto

be

foun

d

first.Hisisare

ferencepointsothatthevertica

ltailcan

be

insta

lle

dcentere

d.


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Itcan

be

donea

lsowit

houttheTesapapertape

usingaru

ler

anmarke

ddirect

lytothe

fuse

lage

.

Nowwe

havetogettheexactmeasurements

fo

rthemounting

pointo

fthevertica

ltail

(ru

dder

box)thatismo

lde

dtothe

fuse

lage

.T

he

depthwemeasureasneartothe

fuse

lageas

possib

le.

Itshou

ldbesomew

herenear40mm.

Nextwemeasurethepart

be

lowthemid

dlepointthatwe

determine

dpreviously

.Itshou

ldbearoun

d13mm

.

At

lastwemeasurethetoppart

.Itshou

ldbearoun

d30mm

.

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Nowthatwe

hav

edetermine

dthemeasureso

ftheru

dder

box

we

havetotrans

ferethemtothevertica

ltail

.Forthis

firstwe

haveto

determin

themid

dleo

fthevertica

ltail

.Usethecarbon

stripasare

feren

ceitis

laye

doutveryprecisly

.

Tape

downthev

ertica

ltailwit

hTesapapertape

,sothatyou

wil

lbea

bleto

drawonit

.BEGENTLEWHENDRAWING

BECAUSETHESU

RFACEISDAMAGEDVERYQUICKLY

.Now

draw

the

boxontheru

dder.Usethe

distancesmeasure

dinthe

previousstep

.As

are

ference

linethecarbonstripisuse

dan

d

the

boxis

drown

para

lle

lan

drectangu

lartoit

.A

ll

measurementsareperforme

dfromthemid

dlepointthatwas

determine

dinthepreviousstep

.Onceyou

have

drawnthe

box

onthevertica

lta

il(inre

dco

lor)you

have

drawthe

boxthat

haveto

becutou

t(in

blueco

lor)

.

Thecutout

hasto

bea

litt

lesma

llerthentheru

dder

boxon

the

fuse

lagesot

hatsomesurface

forg

luingthevertica

ltailto

the

fuse

lageis

left

.

The

blue

boxsho

uldbesma

llerasthere

done

for

approximate

ly:a

tthetop5mm

,atthe

bottom8mman

dat

therearen

d5mm

.

The

dashe

dcenter

linein

blackisnotnee

de

ditwasa

dde

dfor

betterun

derstan

ding

.

Youarerea

dyto

cutoutthesma

ller

box

drown

(in

blue

)wit

ha

sca

lpe

lorverysh

arp

knife

.

Nowcare

fully

,on

cethe

boxiscutout,GENTLYon

lyforthe

thic

kenso

fthela

minateo

ftheru

dder

boxonthe

fuse

lage

,

pushinthesectio

no

fthe

boxthatisstil

lleftonthevertica

l

tail

.Ifyouarenotgentlethe

fittingwil

lnot

beprecisean

dyou

caneven

destroy

thevertica

ltail

.T

hisisnecessarytogetastep

freetransition

fromthevertica

ltailtotheru

dder

boxan

dthe

rudder

boxis

des

igne

dforsuch

fittingotherwisevertica

ltailis

tothic

k.

TheTesapapertape

hasto

beremove

dbe

forethisis

performe

d.

Otherwiseitisnotpossib

letocontro

lthatyou

have

done

.Toitinsma

llstepsan

deachtimecomparethe

resu

lttotheru

dd

er

box.


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Connectthestee

lwire

fortheservoconnection

totheru

dder

horn

.Inserttheru

dder

hornintothecut.It

has

tobe

rectangu

lartothesurfacean

ditisVERYimportantthatthe

ho

leontheru

der

hornisexact

lya

bovethe

hing

e.

Glueintheru

dder

hornwit

hassma

lldropo

fSu

perG

lue

.

Thiswasa

longone

butyouare

done

.

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3.6

INSTALL

INGTHETHROWINGPEG

3.6.1

WHAT

YOUNEED

Wing

,throwingp

eg

,Tesapapertape

,penci

l,san

dpaper,

dri

ll2

,5mm

,knife

3.6.2

STEPS

TOBEPERFORMED

Thethrowingpegisinsta

lle

din3ang

letowardsthe

fuse

lage

.

