arf Fan Star, Instruction Manual

Instruction Manual 

FUN STAR 

Items required to complete and fly the Funstar

.40~.46 Two Stroke 48~.53 Four Stroke Model Engine and Propeller

4 Channel Proportional Radio Control System with five servos

Model Engine Fuel, Model Engine Starter and Glow Plug Battery

Hand Tools and Adhesives

SPECIFICATION

Wingspan 

1340 mm  (52.7 inches)

Length 

1310 mm  (51.5 inches)

Engine 

40~.46  two stroke

48~.53  four stroke

Radio                    4channel Servos 5 standard

Made in Vietnam

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KIT CONTENTS: We have organized the parts as they come out of the box for better identification 

during assembly. We recommend that you regroup the parts in  the same manner. This will ensure 

you have all of parts required before you begin assembly.

 AIRFRAME ASSEMBLIES

• (1) Assembled wing with ailerons

• (1) Fuselage with canopy and motor

        mount

• (1) Horizontal stabilizer with elevator

        halves

• (1) Vertical stabilizer with rudder

• (1) Fiberglass cowling

• (1) Belly Pan

 MAIN GEAR ASSEMBLY

• (1) Main gear

• (2) 60mm diameter wheels

• (8) 3mm x 12mm wood screws

• (4) Metal strap

• (4) Wheel collars

• (4) 3mm x 6mm set screws

 TAIL WHEEL ASSEMBLY

• (1) Tail wheel bracket w/ wire

• (1) 25mm diameter wheel

• (1) 2mm wheel collar

• (1) 4mm set screw

• (2) Nylon control clasp

• (2) 3mm x 12mm wood screw

• (2) 2mm x 10mm wood screw

 ELEVATOR CONTROL SYSTEM

• (1) Nylon clevises

• (1) Silicone tube

• (1) Nylon snap keeper

• (1) Nylon control horn w/ plate

• (2) 2mm x 12mm wood screw

RUDDER CONTROL SYSTEM

• (1) Nylon clevises

• (1) Silicone tube

• (1) Nylon snap keeper

• (1) Nylon control horn w/ plate

• (2) 2mm x 12mm wood screw

AILERON CONTROL SYSTEM

• (2) 2mm x 180mm threaded wires

• (2) Nylon clevises

• (2) Silicone tube

• (2) Nylon snap keeper

• (2) Nylon control horn w/ plate

• (4) 2mm x 12mm wood screw

 MOTOR MOUNT ASSEMBLY

• (4) 4mm x 25mm machine screws

• (8) 4mm nut

• (4) Lock washer

• (2) 8mm metal plate

 THROTTLE CONTROL SYSTEM

• (1) 1,3mm x 500mm wire

• (1) 3,5mm x 350mm nylon pushrod 

housing

• (1) Metal connector

• (1) 4mm x 4mm machine screw

 FUEL TANK

• (1) Nylon fuel Tank

• (1) Metal clunk

• (1) Silicone tube/ 70mm

• (1) Pre - assembled stopper w/ 3 tube

• (1) 165mm x 250mm foam rubber

 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

• (2) 4mm x 25mm x 98mm light wood

• (4) 15mm light wood triangle stock

• (4) 6mm x 45mm nylon screws

• (4) 3mm x 12mm wood screws

• (1) Decal sheet

• (1) Set  of wire pushrod

• (1) Servo tray

• (2) 6mm x 6mm x 44mm light wood

 ADDITIONAL ITEMS REQUIRED

•  .46 two stroke Engine

•  .53 four stroke Engine

•  4 channel Radio with 5 servos

•  Glow plug to suit Engine

•  Propeller to suit Engine

•  Protective foam Rubber

•  Silicone fuel line

•  Stick on weight for balance

•  Spinner: 2 - 1/4" (58mm)

 TOOLS AND SUPPLIES NEEDED.

•  Thick C/A glue

•  30 minute Epoxy

•  6 minute Epoxy

•  Hand or Electric drill

•  Assorted drill bits

•  Modeling knife

•  Straight edge ruler

•  Bending plier

•  Wire cutters

•  Masking tape

•  Thread lock

•  Paper towels

•  Rubbing alcohol

 SUGGESTION 

  To avoid scratching  your new airplane, 

do not unwrap the pieces until they are 

needed for assembly. Cover your 

workbench with an old towel or brown 

paper, both to protect the aircraft and to 

protect the table. Keep a couple of jars 

or bowls handy to hold the small parts 

after you open the bag.

