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INDEX
Section Description Page
Section Description Page
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Radio System Requirements (not included) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Engine Requirements (not included) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Building Supplies (not included) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Tools Needed to Assemble the JR Vibe 90 3D (not included) . . . . . . . 6
Field Equipment Required (not included) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Hardware Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1-1 Clutch Bell/Start Shaft Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1-2 Elevator Arm Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1-3 T-Arm Lever Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1-4 Fuel Tank Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2-1A Main Frame Assembly:Bearing Block/Clutch Installation . . 11
2-1B Elevator Arm Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2-2 Main Frame Assembly: Cross Member Installation . . . . 13
2-3A T-Lever Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2-3B Elevator Control Arm Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2-4 Main Frame Assembly: Engine Mount/Cross Member
Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2-5 Main Frame Assembly: Bottom Plate Installation . . . . . . 17
2-6 Fuel Tank Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2-7 Front Radio Bed Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3-1A Main Drive Gear/Autorotation Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
3-1B Bevel Gear Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
3-2 Main Shaft/Main Drive Gear Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
3-3 Landing Gear Assembly Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3-4 Cooling Fan/Hub Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3-5 Clutch Assembly Attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
3-6 Engine Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
3-7 Cooling Fan Shroud Bracket Attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
3-8 Bolt Tightening Order/Gear Mesh Adjustment . . . . . . . . 23
3-9 Cooling Fan Shroud Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
3-10 Installation of the Muffler/Fuel Line Connections . . . . . 24
4-1 Swashplate Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
4-2 Swashplate/Washout Assembly Installation . . . . . . . . . . 26
4-3 Rotor Head Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
4-4 Flybar Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
4-5 Flybar Paddle Attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
4-6 Swashplate/T-Arm Control Rod Installation . . . . . . . . . . 29
5-1 Tail Drive Shaft Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
5-2 Tail Drive Shaft Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30-31
5-3 Bevel Pinion Gear Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
5-4 Boom/Bevel Pinion Gear Installation/Adjustment . . . . . .32
5-5 Tail Support Clamp Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
5-6 Tail Boom Brace Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
5-7 Tail Brace Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
5-8 Horizontal/Vertical Fin Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
5-9 Tail Center Hub Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
5-10 Tail Blade Holder Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
5-11 Steel Joint Ball Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
5-12 Tail Drive Shaft/Tail Gear Box Installation . . . . . . . . . . . 36
6-1 Tail Belcrank Attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
6-2 Upper Servo/Gyro Tray Attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
6-3 Servo/Switch Harness Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
6-4A Intermediate Tail Control Rod Attachment . . . . . . . . . . . 40
6-4B Tail Control Rod Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
6-4C Tail Control Rod/Tail Guide Attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
6-5 Gyro/Receiver/Battery Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Radio System Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Understanding CCPM Control Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43-44
Important CCPM Programming Do’s & Dont’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45-46
CCPM Software Activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47-50
7-1 Preparation and Installation of Servo Horns . . . . . . . . . . 51
7-2 CCPM Servo Centering with the Sub-Trim Function . . . 52
7-3 Control Rod Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
7-4 CCPM Control Rod Attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
7-5 Tail Control Rod Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
7-6 Throttle Linkage Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
7-6.1 Throttle Arm/Servo Horn Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
7-7 Checking the Swashplate for Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
7-8 Pitch-to-Aileron Mixing Adjustment with Travel Adjust 59
7-9 Pitch-to-Elevator Mixing Adjustment with Travel Adjust 60
Final Servo Adjustment and Radio Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61-62
8-1 Grommet Attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
8-2 Body Attachment & Final Fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Decal Placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
8-3 Main Rotor Blade Attachment (Blades not included) . . . 66
Preflight Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
General Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
P-1 Assembly Process – Main Rotor Head 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
P-2 Assembly Process – Main Rotor Head 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
P-3 Assembly Process – Main Rotor Head 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
P-4 Assembly Process – Main Rotor Head 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
P-5 Assembly Process – Washout Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
P-6 Assembly Process – Tail Slide Ring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
P-7 Assembly Process – Flybar Control Arm . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Data Sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73-79
Start Shaft/Clutch/Engine Assembly Parts List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80-81
Main Frame/Landing Gear/Autorotation Assembly Parts List . . . 82-83
Swashplate/CCPM Control System Parts List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84-85
Main Rotor Head/Washout Assembly Parts List . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86-87
Tail Drive System/Shaft Drive Parts List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88-89
Tail Rotor Blade Holder/Tail Brace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90-91
Body Set/Fuel Tank Assembly Parts List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92-93
Warranty Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94