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Great Planes Mini Delta EP ARF - GPMA1172 User Manual

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W

ARRANTY

Great Planes

®

Model Man

ufacturing Co.

guar

antees this kit to be free from def

ects in both mater

ial and w

o

rkmanship at the date of

purchase

.

T

his w

arr
anty does not co

ver an

y component par

ts damaged b

y

use or modification.

In no case shall Great Planes’

liability

e

xceed the original cost of the pur

c

hased kit.

Fur

ther

, Great Planes reser

ves the r

ight to change or modify this w

arr
anty without notice

.

In that Great Planes has no control o

ver the final assemb

ly or mater

ial used f

o

r final assemb

ly

, no liability shall be assumed

nor accepted

for an

y damage resulting from the use b

y

the user of the final user-assemb

led product.

By the act of using the user-assemb

led pr

oduct, the

user accepts all resulting liability

.

If the b

u

y

er is not prepared to accept the liability associated with the use of this pr

oduct,

the b

u

y

er is ad

vised to return thi

s kit

immediatel

y in ne

w and un

used condition to the place of pur

c

hase

.

T

o

mak

e

a w

arr
anty claim send the def

ectiv

e par

t

or item to Hob

b

y Ser

vices at this address

.

Include a letter stating y

our name

, retur

n shipping address

, as m

uch contact inf

or

mation

as possib

le (da

ytime telephone n

umber

, f
ax n

umber

, e-mail address), a detailed

descr

iption of the prob

lem and a photocop

y of the purchase receipt.

Upon receipt of the

pac

kage the prob

lem will be e

v

aluated as quic

kly as possib

le

.

AMA

W

e

urge y

ou to join the AMA (Academ

y of Model Aeronautics) and a local R/C club

.

The AMA is the go

v

e

rning body of model

a

viation and membership is required to fly at AMA clubs

.

Though joining the AMA pro

vides man

y benefits

, one of the pr

imar

y

reasons to join is liability protection.

Co
v

e

rage is not limited to flying at contests or on the club field.

It e

v

en applies to f

lying at

pub

lic demonstr

ations and air sho

ws
.

F

ailure to comply with the Saf

ety Code (e

xcer

pts pr

inted in the bac

k of the man

ual) ma

y

endanger insur

ance co

v

e

ra

ge
.

Additionally

, tr
aining prog

rams and instr

uctors are a

v

ailab

le at AMA club sites to help y

ou get

star

ted the r

ight w

a

y.

There are o

v

er 2,500 AMA char

tered clubs across the countr

y.

Contact the AMA at the address or toll-free

phone n

umber belo

w

:

IMPOR

T

ANT!!!

T

w

o of the most impor

tant things y

ou can do to preser

v

e

the r

adio

controlled aircr

aft hob

b

y

are to a

v

oid flying near full-scale aircr

aft

and a

v

oid flying near or o

v

er g

roups of people

.

AMA SAFETY CODE (e

xcerpts)

Read and abide b

y

the f

ollo

wing e

xcer

pts from the Academ

y of Model Aeronautics Saf

ety Code

.

F

or the complete Saf

ety Code

ref
er to

Model A

viation

magazine

, the AMA w

eb site or the Code that came with y

our AMA license

.

UPD

A

TES

F

or the latest technical updates or man

ual corrections to the Great Planes Mini Delta EP visit the Great Planes w

eb site at

www

.greatplanes.com

.

Open the

“Air

planes”

link, then select Mini Delta EP

.

If there is ne

w technical inf

or

mation or changes to

this model a

“tech notice”

bo
x will appear in the upper left cor

ner of the page

.

1 Fuselage with wing

1 Canop

y

1 Receiv

er co

v

e

r

2 Pushrods

2 F

aslinks

2 Propellers

P

A

R

TS NEEDED

T

O

FINISH

Y

OUR MODEL

3 channel r

adio with ele

v

on mixing capabilities

Micro receiv

er (GPML0044 or GPML0045)

Shor

t cr

ystal (GPML20**)

T

w

o 7-9g ser

v

os (FUTM0042)

5A speed control (GPMM2000)

8-Cell 350 mAh NiMH batter

y (GPMP0067)

T

OOLS NEEDED

T

O

FINISH

Y

OUR MODEL

Philips scre

wdr

iv

er

F

oam saf

e CA or epo

xy

KIT INSPECTION

Bef

ore star

ting to b

uild, tak

e an in

v

entor

y of this kit to mak

e

sure it is complete

, and inspect the par

ts to mak

e sure the

y

are of acceptab

le quality

.

If an

y par

ts are missing or are not

of acceptab

le quality

, or if y

ou need assistance with

assemb

ly

, contact Product Suppor

t.

