RE: Eagle 2 ARF & 4 Stroke Engine
Elad,
Thanks for checking, and yes I am desperately looking for them. I lost my instruction manual but still have all the plans. I am not that good of a builder without instructions to know what and when I should be gluing sanding etc. I have a good idea but really need a very detailed (or at least somewhat) explaination of how to construct the two wing halves together AND how to reduce the dihedral to a A or B class wing (I am running with the C class..highest dihedral). I also wanted to add that 4th channel to the plane. Between that and building another sport plane through winter, that should suffice my RC building needs. I had alot of fun building my Eagle II.
Hey can I give you some advice? The Eagle II I built was about 11 years old so not sure if they changed this. But the gears (rear) they put on this thing through the fuse are flimsy at best! I would highly suggest two changes.
1. inside the fuse you will notice they are kept from 'popping out' by a U shaped holder system. I would suggest you glue two pieces of popsicle stick to each side then another wider piece cover both of them creating a box around the gears sticking up through. Otherwise they WILL pop out on even the more gentle landings.
2. On the underside of the fuse. Do not reinforce this too much as if you DO have a VERY hard landing they will pop out instead of ripping the FUSE apart. If anything, replace those nylon straps with something a bit more sturdy but leave the screws the same size so they will rip out if they need to instead of..as I said..ripping apart the fuse.
Like I said though, not sure how they are constructing that now. My bro's trainer has the buildup something like what I speak of, but his are actually solid wood blocks they slide into and those are glued to the fuse bottom and sides. Pretty cool looking. He has bent those thick gears far back and the blocks didnt budge. But then again his fuse sides are solid ply and not balsa'ish like mine though.
S