Hi All,
Well I spent about seven hours putting together my first RC plane, a Hangar 9 Alpha .40, they say it can be done in two hrs, and Im sure they're right, but since this is my first plane I really took my time with it. It went together pretty easy except for screwing on the tail section
the way it goes together you need about three hands. The two screws that hold on the tail section have to go through the fuselodge, and the elevator rod runs right down the middle of the fuselodge, that coupled with there being no room at all in the fuselodge made it a bit of a head scratcher. Also when I put the wing halves together there is a hollow metal tube, and a small metal pin that lines up the wing halves
The small metal pin was just a hair off which made putting the wing halves together impossible, so I took out a very small finishing file, and filed around the pin, it did'nt take much, I used my dial calipers and check it before I started fileing and after I was done, I did'nt even take off a thousands on the pin, after that she fit like a glove. I then followed the advice from you guys, and my instructor, and glued the halves together with 30 min epoxy and used masking tape to help hold the halves together. All the servos are connected and everything seems to work as it should, but Im going to take the plane to the hobby shop where the guy who will teach me how to fly works and have him go through the plane before she goes on her maiden flight. I do have on question though, this plane is BIG, I put up a shelf to store the wing.
But is it OK to hang the plane on a wall, I thought I would put a hook in the wall and hang the plane from the tail section with the landing gear facing the wall, but Im not sure if the fuselodge is too heavey to hang the plane from the tail section? Any advice will be greatly appriciated.
Thanks,
Paul