Thewingisen

for

cedattherecommen

de

dinsta

llationposition

thoug

hsomerep

ositioningispossib

letomatc

hyourpersona

l

pre

ferences.

Tape

downtheen

do

fthewing

.UseTesapapertapeasshown

onthepicture

.N

owyoucan

drawonit

.

Fin

dingthecorre

ctposition

forthethrowingpegisvery

simp

le.

Exten

dth

eline

fromthe

flaperoncutouttotheen

do

f

thewing

.

Measure2cm

fromtheintersectiono

fthis

linewit

hthee

dgeo

fthe

wingan

dyou

havethepointw

herethetrailinge

dgeo

fthethrowing

pegshou

ldbeplace

d.

Now

drawa

linerectangu

lartothepreviousone

.T

hisis

approximate

lypa

ralle

l(the

dif

ferenceisminima

l)tothe

fuse

lage

.

Nova

linethat,isatthe

lea

dinge

dgeo

fthewing

,for~3incline

d

towardsthe

fuse

lageis

drown

.

Drawstheapproximatecross-s

ection

(abitsma

lleris

better)o

fthe

throwingpegan

dyouarerea

dy

.

Dri

ll3or4

ho

lesw

herethethrowingpegisinsta

lle

dan

dsen

d

the

ho

letothecorrectshape

.In

betweentryoutthe

fittingo

f

thethrowingpeg

.T

hepageshou

ldgointothe

ho

leVERY

tig

htly

,but

dono

tbra

kethewingtipw

henpushingitin

,this

wou

ldbetootig

ht.


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Removethepapertapean

dsan

d4to5mmo

fthesurface

aroun

dthe

ho

le.

Thisisnee

de

dforg

luinginthepeg

.

Donot

forgetto

doiton

bothsi

des

(upperan

dlower)o

fthe

wing

.

Nowona

boardprepareatwopieceso

fTasapapertapean

d

cuta

ho

leintoea

choneo

fthemthatisthesizeo

fthesan

de

d

areaonthewing

.Ta

ketheTesapapertape

fromthe

boardan

d

stic

kittothewin

gasshownonthepicture

.Again

doiton

both

(upperan

dlower)si

des.

Theg

luingo

fthe

throwingpegwil

lbe

doneina

laterstepwit

h

24

hourepoxy

.


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3.7

INSTALLINGTHEFLAPERONCON

NECTIONS

3.7.1

WHATYOUNEED

Wing

,twostee

lflaperonconnectors

,dri

ll2and

4mm

,coneshape

dsan

dpaper,

caliper,Tesapapertape

,penci

l,Proxxoncutting

disc

3.7.2

STEPSTOBEPERFORMED

Protectthe

loverwingsurfacewit

hTesapapertapean

dmark

thepointsw

herethe

ho

les

forthe

flaperonconnectors

haveto

be

dri

lle

d.

Thecentero

fthe

ho

lesshou

ldbeinthe

lineofthe

flaperon

hinges9mm

leftan

drig

ht

fromthecentero

fth

ewingasshown

onthepicture

.Itisimportantthatthe

distance

isexact

otherwisethe

ba

llastcannot

beinsta

lle

d.

Dri

llthe

ho

lesstartwit

hthe2mm

dri

ll,

thenusethe4mmone

an

dthenen

largethemwit

hthesan

dpapercon

eunti

lthey

have

8mm

diameter.

Measurethe

distance

fromthe

lea

dinge

dgeof

thewingtothe

centero

fthe

dri

lle

dho

les.Itshou

ldbenear133

,7mm

.

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Nowthe

ho

lesfo

rthe

flaperonconnectorin

the

fuse

lage

have

be

dri

lle

d.

Protectthe

fuse

lageattheappropriatep

lacewit

hTesa

papertapean

dd

rawthecenterso

fthe

ho

les.

They

haveto

be133

,7mm

fromthewa

ll

wherethetrailinge

dgeo

fthewing

leanson

the

fuse

lageand

9mm

leften

drig

ht

fromthe

center.

Usethesamepro

cedureasuse

dto

dri

llthe

ho

lesintothe

lowersurfaceofthewing

.

