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Typhoon 2M Instruction Manual

Typhoon is a CNC machine moulded, CAD designed slope model

aircraft. This plane has had a development period of over 2 years,

and four separate models to evolve into the highly agile thoroughbred

that you now own. We hope you have a lot of fun with it.

RCRCM Aeroteam, proud manufacturers.

Unpacking

Please unpack the plane carefully making sure that you have
retrieved all of the small parts.

Don’t throw the box out until you are 100% sure it’s empty!

Check that all the parts are supplied.

If any are missing please contact your vendor immediately.

Typhoon 2M parts

Before construction

Start with a clean workbench and cover it with some foam, or a
soft thick cloth to protect the finish of the wings and fuselage as
you work.

Be careful not to place the wings or fuselage on any screws or
tools etc that can dent or scratch the skin.

Summary of Contents for Typhoon 2M

Page 1: ...ease unpack the plane carefully making sure that you have retrieved all of the small parts Don t throw the box out until you are 100 sure it s empty Check that all the parts are supplied If any are missing please contact your vendor immediately Typhoon 2M parts Before construction Start with a clean workbench and cover it with some foam or a soft thick cloth to protect the finish of the wings and ...

Page 2: ... joiner seems too tight it probably is not They tend to loosen a little after a few flights but adding some floor or car wax can help if it is particularly stiff Check the control surfaces to make sure that they have enough up movement If not then open up the controls surface to expose the wipers then carefully sand the hinge joint inside a little and try again When you are happy use an air gun or...

Page 3: ...egrees Make up your own or use the RCRCM wiring harness and check continuity before installing I use a thin piece of piano wire to thread through the wing plug holes to tape the wiring harness to pull it into position servo plugs first When the wiring harness is positioned inside the wing and accessible servos can be installed First check the position of the servos to make sure they are all symmet...

Page 4: ...hen for free and adequate movement Adjust using the clevises if needed See the control settings section a the back of this manual for control movements Finally check the fit of the servo hatch covers and sand if not snug Then put some double sided tape on the underside and install all on to the servos hatches WINGS DONE CONGRATULATIONS Fuselage construction Rudder and elevator controls The elevato...

Page 5: ...e rudder Just like this Thread the control rod or snake back into the fuselage using the rudder fairing hole Connect the rudder control horn to the control rod and check for movement and range Right OK Left the same If the right rudder movement is not enough then its back to sanding those damn hinges Adjust until you have enough movement should be about 30mm each way more if you can get it OK rudd...

Page 6: ... easily reach them without sharp bends Now fit the servos and adjust the height of the tray to best connect the servos to the snakes When you have it right and square pencil a line where it fits on both sides of the cockpit wall Now sand a chamfer all along the sides maybe 3mm deep This will help the epoxy to bond it to the fuselage sides OK now remove the servos and tack cyano the tray into the f...

Page 7: ... do Thread the plugs through into the fuselage and rout the receiver plugs to the receiver area Put in the receiver and battery temporarily and make sure the whole shebang actually works Now cyano the connectors into the holes Done neat huh Battery installation I made a couple of formers to keep the battery with holes in them so that I could use tie wraps to keep it in one place It gets really bor...

Page 8: ...There see the impression of the nose Then push the nose of the plane into the cup about 2 inches 50mm and take it out to leave an impression or mould Using your wife s best saucepans melt about a pound 0 5KG of lead and then careful Stand as far away as possible and use eye protection pour the lead into the mould When its set give it at least 5 minutes bung it into the sink and cool it with water ...

Page 9: ... assemble the plane and test the CG at 80mm to start Add or remove weight until the plane balances correctly When satisfied epoxy the nose weight in Important note Whatever you do never make the nose weight too heavy its better to have a slightly underweight nose with a bit of lead added than it is to have to drill out lead from a too heavy nose Wow it flies ...

Page 10: ... from Leading Edge to start Move back slowly in small increments to further improve control responses Control surface settings All measured from the outboard trailing edges GENERAL Ailerons 7 mm 5 mm Flaperon 8 mm Rudder As much as possible Elevator 10 mm CROW Crow Flap As much as you can get Crow Aileron 7 mm ...

Page 11: ...Crow Elevator compensation 4 mm THERMAL WHAT OR PUSSYCAT Thermal or Cruise flap 2 mm Thermal or Cruise Aileron 1mm PACEMAKER SWITCHED ON Ailerons flaps reflex up 1 1 5mm ...

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