Top Flite TOPA0910 - Manual (Page 2)

T
ABLE OF CONTENTS
INTR
ODUCTION
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
SAFETY PRECA
UTIONS
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
DECISIONS
Y
OU MUST MAKE
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Radio Equipment
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Engine Recommendations
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Optional Retr
actab
le Landing Gear
. . . . . . . 4
ADDITIONAL ITEMS REQ
UIRED
. . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Adhesiv
es and Building Supplies
. . . . . . . . . 4
Optional Supplies and
T
ools
. . . . . . . . . . . . 4
IMPOR
T
A
NT B
U
ILDING NO
TES
. . . . . . . . . . . . 4
ORDERING REPLA
CEMENT P
A
R
T
S
. . . . . . . . . 5
KIT CONTENTS
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
PREP
ARA
TIONS
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
ASSEMBLE
THE FUSELA
GE ST
AND
. . . . . . . . 7
ASSEMBLE THE
WING
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Install the Ailerons and Flaps
. . . . . . . . . . . 7
Mount the Plyw
ood Engine Nacelles
. . . . . . 9
Ins
tall the Flap
,
Throttle and Aileron
Ser
v
os and Pushrods
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Mount the
Wing
Tip to the
Wing
. . . . . . . . . 11
Install the Engine and Fuel
T
ank
. . . . . . . . 12
Install the Fiberglass Nacelles
. . . . . . . . . . 13
Install the Spinners
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Join the
Wings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
ASSEMBLE THE
FUSELA
GE
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Install the Ele
v
a
tor and Rudder
. . . . . . . . . 15
Install the Coc
kpit
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Ins
tall the Radio
, Ele
v
ator
and Rudder Ser
v
o
s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
INST
ALL
THE LANDING GEAR
. . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Nose Gear
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Main Gear
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
RETRA
CT
ABLE LANDING GEAR
. . . . . . . . . . 22
Nose Gear
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Main Gear
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Install the Retr
act Hardw
are
. . . . . . . . . . . 25
FINAL ASSEMBL
Y
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Completing the Radio Installation
. . . . . . . 26
Connecting the Lighting System
. . . . . . . . 26
Apply the Decals
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
GET
THE MODEL READ
Y
T
O
FL
Y
. . . . . . . . . . 27
Chec
k the Control Directions
. . . . . . . . . . . 27
Set the Control
Thro
ws
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Balance the Model (C
.G.)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Balance the Model Later
ally
. . . . . . . . . . . 28
Adjusting the Retr
actab
le Landing Gear. . . 29
PREFLIGHT
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Identify
Y
our Model
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Charge the Batter
ies
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Balance Propellers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Ground Chec
k
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Range Chec
k
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
ENGINE R
UN IN INSTR
UCTIONS
. . . . . . . . . . 30
ENGINE SAFETY PRECA
UTIONS
. . . . . . . . . . 30
AMA SAFETY CODE
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
IMAA SAFETY CODE
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
CHECK LIST
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
FL
YING
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
T
a
k
eoff
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Flight
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Landing
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Engine Out Procedure
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
INTR
ODUCTION
Cong
ratulations on the purchase of y
our Cessna
310!
This is one of the finest ARF aircr
aft w
e
ha
v
e
e
v
er produced.
It is an air
p
lane that is sure to tur
n
heads at the field and get e
v
er
y
one’
s attention as
soon as y
ou are airbor
ne
.
The molded fiberglass
fuselage and wing tips ha
v
e
f
aithfully re-created this
classic twin with man
y fine details and a tremendous
paint finish.
Man
y
of the bad tendencies of twin
engine aircr
aft ha
v
e
been engineered out of this
model so this plane is easily within the capability of the a
v
er
age inter
mediate pilot.
W
e
are sure this
plane will br
ing y
ou man
y
hours of flying enjo
yment!
F
or the latest technical updates or man
ual corrections
to the Cessna 310 visit the
T
op Flite w
eb site at
www
.top-flite
.com.
Open the
“Air
planes”
link, then
select the Cessna 310 ARF
.
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
.
AMA
In addition to joining a r
adio control club
, w
e
strongly
recommend y
ou join the AMA (Academ
y of Model
Aeronautics).
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 flying
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
rage
.
Additionally
, tr
aining prog
ra
ms 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:
Academ
y of Model
Aer
onautics
5151 East Memor
ial Dr
iv
e
Muncie
, IN 47302-9252
T
e
le
.
(800) 435-9262
F
ax (765) 741-0057
Or via the Inter
net at:
www
.modelaircr
aft.org
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
.
- 2
-