Therearetwomore

ho

lesto

be

dri

lle

dontheouterskino

fthe

fuse

lage

forthelatermountingo

fthe

ba

llhea

ds.

The

ho

lesshould

be

dri

lle

d148

.7mm

(yourmeasure

ddistance

fromthepreviou

ssteps+15mm

)fromthetipo

fthecutout

fortheservosan

d9mm

leftan

drig

ht

fromthecentero

fthe

fuse

lage

.

Usethesamepro

cedureas

descri

be

din

thesteps

be

fore

.


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Nowtheconnector

for

flaperons

haveto

beinsta

lle

dintothe

wing

.Notetheconnectorsarea

lrea

dy

ben

dsoyou

donot

haveto

ben

dthem

butyou

havetoturnthecorrect

ly.

One

sideis

ben

drectangu

lar

(upperpicture

)an

dthe

otherisnot

(picture

be

lowmarke

dwit

hare

darrow

).T

heo

nethatis

bent

rectangu

largoesintothe

flaperon

.Herecautio

nisrequire

d

becausethe

dif

ferenceissma

ll.

Inserttheconnectionintothewingasshownonthepictures.

Ifyou

have

dri

lle

dthe

ho

lesinthesizesitwassuggeste

dyou

wil

lwit

ha

litt

letryinggetthegripan

dhavingnopro

blems

wit

hthat.

Positiontheconnectionat9mm

fromthecente

ro

fthewing

asshowninthepicture

.

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Turnthewingaroun

dma

kesuretheconnectionstaysinthe

place

.Protectthesurfacewit

hastrapo

fTesapapertapean

d

drawthepositiono

ftheconnectiontoitasshownonthe

picture

.

Dothesameont

heothersi

dewit

htheotherconnection

.

Donotswitchtheconnections

fromthispointonanymore

.

Youshou

ldgetth

eresu

ltshowninthepicture

.

Nowyoucan

drillthe

ho

lesintothe

flaperons.Youshou

lddri

ll

a2mm

ho

lerect

angu

lartothesparinthe

flaperon

.T

he

ho

le

shou

ldgothroug

hthe

frontsi

deo

fthesparan

dthew

ho

le

waythroug

hthe

spar

butshouldnotgothroug

hthe

backsi

de

ofthespar.Doth

ison

both

flaperons.

Inserttheconnectionsan

dsee

howthey

fit.T

heyshou

ldlean

ontothesparon

thew

ho

lelengthan

dtheen

dingsshou

ldnot

betooshort

.

Onthepictureyo

useeanexamp

leo

fatoo

longen

ding

.


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Page27

Iftheen

dingisto

longshortenitwit

haProxxon

cutting

disc.

Thispictureshow

howitshou

ldbean

dhowyoucancheckthe

lengtho

ftheen

ding

.

The

fina

lresu

ltshou

ldloo

kasshown

onthepicture

.Ta

keyoutimetoreach

it.

Ifthisisnot

doneproperly

fluttero

f

the

flaperonscan

betheresu

lt.

Ofcourse

dothis

for

both

flaperons.

Donot

forgetnottoswitchthe

connections.

Vortex

buil

dingguide

Page28

3.8

GLUING

THEBELLCRANK

,FLAPERONCONNECTIONS

,TH

ROWINGPEG

3.8.1

WHAT

YOUNEED

Wing

,stee

lflaperonconnectors

,throwingpeg

,fuse

lage

,24

hourepoxy

,micro-b

alloons,Tesapapertape

3.8.2

STEPS

TOBEPERFORMED

App

ly24

hourep

oxyinthe

ho

leprepare

dforthethrowingpeg

.

Insertthethrowingpeg

,wipeitcleanifsomeepoxywas

transferre

dfrom

the

ho

letoitan

da

djustitspositionsothatit

suitesyour

ha

bits.

Mixsomeo

ftheepoxywit

hmicro-b

alloonsthemixtureshou

ldnot

be

toothic

kjustsoit

doesnotrunan

dapp

lyitaroun

dthethrowingpeg

.

Donot

forgetto

doiton

bothsi

des.Youshou

ldapp

lyenoug

hto

coverthesan

ded

areaaroun

dthe

ho

le.

(Thethrowingpegwas

san

de

dw

henpro

duce

d).