Great Planes Pr

oduct Suppor

t

3002 N Apollo Drive

,

Suite 1

Champaign,

IL 61822

T

elephone:

(217) 398-8970,

e

xt.

5

F

ax:

(217) 398-7721

E-mail:

airsuppor

t@g

reatplanes

.com

Hobb

y Ser

vices

3002 N.

Apollo Dr

.

Suite 1

Champaign IL 61822

USA

Academ

y of Model Aer

onautics

5151 East Memor

ial Dr

iv

e

Muncie

, IN 47302-9252

T

ele
.

(800) 435-9262

F

ax (765) 741-0057

Or via the Inter

net at:

http://www

.modelair

craft.or

g

Champaign, Illinois

(217) 398-8970 e

xt.
5

air
suppor

[email protected]

F

ailure to f

ollo

w these saf

ety precautions ma

y result in

se
vere injur

y to y

our

self and other

s.

Use saf

ety glasses when testing the motor

.

Do not r

un the motor in an area of loose g

ra

v

el or sand;

the

propeller ma

y thro

w such mater

ial in y

our f

ace or e

y

es
.

K

eep y

our f

ace and body as w

ell as all spectators a

w

a

y

from the

plane of rotation of the propeller as y

ou star

t and r

un the motor

.

K

eep these items a

w

a

y

from the prop:

loose clothing, shir

t

slee

v

e

s

, ties

, scarfs

, long hair or loose objects such as

pencils or scre

wdr

iv

ers that ma

y f
all out of shir

t or jac

k

e

t

poc

k

ets into the prop

.

MO

T

OR SAFETY PRECA

UTIONS

GENERAL

1) I will not fly m

y

model aircr

aft in sanctioned e

v

ents

, air sho

ws
,

or model flying demonstr

ations until it has been pro

v

en to be

airw

or
th

y b
y

ha

ving been pre

viously

, successfully flight tested.

2) I will not fly m

y

model aircr

aft higher than appro

ximately 400

feet within 3 miles of an air

por

t without notifying the air

por

t

oper

ator

.

I will giv

e r
ight-of-w

a

y

and a

v

oid flying in the pro

ximity

of full-scale aircr

aft.

Where necessar

y,

an obser

v

er shall be

utiliz

ed to super

vise flying to a

v

oid ha

ving models fly in the

pro

ximity of full-scale aircr

aft.

3)
Where estab

lished, I will abide b

y

the saf

ety r

ules f

or the

flying site I use

, and I will not willfully and deliber

ately fly m

y

models in a careless

, rec

kless and/or dangerous manner

.

5) I will not fly m

y

model unless it is identified with m

y

name and

address or AMA n

umber

, on or in the model.

Note:

This does not

apply to models while being flo

wn indoors

.

7) I will not oper

ate models with p

yrotechnics (an

y de

vice that

e

xplodes

, b
u

rn

s

, or propels a projectile of an

y kind).

RADIO CONTR

OL

1) I will ha

v

e

completed a successful r

adio equipment g

round

chec

k bef

ore the first flight of a ne

w or repaired model.

2) I will not fly m

y

model aircr

aft in the presence of spectators

until I become a qualified flier

, unless assisted b

y

an

e

xper

ienced helper

.

3) At all flying sites a str

aight or cur

v

ed line(s) m

ust be

estab

lished in front of which all flying tak

es place with the other

side f

or spectators

.

Only personnel in

v

olv
ed with flying the

aircr

aft are allo

w

ed at or in the front of the flight line

.

Intentional

flying behind the flight line is prohibited.

4) I will oper

ate m

y

model using only r

adio control frequencies

currently allo

w

ed b

y

the F

eder

al Comm

unications Commission.

5)
I will not kno

wingl

y operate m

y

model within three miles of

an
y pre-e

xisting fl

ying site e

xcept in accor

dance with the

frequenc

y sharing a

greement listed

[in the complete AMA

Saf

ety Code].

9) Under no circumstances ma

y a pilot or other person touch a

po
w

ered model in flight;

nor should an

y par

t of the model

other than the landing g

ear intentionall

y touc

h the gr

ound,

e

xcept while landing.

KIT CONTENTS

© Cop

yr

ight 2005 GPMZ0276 f

or GPMA1172

V1.0

Wingspan

:

19in [480mm]

Wing Area

:

109 sq in [7 dm2]

W

eight

:

6.7 oz [190 g]

Wing Loading

:

8.9 oz/sq ft

[27 g/dm2]

Length

:

15.75in [400mm]

Radio

:

2-Channel,

T

w

o 7-9g ser

v

o

s

,

Micro Receiv

er

, 5A ESC with BEC

.

Motor

:

180-siz

e motor (40-50W)