Hobbyking Pitts Special Manual
The HobbyKing® ™ Brushless Pitts Special is as exciting to look at as it is to fly! It's scale details complete with wheel pants and Pitts livery make it a very attractive plane, however the excitement doesnt stop there! This little foamie is equipped with 4 ailerons to give spirited aerobatic performance and the included oversize outrunner and 10x4.7 prop gives more than enough power for all aerobatic flight, and when you feel the need to turn it up a notch just switch the 10x4.7 for a 11x4.7 propeller for hovering capability! All this and still this little foamie is very controllable at slow speeds. This plane loves a walking speed fly-by. A combination of scale looks, excellent flight characteristics and great power plant make this fomie a real winner. The Pitt's comes 97% pre-built and will take you around 10 minutes to attach the main wing and include your own receiver.
Specs: Length: 760mm WingSpan: 860mm Prop: GWS 1047 Weight: 540g Motor: DAT-700 Brushless outrunner 700kv ESC: 20A brushless Battery: 11.1v 1300mAh 3S1P (Not included) Servos: 9g x 3 Required. Your TX & RX 11.1V 3S 1300mah lipo battery Product Specifications. This is such a great looking plane in the air and flies very well. As others have said, the suggested battery does not fit in the battery bay.unless you cut out the thin plastic at the front of the battery bay and a little foam for the wires and plug to fit through.
The turnigy 1300 fits easy and the 1500 almost perfect as it is deeper. I`m not sure about how long the plastic struts will last (very cheap) but overall a great plane and i plan to fit the HK sound system next with a new battery box for a turnigy 2200.
I want to buy another! So far i bought about 7 planes from HK and i was always happy with the product. This time i bought this Pitts and I'm absolutely disappointed with the quality of this particular plane.
I have 40 EPO Airplanes and this one is definitive the worst quality i have ever seen so far. When i installed the lower wing there was a 1/4' gap between the fuselage and the wing. Be ensured i checked several times ensuring that I did nothing wrong.
In the manual, prior to assembly. Meaning of Special Language. Thank you for purchasing the E-fl ite ® UMX™ Pitts S-1S ultra micro airplane.
When i installed the upper wing i observe a similar thing. On one side of the two wing struts there I found again a big gap. Aileron connection rod clips do not line up top to bottom wing. The steel wire to drive ailerons is installed with a sticky tape. I would be amazed if this will hold. By the way someone already described that this steel wire on the ailerons came loose during flight.
. In that Great Planes has no control over the final assembly or material used for final assembly, no liability shall be assumed nor accepted for any damage resulting from the use by the user of the final user-assembled product. By the act of using the user-assembled product, the user accepts all resulting liability. For the latest technical updates or manual corrections to the Install the radio gear.28 Great Planes Pitts Special S-2S ARF, visit the web site listed Install the flying wires.30 below and select the Great Planes Pitts Special S-2S ARF. If Finishing touches.32. Be sure to check clevises or other connectors often and replace them if they Though the Great Planes Pitts Special is an ARF and may not show any signs of wear or fatigue. Have the same level of detail as an 'all-out' scratch-built competition model, it is a scale model nonetheless and is 7.
Order numbers are provided in parentheses. This is the list of hardware and accessories required to finish the Great Planes Pitts Special.
Order numbers are Radio Equipment provided in parentheses. The Pitts Special requires a minimum 4 channel radio ❏. ❏ Epoxy Brushes (GPMR8060) ❏ Denatured Alcohol (for epoxy clean up) ❏ Curved Tip Canopy Scissors for Trimming Plastic Parts (HCAR0667) The Pitts Special ARF is factory-covered with Top Flite ❏ Dead Center ™ Engine Mount Hole Locator (GPMR8130) MonoKote film. Should repairs ever be required, MonoKote ❏.
Kit Contents Parts photographed Key # Description Key # Description FIN with/ RUDDER.(1) FUSELAGE.(1) TOP WING CENTER SECTION.(1) STAB with/ELEVATORS.(1) BOTTOM WING with/AILERONS.(2 Pcs) FUEL TANK W/HARDWARE.(1) TOP WING with/AILERONS.(2 Pcs) PAINTED FIBERGLASS COWL.(1) LANDING GEAR SPATS.(2) ENGINE MOUNT L&R.(2 Pcs) PAINTED FIBERGLASS STRUTS.(2). Phone: (217) 398-8970 parts, visit www.greatplanes.com and click on “Where to Fax: (217) 398-7721 Buy.” If this kit is missing parts, contact Great Planes E-mail: productsupport@greatplanes.com Product Support. You can also check our web site at for the latest Pitts Special updates. IMPORTANT NOTE: While assembling the Great Planes Pitts Special ARF, you will encounter a number of areas that require the installation of various brackets and other items. Most of the locations for these attachments have predrilled holes for these applications. ❏ ❏ ❏ ❏ ❏ 3. Cut twenty-one 3/4' (19mm) x 1' (25mm) hinges from 7.