 NOTE:

   Please trial fit all the parts. Make sure 

you have the correct parts and that 

they fit and are aligned properly before 

gluing! This will assure proper 

assembly. The FUN STAR is hand 

made from natural materials, every 

plane is unique and minor adjustments 

may have to be made. However, you 

should find the fit superior and 

assembly simple.

  The paint and plastic parts used in this 

kit are fuel proof. However, they are not 

tolerant of many harsh chemicals 

including the following: paint thinner, 

C/A glue accelerator, C/A glue 

debonder and acetone. Do not let these 

chemicals come in contact with the 

colors on the   covering and the plastic 

parts.

 SAFETY PRECAUTION:

•  This is not a toy

•  Be sure that no other flyers are using

    your radio frequency

•  Do not smoke near fuel

•  Store fuel in a cool, dry place, away

    from children and pets

•  Wear safety glasses

•  The glow plug clip must be securely

    attached to the glow plug

•  Do not flip the propeller with your fingers

•  Keep loose wires and clothing away

    from the propeller

•  Do not start the engine if people are

    near 

•  Do not stand on the side of the propeller

•  Make engine adjustments from behind

    the propeller only 

•  Do not reach around the spinning

    propeller

KIT CONTENTS

A=A’ B=B’ C=C’

GLUE THE TAILPLANE 

CAREFULLY CUT AWAY THE

COVERING FROM BOTH

SIDES, BE CAREFUL NOT TO

CUT INTO THE WOOD 

CUT AWAY THE COVERING 

MARK BOTH SIDES OF THE FIN 

CUT AWAY THE COVERING

FOR BOTH SIDES

INSERT THE FIN INTO THE

FUSELAGE

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2.8 

Now apply sufficient epoxy 

to both sides and the 

bottom of the vertical stab. 

Use 30 minute epoxy to 

ensure a strong bond and 

give yourself plenty of 

working time. Insert the 

vertical stab in its slot in 

the fuselage and re-check 

the alignment.

2.9 

The vertical stab should be 

90 degrees to the 

horizontal stab.

2.4

  Use masking tape to 

protect the covering from 

glue before using 30 

minute epoxy to glue the 

horizontal stab into place. 

Be sure that the 

horizontal stab is fitted 

accurately before the glue 

has cured and remove 

the masking tape as soon 

as satisfied with the fit. 

Once the glue has dried it 

will be very difficult to 

remove the tape cleanly. 

2.5

  Cut away the covering for 

the vertical stab and 

remove it. 

2.6

  Mark the shape of the 

fuselage on the left and 

right sides of the vertical 

stab using a felt-tip pen. 

2.7

 Now remove the vertical 

stab and using a sharp 

knife, carefully cut just in 

side the marked lines and 

remove the film on both 

sides of the vertical stab, 

just as you did with the 

horizontal stab, making 

sure you only press hard 

enough to cut the film, not 

the wood under the 

covering. 

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I/C FLIGHT WARNINGS

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I/C FLIGHT GUIDELINES

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USE A SMALL WEIGHT...   

PULL THE STRING  

MAKE TWO HOLES  

CUT AWAY THE COVERING 

PULL THE STRING  

USE A PICE OF TAPE...    

INSTALL THE AILERON

CONTROL HORN    

INSTALL THE SERVO

AILERON  

FINISHING  THE WINGS

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1.1 

Make two holes on the top 

of the wing for the aileron 

servo wires.

1.2 

Cut away the covering 

from servo aileron 

mounting trays.

1.4  

Attach the string to one 

end of servo lead and 

carefully thread it though 

the wing. Once you have 

1.5 

Use a piece of tape to 

keep the aileron servo 

connector from going back 

into the wing.

1.6 

Fit the rubber servo 

mounting grommets and 

brass eyelets supplied with 

your radio equipment in 

accordance with their 

instructions. Install the 

servo in its mounting tray 

and drill four pilot holes for 

the wood screws supplied 

with your servo. Now, 

screw the servo in position 

orientated as shown.

1.7 

Install the aileron control 

horn as shown using two 

2mm x 12mm wood screws

threaded the lead through 

the wing, remove the 

string. 

1.3  

Use a small weight 

(weighted fuel pick-up) 

and thread to feed the 

servo wire through the 

wing as indicated.

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DRAW A CENTER LINE 

CUT AWAY THE COVERING  

MARK THE TAILPLANE 

MARK THE TAILPLANE 

FITTING THE TAILPLANE  

MAKE TWO HOLES 

INSTALL THE AILERON

PUSHROD  

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1.8 

Locate the two short 

threaded pushrods, nylon 

clevises, silicone tubes 

and snap keepers.  Screw 

a clevis 12 full turns onto a 

pushrod wire. Connect the 

clevises to the control horn 

on the aileron. Hold the 

aileron in the natural 

position using pieces of 

masking tape. 

