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Battery packs You should use 2 battery packs on the receiver for safety reasons. If a battery, switch, plug or regulator fails, you will lose your plane if you only have one power system. We suggest two 2-cell packs on the receiver and one 4-cell pack with dual leads for the turbine starter system. |
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Servo wire extensions - 22 ga with gold plated plugs |
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TBM Wire Keepers Keep your wires and tubes in orderly fashion with these wire keepers from TBM. The set includes 6 identical pieces. The clips have sticky tape on them already, though they can be removed and glued again using E-6000 glue in another spot if desired. Each clip can hold up to 8 servo wires or several air, propane, gas, fuel or kerosene lines and tubes. The diameter is 1/4" when snapped shut. The tab with the hole for a screw can be cut off if desired. The clip can be opened easily to add more wires or tubing as required. The base is 1/2" x 1" as shown. Weight is almost nil. |
 (Power Expander in an F-86)  (Smart-Fly Turbo Regulator)  (Smart-Fly Power Expander) |
Switches and RegulatorsYou should use 2 packs on the receiver for safety reasons. If a battery, switch, plug or regulator fails, you will lose your plane if you only have one power system. If you use Nicads or Nimh batteries you will just need switches, if you use LiIon batteries you will need switches and regulators.It is recommended to use an upgraded power system like the Power Expander and Turbo Regulators. These will get more power to the servos during high energy maneuvers. I set the input voltage to 6.5v to get the maximum torque and speed from my servos. The Power Expander has its own switch. You have a choice of the Pin & Flag (which I like) or the slider switch. |
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Turbine Engine Small fuel line (10') (Plus high temp tubing for installing smoke) |
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Fuel Line |
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ABELL FUEL PUMP Makes filling your tank quick and easy. A 2.5 gallon Kerosene tank is recommended. |
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Fuel Filter Recommended: Dubro in line. |
| SERVOS & LINKAGE | |
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Servos |
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Servo Linkages |
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CANOPY GLUE - E-6000 This is an excellent adhesive. It is similar to a silicone glue though it seems to work much better in many applications. I use it to glue on canopies or to glue wire keepers in place. Any excess glue, when dry, can simply be removed by rubbing it with a finger. This balls up the excess and it is gone with no residue. Parts will stay in place permanently, though if you want to remove them later, it is possible. |
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Midwest Products Stand This portable workstation easily adjusts to 3 widths, 4", 7", and 11". It is 27" wide at the base and is 31" tall. |
WARNING - Gasoline and Turbine powered aircraft are not manufactured to withstand unlimited G's. Any aircraft can fail, be it a wing folding up or a fuselage breaking in half under too high of a load. Just as any full size aircraft, model aircraft have a maximum G rating. Because you are not in the plane flying it and experiencing the G's and reading the G-meter, it is more difficult to judge the G's on the aircraft, and it is very easy to exceed the limits of the aircraft. Understand that if you perform a snap roll, parachute, wall, blender, knife edge loop, or pull hard on the elevator at almost any speed, you can be putting in excess of 15 G's, even in excess of 30 G's, and most aircraft can only designed to take 10-12 G's. If you perform any violent maneuver, you can break your plane. When I perform hard maneuvers, especially for the first time on an airframe, I am prepared for a failure and am prepared for it as best I can be. This mainly includes performing the maneuver far enough away from spectators that in event of a failure that I am not endangering others. In addition, be prepared for the manufacturer to not pay for a new airframe which is broken during flight. It is common practice for any manufacturer to not replace an airframe which breaks in the air or upon landing. I have only seen manufacturers replace airframes when they have received many of the same failures and the manufacturer determines that there was a design or manufacturing error. If you break an airframe, and you are the only one to do so, then it is probably not the fault of the manufacturer. Please fly safely, and avoid full throttle operation other than at low airspeeds.
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