Inthepicturesom

eblackepoxyco

lorwasa

dde

dtothemixtureo

f

epoxyan

dmicro-b

alloonsthatisw

hyitis

black

.


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Page29

App

lymixtureo

f24

hourepoxyan

dmicro-b

allo

onsintothe

ho

lethatwas

dri

lle

dinthe

flaperon

forthe

flap

eron

connection

.

Ma

kesurethe

ho

leis

fille

dfromthe

bottomto

thetopnotthat

justtheentryo

fthe

ho

leis

fille

d.

App

lythemicro-b

alloonsmixtureonthesparo

fthe

flaperon

an

dinsertthe

flaperonconnectionasshownon

thepicture

.

Pushtheconnectionthew

ho

lewayintothe

holean

dcoverit

wit

hmicro-b

alloons.

Vortex

buil

dingguide

Page30

Becertainthatth

emicro-b

alloonsareapp

lie

da

llthewayaroun

d

theconnection.

Fixingthe

flapero

nsasshowninthepicturean

dputtingapiece

ofStyroporunde

rtheconnectionwil

lhe

lpyoutoachievethe

desire

dresu

lt.

App

lysomemicro-b

alloonsaroun

dthe2

.5mmcarbonro

dthat

ho

ldsthe

horizon

taltail

.Ma

kethero

dis

horizonta

lan

d

rectangu

lartothe

fuse

lage

.

Hereagainweus

edsome

blackco

lor

fortheepoxy

.

Theamounto

fm

icro-b

alloonsshou

ldbejustrig

htsothatit

doesnotgotoom

uchuponthero

dotherwiseitwil

lbe

later

notpossib

letom

ountthe

horizonta

ltailtig

htlytothevertica

l

tail

.

Wait24

hours

fortheepoxyto

hardenwe

ll.

Ta

kea

brea

k.


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3.9

INSTALLINGTHEHORIZONTALTAIL

3.9.1

WHATYOUNEED

Horizonta

ltail

,fuse

lage

,ru

ler,penci

l,san

dpaper

3.9.2

STEPSTOBEPERFORMED

Firstyou

havetomil

lawaysomeo

fthemicro-b

alloonsaroun

d

the

ho

leforthe2

,5mmcarbonro

d.

Thisisnece

ssary

because

wheninthepreviousstepthecarbonro

dwasg

lue

din

,we

app

lie

dsomemicro-b

alloonsw

hic

hnowpreven

tthe

horizonta

l

tailto

bepushe

donti

lltheen

d.

Thisis

howtheresu

ltshou

ldloo

k

like

.

Itcan

benecessarytosan

dawaya

bito

fthe

fuse

lageasshown

onthepicturetoachievearea

llytig

ht

fit.

Thispicturesshow

howthe

resu

ltshou

ldloo

klike

Vortex

buil

dingguide

Page32

Nowthepartofthe

horizonta

ltailthatpreventstheru

dderto

move

hasto

bec

utaway

.Forthismountthe

horizonta

ltailan

d

markitexact

lyatthe

hinge

.

Nowcutawaytheappropriateparto

fthe

horizonta

ltailsothat

youachievetheru

ddermovementyou

desire

.Werecommen

d

cuttingitawaypara

lle

ltothea

lrea

dyprepare

dline

,butifyou

wantyoucancut

away

less

(morewe

donotrecommen

d).

Notethatthema

rkma

deinpreviousstepswasa

lsocutaway

.

Thispicturesshow

howtheresu

ltshou

ldloo

klike

An

dyouare

finis

he

d.


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Page33

3.1

0

INSTALLINGTHEBALLENDSONTHEFLAPERONCONNECTIONS

3.1

0.1

WHATYOUNEED

Wing

,two

brass

ba

llen

dconnectors

,two

large

ba

llen

ds,5min

.

epoxy

,ca

liper,Proxxoncutting

disc

3.1

0.2

STEPSTOBEPERFORMED

The

brass

ba

llen

dconnectors

have

beenprepa

reinthecorrect

lengtho

f9mmononesi

dethey

haveaM2threa

dontheother

sidethey

havea2mm

ho

le.

Firstscrewinthe

ba

llen

ds

de

livere

d.

