eat L MISE Ce Cele AA stace toe sis) a en oc ) GRASSHOPPER = EP R/C AIRPLANE YOU RIC AIRPLANE IS NOTA TOY, BUT RATHER A SOPHISTICATED, WORKING MODEL THAT FUNCTIONS. VERY MUCH LIKE AN ACTUAL AIRPLANE. BECAUSE OF ITS REALISTIC PERFORMANCE, THE MODEL, IF NOT ASSEMBLED AND OPERATED CORRECTLY, COULD POSSIBLY CAUSE INJURY TO YOURSELF AND SPECTATORS OR DAMAGE PROPERTY. Gren rN WING SPAN assmm WING LOADING 4791600 OVERALL LENGTH 730mm FLYING SPEED Tis TOTAL WEIGHT 6409 DURATION >10min WING AREA 13.76m eee ee ELEVATOR SERVO RECEIVER AL MOTOR /-—{_| 4 NIMH BATTERY PROPELLERS. switch = STARTBUTTONeee) 4 AFTER YOUR PURCHASE OF THIS KIT, PLEASE CHECK THE CONTENTS AGAINST THE FOLLOWING LIST, IF YOU FIND ANYTHING MISSING PLEASE CONTACT THE SHOP FOR REPLENISHMENT. NC 81455 & eres @ — rc) ay (3) (13) (14) f (5) “| (15) mn I aery 7 ) (7) | (7) 4 2 (21) 6s) nt . ' & . (18) J se (12) (19) 1. MAIN WING 7.LEFTLANDINGGEAR 13. PROPELLERWRENCH 19. VERTICAL FIN SCREWS 2. FUSELAGE 8. LANDING GEAR COVER 14. SCREWDRIVER 20. NIMH BATTERY 3. STABILIZER 9. SMALL SCREWS 15. HEX WRENCH 21. BATTERY CHARGER 4.FIN 10.RIGHTWING STRUTS 16. LARGE SCREWS 22. TRANSMITTER S.MINISERVOTRAYS 11. LEFTWINGSTRUTS 17. MEDIUM SCREWS 6.RIGHTLANDING GEAR 12. PROPELLER 18, MEDIUM SCREWS Gecn 4 8 AASIZED BATTERIES ARE REQUIRED BEFORE ASSEMBLY (FOR TRANSMITTER) Pann 4 Fly away from people or obstacles to avoid accidents, 4 Don'talter the included NI-MH battery pack. 4 Ifthe propeller is broken please don't try to repair it, just use the replacement propellers included in the kit, 4 Never leave a charging battery unattended to avoid overcharging the battery and the resulting accident. 4 Never dispose of NI-MH battery pack into fire, high temperature can cause explosion of the battery. 2HOW TO USE THE CHARGER ‘4 Connect the battery to the 220V AC Wall charger and plug the charger into a 220V outlet. CHARGING TIME : ‘An completely discharged battery pack can be fully charged in 3 hours. If itis not completely discharged then shorten the charging time accordingly. (A bit hot of the battery surface to the touch of your hands indicates fully charged) CAUTION: 1. Itis recommended to completely discharge the battery pack after charging 10 times to lengthen its duration. 2. Abithot of the battery surface to the touch of your hands indicates fully charged 3. Frequently overcharging the battery will result damage or leakage of liquid inside battery, please strictly follow the instruction as to how to charge the battery. 4, Please re-charge a just-used battery after itis cooled down WARNING ‘THE CHARGER CAN ONLY BE USED ONA 220V POWER OUTLET, PLEASE DON'T CONNECT IT TOAN UNMATCHED OUTLET TO AVOID DAMAGE, Eerie) Ss > 1, Open battery cover on the transmitter and install 8AA —_—_2. Switch off the motor switch button according to the battery. Recover the battery cover diagram 4, Adjust the inching switch, which is located beneath the steering horn, to the center position. 3. Adjust the inching switch, which is located left to the elevator control horn, to the center position,POSE 1. Press horizontal stabilizer into the platform on the tail end section of the fuselage, fasten it with 2 TP2X10 2. Insert vertical fin into the fin holder, secure it with TP2, X10 screws. = a i 3. Open the battery hatch and connect the fully charged battery pack to the connector inside fuselage. 4, Press the battery pack into the battery compartment. / =. 5, Recover the battery hatch and lock it with the plastic latch, 6. Switch on the power switch on both the transmitter and the fuselage. Open the clevis and snap it to the arm on the control surface according to the diagram, 7. Check the horizontality of the horizontal tail and the perpendicularity of the vertical fin with a ruler, follow below steps to adjust in case not ideal 8. To adjust the vertical fin and horizontal stabilizer to the perfect angle, just to release the clevis and screw it in, ‘or outa little bit to achieve the ideal angle of the stabilizer9. Elevator moving direction check : From back view, when pulling back the elevator control horn, elevators on horizontal tail should go up. 11, Landing gear installation: Insert the landing gear wires into the slot in front of the battery hatch, cover the landing gear brace and secure with 4 TP2X6 screws. 13. Main wing assembly : Plug the two plastic pegs at the leading edge of wing to the holes on the fuselage. 10. Rudder moving direction check : From back view, when turning the steering horn (the right horn) to right, the rudder on vertical fin should turn to right. 12. Propeller installation : Push the motor shaft into the hole on the propeller kit (propeller with hub), then using the included hex-wrench to fasten the screw which was pre-installed inside the propeller kit. ~~ 14, Main wing locking : Using 2 TT3X18 screws to fasten the wing on the fuselage. 15. Main wing struts mounting : Attached the strut hook to the hole at the bottom of main wing, please don't mixleft and right steuts. 16. Wing struts locking : Fasten the other side of the strut to the fuselage with TPW2X6 screws.Pinan Itis best to fly on calm days, when there s little or no wind. Also, find an area clear of trees, power lines and other structures. A flying field for RIC planes is best. Don't fly around groups of people, especially children, or within 6 miles of existing RIC flying fields ane eine Afterall assembly and adjustment work was done, please prepare for the motor start First please turn on the transmitter power switch, make sure that the motor switch on the transmitter is on the off position, then please turn on the on/off switch on the airplane, make sure there is no objects around the propeller, fix the airpiane, turn on the motor switch on the transmitter and the red start button on the airplane, the motor should be running at high speed, turn off the motor switch and the motor stops running, the testing was complete with shutting off the switches on both the airplane and the transmitter. Gruen 1.Find an open area free of buildings, trees, power lines and people. 