Tank mount goes behind the tube. It should also be glued to the wingtube sleeve for additional stiffness.

Vector rods need to be trimmed slightly. Degrease the threaded rods very well, then hysol them into the carbon tubes with an adhesive you really trust. If those pullout it's game over.

Carbon rods over the threaded rod just free float. They're provided to increase the stiffness of the threaded rods, so they can't buckle under extreme loads. Most critical for the flaps. There is a manual that is mostly pictures that you can get through your rep.

I am thinking to get a Diablo for 3d flying. For pilots who had flown 3d both gasoline plane and 3d jet, could you give me some ideas on how easy is to learn 3d flying on turbine jet vs gasoline plane? If you can hover a gasoline plane comfortably, how easy is it to do the same maneuver in Jet?

Once set up easier. But you must trim the vector pipe position before expecting the gyro the hold the hover.

We are now going to have 5 of these at our field.. this should be fun! All vector thrust except one. Need to get mine finished!

We now have seven, 4 vector and 3 non.

Happy to report I had a very successful maiden day yesterday. It was extremely hot, but if I didn't fly it yesterday I would have had to wait another two weeks. I used the setup page for the most part for throws and rates. I'm right on at 9% nose wheel weight with the UAT full and main tank empty and it's just very slightly nose heavy which is perfect for me. This is a GREAT way to do CG, super simple and you don't need to measure anything really. The plane has an insanely locked in feeling in normal flight, shocking really how locked in it feels. I have the Kingtech 210 G5 in it and what an impressive engine. It's like you're flipping on a light switch and almost instantly it's running, ​​​​just so cool! Here's a couple pre-maiden pics... really looking forward to flying this plane a lot!

6 flights on it now. A few pics from last weekend.. we are lucky to have a pro-photographer in our club.

Few shots AP took of the thread starter last weekend at Elvington Jets. In just over a year of flying I have done nothing to the Diablo. All the equipment is the same, mainly charging Rx packs-JetCat take care of the ECU pack and Electron sip so little power I get more than one flying session out of a charge on the Retract Li-Po.
I’ve been helping customers who are not 3-D pilots set up the Diablo, it does not need very much elevator travel for normal flight programme-Take off, aerobatics, landing. 20mm movement is enough.

I love the look of the Diablo.. Very cool.
Got to see my first G5 last weekend. I really couldn't believe how fast it started. Super impressive.
Started my old K100 shortly after and wondered if there was something wrong with it

Love the color scheme CAMSS69. For the guys running thrust vector what CG are you set at ?

I’m at 9.0% nose weight. First time doing the CG this way but if your UAT is full and main tank empty and you have 9% of the total weight on the nose gear, it will fly very well. Just ever so slightly nose heavy..

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I'm starting to build mine next month. I plan on using my Powerbox Core radio with Mercury SR2 and I SAT gyro. This will be my first 3D jet. Can someone please share their set up of the gyro commands in normal and hover modes. Any other tips would also be appreciated.

Thanks

If this is your first 3D jet, I’d recommend building it with a cortex. Specifically for thrust vectored jets, they’re extremely easy to setup and will decrease your setup time significantly. I’m an iGyro users in all other airplanes except for the ones with vectors that are meant to hover. Additionally, aim to keep this airplane as light as possible. Opt for a pioneer instead of a Mercury, you don’t need the added functionality of the Mercury especially if you go for a cortex.

Are you using a Powerbox Core as well?

It says he is using Core. But Cortex is not a requirement to hover as a first time 3-D pilot, there are plenty of people using the iSat with perfect results.
Flight control gain 40% Vector pipe gain 200% (maximum)
I would also stick with the Mercury SR2, there are plenty of reasons it is better. Boosted signal, constant voltage to servos throughout the days flying, the set up assistant will also make things easier. Diablo needs the small difference in weight up front anyway.

Thanks for the replies. Do you put the thrust vector in heading mode or rate mode. What is the good way to activate the Thrust vectoring?

Vector in rate mode. Three position switch, the third position activates the vector servos and gyro.

Talk to Powerbox America, they can guide you through the set up.

Four of the 7 Diablo models in my local club.

My way of balancing everything except wings on, this fuel in tank and it balances middle of tube.

We have a Diablo in our flying field and it has tendency to tip stall during recovery from flat spin and also at landing, any ideas what cause it?

What weight? What balance position, how much elevator movement?

The Diablo does not need to land nose high, it is light and has huge inlet/flap drag. If you chop the power before touch down on a day with any head wind it will stop flying really quickly. Many of my customers find it better when we reduce the elevator travel at full flap for landing to 20mm maximum. Expo should also be lower to give a more linear feel on the elevator.

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Dave, do you balance it without the wings with the nose wheel down? I assume yes but wanted to double check. Thanks.

No this is nose gear up.landing fuel. Tails on and canopy. Middle of wing tube.

For most pilots reduce the elevator travel for landing-actually with any flap you do not need much elevator movement.
Also if you are not going to do 3-D you don not need much movement