Cut the covering 1/8' (3mm) inside the opening the CA hinge strip. Snip off the corners as shown so they in this wing half for the aileron servo. Use a trim iron to seal go in easier. 4-40 x 12' (305mm) threaded one end pushrod approximately 15 turns. Remember to use Great Planes Pro Threadlocker (GPMR6060) on these clevises and hex nuts after the radio is set up and control throws have been finished later on in this manual.
Join the Bottom Wing ❏ ❏ ❏ ❏ 14.Place the push rod assembly from step 13 on the aileron control horn. Center the servo arm on the servo and align the aileron with the trailing edge of the wing. Place a 4-40 Metal Solder Clevis onto the servo arm and mark the location of the push rod as shown in the sketch above with a felt tip pen. Join the Top Wing After properly fitting the wing halves together check for the correct dihedral angle. Place one wing panel on a flat surface and measure the distance from the elevated wing tip to the tabletop.
This distance should be 5-1/4' (135 mm). Note: You will need to hang the aileron servo off the edge of the table in order to get the wing flat on the table as ❏. Place the belly pan on the bottom of the lower wing ❏ ❏ 4. We will now glue the left wing panel and the center allowing it to center over the wing bolt holes (you may want to section together as one unit. Locate the four predrilled holes in the bottom of the top Mount the Top Wing wing center section. Note: Throughout the rest of the assembly process you IMPORTANT NOTE: IN THE FOLLOWING STEP IT IS VERY will be installing different types of metal brackets. These IMPORTANT TO INSTALL THE TWO 90-DEGREE are diagrammed below.
❏ Screws through the holes in the top of the cabane struts and 5. Next locate the four predrilled holes in the outer panels of hold them both together with two 4-40 Nylon Stop Nuts. Do not the top of the bottom wing. See the exact locations and tighten them at this time. the bottom of the interplane strut. This distance is 3-¼' (83mm).
When satisfied with the position, mark the location for the two holes in the bottom of the interplane struts. Remove the interplane struts and drill these two holes with a 1/8'. technique that was used while adding the belly pan onto the bottom wing. Again, be careful not to cut into the wood while removing the MonoKote. Slide the stab back into the fuselage, leaving the exposed wood outside of the fuselage joining area. Note: This will be a little messy but the epoxy will clean up easily and will allow you to obtain a strong joint of the stab DRILL A 3/32'.
Run the remaining end of the Y-Harness through Install the Servos the opening and connect it to the second elevator servo, secure it with tape or heat shrink material, and place the servo into the servo bay. wire 90 degrees from the tail wheel. Assemble the tail gear by placing one of the 1/8' (3mm) wheel collars and 4-40 setscrew onto the vertical wire portion of the gear. Then slip it into the tail gear bracket. Attach the steering arm onto the wire on the top side of the bracket as shown in the photo. Mount the Landing Gear ❏ ❏ 3.
Position the landing gear spats onto the landing gear. Carefully align the leading edge of the spat with the leading edge of the landing gear.
Drill the 3/32'(2.4mm) ❏ 1. To mount the main landing gear set it into place using holes through the spats and the landing gear in the the above photograph for the proper orientation and mark the locations shown in the above photograph.
Slip the 5/32' x 2' axle through the wheel pant and place the bearing block over the axle shaft. Hold the block in place against the outboard side of the wheel pant so that the wheel pant is level and straight. Mark the location of the block on the inside of the wheel pant. ❏ ❏ ❏ ❏ 10.
Insert the axle shaft through the wheel pant and 13. The photograph above shows the assembly of the plywood doubler while at the same time slipping one 5/32' wheels and pants. Mark the axle for location of the wheel wheel collar with a 6/32'.
After removing the spreader bars from both engine 4. Position the engine on the mount so the engine drive mount halves, fit the two halves together using the engine washer is 6-1/2' (165mm) from the firewall. This will provide to space the width properly. on one of these plates as shown above. This plate will be used as the front half of your mount.