(Thepackagecontains4

largeonesan

done

,sma

llusetwo

largeones).I

mportat:The

threadsinthebrassballendconnectorsareve

rysmall.Be

alwayscarefulwhenscrewingontheballends

toposition

themc

orrectlynottodamagethethreads.

Nowputthemonthe

flaperonconnectionsinsta

lle

dinthe

wingan

dputthewingontothe

fuse

lage

.T

heba

llen

dsshou

ld

bejustun

derthewingssurfaceasshownonthepicture

.

Ifthe

flaperonconnectionsaretwo

longan

dthe

ba

llen

dstouch

theskinorarestic

kingoutthruthe

ho

lesinthe

fuse

lage

,cut

awaysomeo

fthe

flaperonconnectionsMISSINGPICTURE

,

usingtheProxon

disccutter,sothatyouachievetheresu

lton

thepicture

.

Ifyouwerenotprecisew

hencuttingawaytheconnections

do

notan

dtheconnectorsarea

litt

letoo

deep

(butnotmorethat1

mm

)donotwarythe

ho

lesinthemare6mm

deepsoyou

do

notnee

dtopushtheontothe

flaperonconnectionsa

lltheway

downw

heng

luingthemon

.

San

dthestee

lflaperonconnectionsan

dg

lueonthe

brass

ba

ll

hea

dconnectorswit

h5minepoxy

.Ma

kesuret

ofillthe

ho

les

wit

htheg

lue

be

forepushingthemonthe

flaperonconnectors

.

Vortex

buil

dingguide

Page34

Leavethe

ba

llen

dsscrewe

donw

hileg

luingsothatyou

donot

getg

lueonthet

hrea

d.

Ifsomeexcessg

luewaspushe

douto

f

the

ho

leswipeit

off

.Bothinsta

lle

dba

llhea

dsshou

ldhavethe

same

distance

fromthewing

.T

heen

dresu

ltshou

ldloo

klike

showninthepicture

.Oncetheg

lue

has

hardene

dunscrewthe

ba

llen

ds.


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Page35

3.1

1

FABRICATINGTHEFLAPERONPU

SHRODS

3.1

1.1

WHATYOUNEED

3

/2mmcarbonro

d(170mm&150mm

),2m

mcarbonro

d

(200mm&180mm

forconnection

ba

llpan

),tw

olarge

ba

ll

en

dswit

hhousing

,2mm

dri

ll,

Proxxoncutting

disc,5min

.

epoxy

,superg

lue

,san

dpaper

(granu

larity500

)

3.1

1.2

STEPSTOBEPERFORMED

San

dthe2mmcarbonro

dssothattheywillfitintothe

3

/2mmcarbonro

ds.

Insertthe2mmcarbonro

dsintothe3

/2mm

carbonro

ds.

The

longeroneintothe

longeronean

dtheshorteroneintothe

sorteroneo

fcourse

.

Onthesupp

lie

dba

llen

dhousingsthe

ho

les

for

thepushro

ds

aretoosma

llsoyou

havetoen

largethemwith

the2mm

dri

ll.

Vortex

buil

dingguide

Page36

Nowwesuggestma

kingsomenotc

hesintothe2mmcarbonro

dsononesideas

shownonthepic

ture

Wit

h5minepoxy

fillthe

ho

leonthe

ba

llen

dhousingan

dinsertthenotc

hed

en

do

f

the2mmcarbo

nro

d.

Oncetheg

lue

hardensapp

lysomesuperg

lueonthe2mmcarbonro

d

an

dpushthe3/

2carbonro

ddowntothe

ba

llen

dhousing

.

Theresu

ltshould

loo

klikethis

.

Dothison

lyononesi

deo

fthero

dstheothersi

deyouwil

lg

luew

henyou

insta

lltheservos

.


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Page37

Page37

3.1

2

INSTALLINGTHESERVOBOARD

3.1

2.1

WHATYOUNEED

Servo

board

,fuse

lage

,san

dpaper

(granu

larity1

20an

d

500

),Tesapapertape

,ru

ler,ca

liper,5minepox

y.

