Hyperflight Blaster 2 - Radio, Battery and Regulator Installation

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HyperFlight.co.uk Blaster 2 Assembly Guide

Wing Panel Preparation and Servo Fitting

The aileron servos can be fitted in the pod and the ailerons actuated by long pushrods,

or the servos can be fitted in the wing. This manual describes the latter method, but

Vladimir's Models now recommends all the servos are mounted in the pod, mainly to

reduce the need for nose ballast for CG placement, and thus reduce the flying weight.

Don't be concerned that there isn't any visible carbon reinforcement for the aileron

horns when using pod mounted aileron servos.

Be very careful when working on the Wing Panel not to damage the upper or lower

surfaces. Always ensure that the wing is resting on a soft, resilient material, (such as

the foam bag that the wings came in), at all times. There is no doubt that the vast

majority of minor damage to this type of model occurs during build and later through

careless handling.

Cut out pre-defined servos access holes in underside of wing using a sharp scalpel

blade and steel straight edge. Make sure that you leave a 3mm lip, which will enable

the servos covers to be fitted flush with the underside of the wing when the servo

installation is complete. It is ALWAYS a good idea to place masking tape on any panel

before cutting as this helps prevent the tool being used slipping out of position and

damaging the surrounding surface.

Prepare your selected wing servos by removing the mounting lugs and wrapping in two

layers of masking tape. Fit and adjust the servo output arms to achieve required travel

and trial fit to ensure position of servos is correct relative to the re-enforced areas in

the flaperons that take the control horns. Also make sure that the servo output arm

sweep is adequate. Ensure that servos are in their neutral position before securing in

place with 5-minute epoxy. Make sure that the side of the servo butts up against the

main spar. (This is to ensure that the main servo loads are transmitted into the spar

and not the wing skin.)

Use masking tape to cover the re-enforced areas on the flaperons, mark out and cut

the slots for the control horns, exactly in line with the servo output arms. Secure the

control horns in place with epoxy adhesive. Make up control linkages by cutting the

long wire in half. Bend the halves into L shapes. Trim the carbon tube if necessary.

Centre the servo, test fit the linkage, and cyano the wire long L sides into the carbon

tube. Fix the linkage in place with keepers or short pieces of tubing cyanoed in place.

Ensure the underside of wing/flaperons is perfectly in line in neutral servos position.

Radio, Battery and Regulator Installation

There is so much room on the mounting plate in the sheath nose and it is so

accessible, that a wide variation of installation possibilities exist, some of which are

shown in the photographs below. Whatever system or installation you decide upon,

remember to try and arrange the component parts so that the minimum of nose weight

is required to balance the model at 78mm back from the leading edge of the wing

panel.

Use an appropriately short arm on the elevator servo so that is does not have to be

rated down. If this is not done a glitch could cause extreme AMT pushrod deflection,