Great Planes F-16 Falcon EDF ARF - GPMA1801 - Manual (Page 6)

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ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS
Assemble the Stand
The included plywood stand is used to support your F-16
during assembly and transport.
Test-fi t, then glue together the plywood parts of the stand as
shown in the photos. The stand may be used as-is, or you
could add foam tape cut into 1/8" [3mm] wide strips that can be
adhered to the forward and aft saddles. The foam will adhere
best if you fi rst sand the edges of the stand, then seal with
medium CA before applying the foam.
Prepare the HyperFlow Fan Unit
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1. Review steps 1 through 6 for Installing a Brushless
Motor on pages 6 and 7 of the separate HyperFlow instruction
manual, but don’t perform any of the steps yet.
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2. Enlarge the hole in the fan housing as shown. Once the
fan unit and motor have been installed in the fuselage, this
will allow removal of the motor without having to remove the
brass fan adapter.
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3. As shown in the HyperFlow manual, trim the three
alignment guides from inside the fan housing. (Also as noted
in the HyperFlow manual, a rotary tool with a sanding drum
makes this easier.)
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4. Trim any fl ashing from around the fan housing so the
fi berglass cone adapter will fi t well.
NO Fan Rotor Adapter
(Brass)
Motor
Shaft
The adapter is
not all the way on.
The adapter is
all the way
down onto the
motor shaft up
to the threads.
FLA
T SPOT
YES
FLA
T
S
P
OT
OT
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5. Press the brass fan rotor adapter onto the motor shaft—
make sure one of the set screw holes in the adapter is aligned
with the fl at spot on the shaft and make certain the adapter
goes on all the way up to the threads. If you can’t get the
adapter to go all the way, use a hobby torch to heat the adapter
fi rst. Then, slide it into the shaft.