3.1

2.2

STEPSTOBEPERFORMED

Gluethepapertapetotheservo

board

.Drawt

heshape

,tow

hic

hitshou

ldbesan

de

d,

tothepapertape

.Asre

ferenceusethepicture

.Ontheslimsi

dethe

boardshou

ldbe

26mminwidthan

dslig

htlyroun

de

dinthe

leng

tho

f56mm

.

San

dthe

boardintoshape

.(San

dpapergranula

rity120

)

Nowthe

boardisinshape

,itstil

lhasto

besand

edinang

leso

thattheg

luesurfaceifas

largeaspossib

le(ang

leapproximate

ly

60)

.(San

dpapergranu

larity120

)

San

dtheservo

boardon

bothsi

des.T

hew

hole

topsi

de

,

wheretheservosaremounte

d,

hasto

besande

d,

onthe

bottomsi

deon

ly5mm

fromthee

dge

haveto

besan

de

d.

(San

dpapergranu

larity500

)

Use5minepoxytog

lueintheservo

board

.Noteonthepicturenthe

bottomsi

deo

fthe

boardisturne

dup

.

Vortex

buil

dingguide

Page38

App

lytheg

lueon

thee

dgesan

dputthe

boardintothe

fuse

lage

.A

djustthetrailinge

dgeo

fthe

boardwit

hthe

back

edgeo

fthecanopy

.

Ho

lddowntheboard

fortheg

lueto

hardenenoug

h.

Youare

done

.Th

een

dresu

ltshou

ldloo

klikeinthepicture

.


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Page39

3.1

3

INSTALLINGTHESERVOS

3.1

3.1

WHATYOUNEED

Fuse

lage

,flaperonpushro

ds,three

large

ba

llen

dswit

hhousing

,onesma

llba

llen

dswit

hhousing

,servos,p

enci

l,

cutting

disc,2mm

dri

ll,

5min

.epoxy

,superglue

(M2

han

dtapifyou

have

).PICTURENEEDED

3.1

3.2

STEPSTOBEPERFORMED

Mountthe

ba

llen

dsintotheservo

hea

d.

Ifyou

have

,usethe

M2

han

dtaptopreparethrea

ds

forthe

ba

llend

s.Asshownon

thepicture

.Ifnotscrewthe

ba

llen

ds

direct

lyin

tothep

lastic

.

Usetwo

large

ba

llen

ds.

Ifyou

have

loo

ke

dcare

fullyyou

havenote

dtha

tthe

four

large

ba

llen

ds

supp

lie

dare

dif

ferent.Two

have

beensan

de

dsothatthere

havemorespace

tomoveinthe

housings,twoarestan

dardones

.T

hestan

dardonesare

mounte

dontheservos.

Thesan

de

dba

llen

ds

haveto

bemounte

donth

ewingsi

de

.

Exc

hangethe

ba

llen

dsnow

(ta

kethemoutoft

he

housing

)ifthey

have

been

switche

dbe

fore

.

Vortex

buil

dingguide

Page40

Be

foreprocee

din

go

fwit

hfinis

hingo

fflaperonpushro

dsitisnecessarytopu

t

assem

bletheVortexan

dputa

llequipmentintothecanopyan

da

djustits

positionssothat

the

desire

dCGisreache

d.

Ifitcannot

bereache

dyoucana

dd

someweig

htint

henose

later.

Putonthewinga

ndmountthepushro

dstothewing

.T

hepushro

dsare

mounte

dsothat

the

ba

llen

dsareputintotheir

housingsan

dthentheyare

screwe

dontheb

rass

flaperonconnectorswit

ha1

.5mm

hex

key

.

Putthe

ba

llend

housingsonthe

ba

llen

dsw

hic

hareinsta

lle

dontheservosa

nd

inserttheservos

intothe

fuse

lage

.Putthemtotheirinsta

llationp

laceassho

wn

inthepicture

.

Whentheservos

arecentere

dthe

flaperonsshou

ldbe

de

flecte

d

down

from6to8

mm

.T

hisisnee

de

dtoreachthemaximum

bra

ke

de

fection

.

Wit

hapenci

lmarktheappropriate

lengtho

fthepushro

ds.

Removethepush

rods

fromthe

fuse

lagean

dthe

ba

llen

dhousings

fromtheservos.

