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HyperFlight.co.uk Blaster 2 Assembly Guide

Blaster 2 Assembly Guide

by Martin Bell

AMT (All Moving Tail) & Fin/Rudder Assembly

Fix wing to fuselage assembly using 3mm set screws supplied. Be careful when

tightening these single slot head screws so as not to let the screwdriver slip off the

screw head as the wing can be easily damaged by a wandering screwdriver head!

HINT: Replacing the supplied screws with cross-head or Allen key headed screws is

an option you may like to consider if you intend removing and re-fitting the wing panel

for transport of the model.

HINT: At this stage it is a good idea to make sure that the flaperons clear the tail boom

properly when they are moved downward. Any minor adjustment required is easily

done by elongation the holes in the wing pylon mount a tiny amount with a small round

needle file.

Fix AMT (All Moving Tail-plane) to the V-mount using the special screw supplied.

Slide AMT / V-mount assembly on to tail boom and adjust position until rear of AMT is

approximately 5mm from front of fin slot in the boom AND perfectly horizontal in

relation the mounted wing panel.

Very carefully apply a very small amount of thin cyano adhesive to the V-Mount at the

boom joint. Be very careful not to allow the cyano to run up the V-mount and into the

precision bearing assembly that carries the tail-plane.

Remove the tail-plane and the wing panel and place to one side.

HINT: It is a good idea to keep all panels in their foam bags when not actually working

on them. To make it MUCH easier to remove from and place in the foam bag, simply

place a small length of masking tape between the trailing edges of the flaperons at

their centre position.

Trial fit the fin / rudder assembly to the rear of the boom leaving 70mm of the fin below

the bottom of the tail boom. When happy with the positioning, tape or hold the fin at

precisely 90 degrees to the AMT and at 90 degrees to the top of the boom before

carefully applying thin cyano or epoxy adhesive to the joint. If using cyano make sure it

does not run onto the inner foam section of the fin. When dry remove the AMT and

place to one side in its foam cover. To reinforce this area we recommend the boom

just in front of the fin is wrapped in several turns of kevlar (or other strong) thread.

HINT: If in doubt at all about using cyano in any part of the assembly, 5 minute epoxy

is certainly an option, at the cost of a small amount of extra weight and the need the

hold components in place for 5 minutes when the adhesive sets.