Great Planes Mini Delta EP ARF - GPMA1172 - Manual

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)