Cutthepushro

dontotheappropriate

lengthan

dma

kesomenotc

hesinto

themasshowno

nthepicture

Onthesupp

lied

ba

llen

dhousingsthe

ho

les

forthepushro

dsaretoosma

ll

soyou

havetoen

largethemwit

hthe2mm

dri

ll.


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Page41

Wit

h5minepoxy

fillthe

ho

leonthe

ba

llen

dhousingan

dinsertthenotc

he

den

do

f

the2mmcarbonro

d.

Theresu

ltshou

ldloo

klikeshownonthepicture

.

Insta

llthepushro

dsagainan

dinserttheservos

intothe

fuse

lage

.Mountthe

pushro

dstotheservos.

Nowyouarerea

dytog

lueintheservos.De

flectone

flaperon

for6to8mm

down

.

Positiontheservoontoits

fina

lposition

(donot

forgettocenterit

)an

dg

lueitin

wit

hsuperg

lue

.

Werecommen

dthattheservos

for

flaperonsareg

lue

dinwit

houtwrappingthem

intopapertapeoranythinge

lse

(assometimes

isdone

).Wenotice

dthatwrappe

d

servosten

dtomoveinthewrappingan

dpro

blemswit

hcenteringo

fthe

flaperons

resu

lting

fromthatmovement.

Nowtheservos

forthe

horizonta

lan

dverticaltail

haveto

beinsta

lle

d.

Notethatwe

haveinsta

lle

dtheservo

for

the

horizonta

ltailnearertothe

flaperonservos

butyoucaninsta

lltheservo

forthevertica

ltail

first.A

lsob

e

care

fulthatyouwil

lbe

latera

bletoinsta

lltheb

atteryan

dthereceiver.

Mountthe

ba

llen

dstotheservos

forthevertica

lan

dhorizonta

ltailthesamewayas

descri

be

dforthe

flaperon

servos.Usethe

large

ba

llen

donthevertica

ltailservo

.

Cutthestee

lwiresw

hic

hareuse

dtomovethe

horizonta

lan

d

vertica

ltailtoanappropriate

lengthan

dg

lueth

emintothe

ba

ll

en

dhousings

(san

dthem

be

fore

)asshownont

henexttwo

pictures.

The

ba

llen

dhousing

forthevertica

ltail

hasabigenoug

hho

le,

ma

kea

looponthestee

lwire

be

foreg

luingitin

wit

h5min

.

epoxy

(san

dthewire

be

foreg

luing

).

Vortex

buil

dingguide

Page42

The

housingo

fth

esma

ller

ba

llen

dhasasma

ller

ho

lesojust

twisttheen

doft

hewire

be

foreg

luingitintothe

housingwit

h

5min

.epoxy

(san

dthewire

be

foreg

luing

).

Placetheservosontheappropriatepositionintothe

fuse

lge

an

dg

luethemwit

hsuperg

lue

.Werecommen

dthattheservo

forthe

horizonta

ltailisg

lue

dinwit

houtwrappingitintopaper

tapeoranything

else

.

Nowthereisonlyonething

leftto

do

.G

lueinthePTFEtu

besinw

hic

hthestee

lwiresarerunning

.T

hePTFEtu

bes

areg

lue

dinonth

ew

ho

lelengtho

fthe

fuse

lageexceptin

frontpart

.Hereyo

uhavetog

luethemtothesi

deso

f

the

fuse

lagewith

5min

.epoxy

.Ma

kesurethatthetu

besareenclose

dwit

ha

litt

leg

lue

.

Note:

Someprob

lems

have

beennotice

dw

heng

luingtheminwit

hsuperglu

e.

Thestee

lwiresw

herenotrunning

smooth

lysowea

dvisenottousesuperg

lue

.


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Page44

3.1

4

INSTALLINGTHEBALLAST

3.1

4.1

WHAT

YOUNEED

Fuse

lage

,carbon

ba

llasttu

be

,5min

.epoxy

,san

dpaper,onep

lastictie

.

3.1

4.2

STEPS

TOBEPERFORMED

4

SETTING

UPTHEVERTEX

4.1

CENTER

OFGRAVITY

4.2

CONTRO

LSURFACETHROW

4.2.1

LAUCH

4.2.2

THERM

A

4.2.3

SPEED

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