Do not glue these pieces together at this time. Attach a 12' servo extension to the throttle servo and use tape or heat shrink material to secure it in place. with the center marks and engine outline on the front.
Clamp or add weight to the assembly and allow the epoxy to cure completely. Saturate the 1/4' (6 mm) holes with thin CA. Place the assembly onto the firewall and line up the centering marks on the mount and the firewall.
to install your servo properly using the same procedures that you have installed the tank so the vent tube inside the tank that you used previously. Is pointing upward. Notice in the above photograph that the former has been designed to allow rubber bands to hold the We recommend that prior to finalizing your engine mounting, tank in place.
Repeat this process at the locations of the other five cowl mounting blocks. Mount the cowl using six #2 x 1/2'(13 mm) Phillips head screws and six #2 flat washers. After the epoxy has cured cut a piece of a file folder, ❏. Place the drive washer and the propeller nut onto the 2. To mount the receiver we used a Great Planes drive shaft. Tighten the nut securely with a box-end wrench Receiver Guard Protective Case (GPMM1010) and of the correct size to fit your engine. Next install the lock nut, mounted it to the bottom of the cockpit floor.
The photograph above, looking back from the front of the airplane, shows the placement of your modified receptacle. Make sure that you can access the screws and that it is placed to avoid the spars and formers in this area. Install the Flying Wires NOTE:The flying wires included with the Pitts Special ARF are not functional or required for structural integrity. Use the photos above as a reference guide in assembling the flying wires. We are going to start by making the left side flying wires.
When you are finished installing the flying wires on the left side of the model, repeat the process to make the flying wires on the right side. Locate three 4-40 x 5/8' (15.9 mm) Phillips Head Machine Screws, three 4-40 stop nuts, and eight 70-degree metal brackets as shown in the photograph. Finishing Touches ❏ 7. Mount the brackets at the bottom of the fuselage, with the 'bend' to the bottom as shown in the photograph above, use two #4 x 1/2' Phillips head wood screws to attach the brackets using the procedure described on page 8. GET THE MODEL READY TO FLY NOTE: SOME MODELERS LIKE TO HAVE A BIT MORE TECHNICAL INFORMATION FOR THEIR MODELS THAN OTHERS. FOR THOSE WHO DO, THE WING INCIDENCE OF BOTH THE TOP AND BOTTOM WING IS 0 DEGREES WHEN THE STAB IS SET AT 0 DEGREES. THE ENGINE THRUST IS ALSO BUILT-IN AT 0 DEGREES DOWN AND 2 DEGREES RIGHT.
Flying your model at these throws will provide you with the greatest chance for successful first flights. If, after you have become accustomed to the way the Pitts Special ARF flies, you would like to change the throws to suit your taste, that is ❏.
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Balance the airplane by adding weight to the We use a Top Flite Precision Magnetic Prop Balancer ™ (TOPQ5700) in the workshop and keep a Great Planes other wing tip. An airplane that has been laterally balanced will track better in loops and other maneuvers. Use a “chicken stick” or electric starter to start the engine. Ground Check Do not use your fingers to flip the propeller. Make certain the glow plug clip or connector is secure so that it will not If the engine is new, follow the engine manufacturer’s pop off or otherwise get into the running propeller.
This requirement applies to all glow/gas ignition engines regardless of size. Since the Great Planes Pitts Special S2S ARF qualifies Section 6.0: RADIO REQUIREMENTS as a “giant scale” model and is therefore eligible to fly in IMAA events, we’ve printed excerpts from the IMAA. Generally, it is recommended that no attempt should be made to fly a radio controlled model aircraft with a gasoline engine in which the model aircraft weight would exceed During the last few moments of preparation your mind twelve (12) pounds (underpowered) per cubic inch of may be elsewhere anticipating the excitement of your engine displacement, or be less than five (5) pounds first flight.
Pitts Special Airplane
Best hypnosis weight loss program. Be smooth on the elevator stick, allowing the model to establish a gentle climb The Pitts Special ARF is a great-flying model that flies to a safe altitude before turning into the traffic pattern. Smoothly and predictably. The Pitts Special ARF does. One final note about flying your model. Have a goal or flight Landing plan in mind for every flight. This can be learning a new maneuver(s), improving a maneuver(s) you already know, To initiate a landing approach, lower the throttle while on the or learning how the model behaves in certain conditions downwind leg.