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Removal of seat for access to the lower part of the cockpit Installation of elevator servo Push the seat gently forward and lift up. The seat slides on the cockpit deck rails. Radio installation The radio gear is all installed in the center of the fuselage under the decking with the two tanks. The front tray is intended for the receiver, the battery and the switch. Make compartments on the tray to suit your equipment. The rear tray is the servo tray, rudder and elevator servos horizontal and the wingwarping servo vertical close to the center pylon. The elevator is actuated via the left steering wheel on the side of the cockpit. The wingwarping servo is connected directly to the lower actuating bar on the landing gear. See details in installation sketches. The throttle servo is facing forward and has a pushrod to the throttle on the left hand side of the engine. Make sure to run the arial away from or not paralell with the wires! You can let it hang out from below and hook it to the tail skid. Installation of rudder servo Installation of wing warping servo Installation of servos, tank, battery and receiver. The wing warping servo is installed in the lower part of the fuselage. The trottle servo is installed in the forward tray. The tank is positioned at the side of this servo. The elevator servo and rudder servos are installed rear servo tray. Battry pack and receiver are positioned under the front tray tray. The switch is mounted on the decking between the two tanks. 1. Attach a ball link head to the rudder bar in the appropriate hole. You may have to enlarge the holes to take the screw from the ball link (Dubro #189 set of 2). 2. Install the servos for rudder and elevator and temporarily connect the servo arms to the ball links. Deflection for elevator is 20° up and down and for rudder 30° right and left.. 3. Install and connect the throttle servo in the fashion you prefer. 4. Install the tank in the available space in front of the radio and throttle servos.. 5. Install the wingwarping servo in the lower part of the fuselage. The servo arm attaches to the Kwicklink allready installed on the wingwarping connection wires. Deflection should be 1 inch up and down measured at the wingtip. 6. Fasten the upper servo tray and make the final connections. 7. Install the radio switch on the decking board. 8. Place the receiver and the battery pack in the Antoinette VII ARF 8
upper tray, wrapped in foam rubber and secure with rubber bands. Assembly of the Antoinette VII All parts have been assembled at the factory and only disassembled for packing and transportation. The fuselage is manufactured in 2 parts, the front and the rear. The rear part has the tail feathers attached and the control wires ready to be hooked up with the corresponding levers in the front fuselage. Rudder and elevator wires are factory adjusted but may need some tensioning adjustment after a while. To access the cockpit flooring and to join the fuselage parts it is necessary tp temporarily remove the pilot's seat. See sketch. 1. Join the fuselage halves by pushing the rear part with the protruding pegs into the front part. Secure with 3 nylon screws from the front part side and tighten so that the rear part is firmly attached. Don't over tighten. This will break the nylon screws. In the event of a crash, these screwes are intended to brake and can easliy be replaced. See sketch. 3. Attach the elevator wires and the rudder wires. Check the action of elevator and rudder. The elevator is actuated with the right side steering wheel and the rudder with the rudder bar. Suggestion for dummy engine installation in combination with RCV 90. Note the extension of the propeller shaft, made of aluminum. As the front of the Antoinette is rather pointed this engine alternativ is the most suitable if you wish to hide the engine reasonably well. 4. Push the wing halves into the holes in the fuselage. 5. Attach the upper wing wires by inserting the screws in the upper pylon and securing them with the 2 mm nuts. Install the lower (flying) wires and secure the kwick-links. See sketch. 6. Install the upper wing warping wires and make sure that they run freely through the pulley. Now attach the lower wing warping wires and make sure that they make half a loop on the pulley. Check the wing warping with the warping actuator. 7. Install the wheels on the shaft and secure with the stoppers. Balancing The center of gravity / balancing point should be approx. 4" = 10 cm from the leading edge of the wing at the wing root. This aircraft has a very long nose moment and tends to be nose heavy. Make adjustments by moving battery and other parts towards the rear. Add lead in the tail if necessary. Dummy engine A dummy of the Antionette 50 hp water cooled V-8 engine is supplied. Also a scale propeller is attached to the dummy engine for display. Flying Flying characteristics are very special and no aerobatic manoeuvers suggested. Set the elevator at zero angle for the first flight but be prepared to give down elevator if the model climbs out too steep. This model should fly of the ground and not be pulled by the propeller. The climb out is shallow and the landing approach should also be shallow. Take-off should be done straight into the wind and the take-off run is relatively short. Make corrections with elevator and rudder. The wing-warping during takeoff is slow and not so effective but in flight responsive enough. Turns should be executed using coordinated wing-warping and rudder/elevator. Use gentle handling during approach and make the landing straight into the wind. On the ground, taxing, unless very calm weather, should only be attempted with assistance at the wing tips (as per prototype). Happy landings! Antoinette VII ARF 9
Page 1 and 2: Antoinette VII early 1912 French Pi
Page 3 and 4: Details of the AntoinetteVII in the
Page 5 and 6: Artist's rendition of the Reims air
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