       Using pliers, bend the wire 

in an L shape and connect 

it to the servo arm. Install 

the snap keeper to secure 

the wire to the servo arm. 

Using wire cutters, cut off 

the excess wire. When 

fitting any of the clevises to 

the pushrod ensure that the 

threaded end of the 

pushrod is screwed into the 

clevis by at lease 6mm (1/4).

1.9 

Complete the aileron 

linkage by slipping a 5mm 

length of silicone tubing 

over each clevis.

1.10 

Cut away the covering as 

shown.

       Connect the servo to your 

radio system and centre 

the servo with the aileron 

trim lever centered on the 

transmitter. With the 

aileron and the servo arm 

in the neutral position, 

mark where the aileron 

pushrod passes the outer 

hole in the servo arm. 

2.1 

Cut away the covering for 

the Horizontal stab and 

remove it. 

2.2 

Check the fit of the 

horizontal stab in its slot. 

Make sure the tail is 

square and centered to the 

fuselage by taking 

measurements as shown 

in the diagram, but don’t 

glue anything yet. Check 

that the horizontal stab is 

parallel to the wing.

2.3

  With the tail correctly 

aligned, mark the shape of 

the fuselage on the top and 

bottom of the horizontal 

stab using a water 

soluble/non-permanent 

felt-tip pen as shown here. 

Cut away the covering 

from both sides of the stab 

just in side the lines. Be 

careful not to cut into the 

wood under the covering.

2

       Fit the engine to the engine 

mount with the screws, 

lock washers, nuts and 

metal plates provided. 

       Be sure the screws are 

tight, a thread lock 

compound may also be 

used to avoid vibration 

loosening the screws.

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FITTING THE LANDING GEAR

ACCESSORIES FOR LANDING

GEAR

THE WHEEL

INSTALL THE LANDING GEAR

INTO THE FUSELAGE

INSTALL THE TAIL WHEEL

INTO THE FUSELAGE

TWO  STROKE

FOUR  STROKE

INSTALL THE ENGINE

FITTING THE ENGINE

Down thrust 2

0

Right thrust 2

0

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3.1 

Prepare the accessories 

for landing gear. 

3.2

 Install the wheel as shown. 

3.3

 Install the landing gear 

onto the fuselage as 

shown. 

3.4

 Install the tail wheel onto 

the fuselage as shown. 

       Locate the long piece of 

wire and plastic tube used 

for the throttle pushrod. 

One end of the wire  has 

been pre-pent into a “Z” - 

bend at the factory.

        This “Z” - bend should be 

inserted into the throttle 

arm of the engine as the 

engine is fitted onto the 

engine mount. 

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CUT AWAY THE COVERING

INSTALL THE SERVO OF

RUDDER

PREPARE THE SERVO OF

RUDDER

INSTALL THE RUDDER HORN

CONNECT THE ELEVATOR

PUSHROD

CONNECT THE RUDDER

PUSHROD

FITTING THE ELEVATOR HORN AND THE RUDDER HORN

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5.1 

There are precut rudder 

and elevator servo 

mounting trays in the rear 

of the fuselage. Use a 

sharp knife and carefully 

remove the covering over 

the trays.

5.2 

Install the rubber servo 

grommets and brass 

eyelets supplied with your 

radio equipment. The two 

servos that control the 

elevator and rudder are 

mounted in the fuselage. 

Note the orientation of 

each servo and position 

each into the plywood tray. 

Mark the servo mounting 

holes and drill pilot holes 

with a 1mm bit. Now screw 

the servos in position 

using the screws supplid 

with your radio.

5.3 

Install the elevator horn 

and the rudder horn as 

shown in the picture.

5.4 

Centre the rudder servo 

with the radio. Position the 

rudder servo arm 

perpendicular to the servo.  

Use marking tape to hold 

the rudder in the central 

position. Screw the clevis 

12 full turns onto a 

pushrod wire and connect 

the clevis to the control 

horn. Mark where the 

pushrod wire passes over 

the outer hole of the servo 

horn. Mark an L shaped 

bend at the mark using 

pliers then fit to the servo 

horn with a swing keeper. 

Repeat for the elevator 

servo.

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ELEVATOR :  25mm up 

25mm down 

RUDDER  :  50mm right 

50mm left 

AILERON  :  20mm up

20mm down

RADIO CONTROL AND CONTROL SURFACE THROWS

BALANCE YOUR MODEL

PRE-FLIGHT CHECK 

WARNING

CG

Metric Conversions

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10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180

7"

6"

5"

4"

3"

2"

1"

0"

Inch Scale

Metric Scale

Inches x 25.4 = mm (conversion factor)

1/64"   =  

.4 mm 

3/16"   =   4.8 mm 

1"   =   25.4 mm 

21"   =   533.4 mm

1/32"  = 

.8 mm 

1/4"  = 

6.4 mm 

2"  =  50.8 mm 

24"  =  609.6 mm

1/16"  =  1.6 mm 

3/8"  = 

9.5 mm 

3"  =  76.2 mm 

30"  =  762.0 mm

3/32"  =  2.4 mm 

1/2"  =  12.7 mm 

6"  =  152.4 mm 

36"  =  914.4 mm

   1/8"  =  3.2 mm 

5/8"  =  15.9 mm 

12"  =  304.8 mm 

5/32"  =   4.0 mm 

3/4"  =  19.0 mm 

18"  =  457.2 mm

    We wish you many enjoyable flights with your plane and once again 

thank you for your choosing    Phoenix Model's product.

100-120 mm

   This model should not be flown as 

high speeds using high power 

settings or the control surfaces may 

flutter and cause the airplane to 

crash. Full power should only be 

used on vertical flight, and should 

only be used when absolutely 

necessary. Full throttle straight and 

level flight, or diving flight, will 

result in flutter and damage to the 

airplane, possibly causing a crash 

and/ or damage to the servos.

12.1 

Completely charge your 

transmitter and receiver 

batteries before your first 

day of flying.

12.2

 Check every bolt and 

every glue joint in your 

model to ensure 

everything is tight and well 

bonded.

12.3 

Check that silicone tubes 

used for clevis retainers 

are in place.

12.4

 Double check the 

balance of the airplane. Do 

this before filling the tank 

with fuel.

11.1 

This section is very 

important and must not be 

obmitted ! A model that is 

not properly balanced will 

be unstable and possibly 

unflyable.

11.2

The Balance Point is 

100-120mm back from the 

leading edge of the wing. 

Assemble the model and

use masking tape to mark 

the balance point. Lift the 

model at the marks, if the 

nose of the model falls, it 

is nose heavy. If the tail  of 

the model falls, it is tail 

heavy. To correct this, try 

moving the battery pack.

       If this is not enough, add 

ballast weight as 

necessary.

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We recommend the 

following control surface 

throws:

12.5 

Check the control 

surfaces. All should move 

in the correct direction and 

not bind in any way.

12.6 

Check the receiver 

antenna. It should be fully 

extended and not still 

coiled up in the fuselage.

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FITTING THE FUEL TANK

INSTALL THE FUEL TANK 

INSTALL THE COWLING AND

THE PROPELLER AND SPINNER 

FITTING THE COWLING

FITTING THE BELLY PAN 

INSTALLING THE SERVO AND CONNECTING THE THROTTLE

GLUE THE SERVO TRAY

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6.1 

Glue the servo tray into the 

fuselage as shown in the 

picture.

6.2

 Install the throttle servo 

grommets and brass 

eyelets supplied with your 

radio equipment.

6.3 

Plug the throttle servo into 

the receiver and turn on 

the radio system, position 

the throttle stick and the 

throttle trim to their lowest 

idle position.

       Completely close the 

carburator barrel. Fit the

7.1 

Assemble the fuel tank as 

shown.

       Ensure that the tank screw 

is tightened enough to 

prevent leaks, but do not 

over tighten. Adjust the 

       servo arm angled back 

towards the rear of the 

model, at about 45degree 

from centre line of the 

servo. Fit the pushrod into 

a metal connector and 

install the metal connector        

onto the servo horn. 

Tighten the metal 

connector onto pushrod 

and check for full and 

correct movement of the 

throttle.

8    

Install the cowling, using 

four wood screws into the 

firewall. Make cutouts for 

the engine and muffler in 

the cowl.

9.1 

Mark the location of the 

belly pan on the wing and 

cut away the covering just 

inside the lines.

9.2

 Glue the belly pan to the 

wing.

       length of the fuel line so 

that the clunk is near, but 

does not touch, the bottom 

of the fuel tank. The 

battery and receiver are 

installed behind the fuel 

tank.Use foam packing to 

ensure that both are 

protected from vibration. 

The switch can be 

installed through the 

fuselage side, or 

alternatively, internally 

mounted, with a switch rod 

through the fuselage side.

Throttle servo

Antenna exit

Battery

Receiver

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