2.For your first few flights, fly only in winds of no more than 5 miles per hour. after you are comportable with the airplane, you can fly in winds that are no more than 10 miles per hour. If flown in stronger winds, the plane may be blown down wind and not have enough power to get back to you. 3.Make sure the motor battery is fully charged and that the transmitter has good AA batteries installed, 4 if others are flying in the same area, make sure that they are not using the same channel radio system as you are 5.Range check your radio before each flight. Switch on the transmitter and then the receiver. do not push the motor start button during the first part of the radio range check. with the antenna collapsed, walk 50 feet away from the airplane. Move the rudder and elevator control stick, checking that the rudder and elevator more. now, have a helper hold the airplane, press the start button and start the motor. Again, perform the range test with the motor running. If you still have control over the airplane, itis safe to extend the antenna and fly the airplane. GR MCR ere 41.Now pick up the airplane and switch the airplane on. 2.Press the start button. caution : keep your hands behind the propeller. 3.With the motor running ata high speed, hand launch the -3 grasshopper into the wind, at a slight upward angle. NOTE : for the first couple of flights, we recommend having a helper hand launch the airplane. After you become familiar with the flight characteristic of the airplane, it can be flown off a hard surface instead of hand launched, 4. Allow the airplane to climb a few seconds before turning it '5.When your plane is moving away from you, moving the rudder stick to the left will make your plane turn to the left. ‘moving the rudder stick to the right will make the plane turn to the right. by adding a little up elevator (moving the stick towards you) during the turn, the plane will turn much tighter. CAUTION: it only requires a small amount of up elevator. 6.When the plane is coming toward you, moving the rudder stick left still causes left rudder, but your plane goes to your right. in short, you have to reverse the way you control the rudder. here's a good way to familiarize yourself with the controls : when the plane is coming toward you, turn your body so that you are facing the same direction the plane is. going, looking over your shoulder at the plane. now when you move the rudder stick left, the plane will go to your let. 7.Now that you have gained some altitude, itis time to trim the plane for straight level fight. if the plane wants to climb when the elevator stick is released, move the elevator trim lever up (away from you). if the plane wants to dive, move the elevator trim lever down (toward you). it should require very little trim. your goal is to have the plane fly level with the elevator stick centered. 8.Now, with the plane flying level, check to see if the plane is flying straight. ifit wants to turn when the rudder stick is. centered, move the rudder trim lever opposite the direction the airplane is turning. the plane should be trimmed so. that if you take your hands off of the control stick, the plane will fly straight and level on its own, having the plane trimmed properly makes flying much easier and more enjoyable. 9.Don'tlet the plane get too far away from you. the farther away itis, the harder itis to see what the plane is doing 10.when learning to fly, itis best to Keep the plane high enough so that if you make a mistake, you have enough altitude to correct the mistake. LAND THE J-3 GRASSHOPPER It's a known fact among fellow r/c pilots that your airplane will land. itis up to you as to where and how it lands. {the j-3 grasshopper will get approximately 5 to 10 minutes of flight, at full throttle, on a fully charged battery before the ‘auto cut-off stops the motor. for your first couple of flights we recommend that you attempt to land before the motor stops. This will allow enough power to abort the landing and try again if you miss your landing area. 2.during your first fight, while at a high altitude, turn the motor off and notice how the plane reacts. this will give you an idea how the plane will react during a landing 3.0 land the j-3 grasshopper, fly down wind, past the landing area, a few hundred feet. gently turn into the wind and reduce the throttle so that the plane starts to come down. Adjust the throttle as needed to reach the landing area, but not fly pastit. 4 just before landing, at about 1" above the ground, apply a little up elevator to flare (raise the nose of the plane). This. will cause the plane to slow and settle to the ground. AFTER THE FLIGHT ‘Switch the airplane and then the airplane off. unplug and remove the motor battery. allow the motor battery to cool before recharging. check the plane over to make sure nothing has come loose. REPAIRS Even the best ric pilots in the world damage their planes every now and then. in the unfortunate event that you damage your airplane, repairs are fairly simple to make yourself. If there are any cracks in the wing or fuselage, apply 6-minute ‘epoxy to the broken area and hold together with clear packaging tape. Let the glue cure, leaving the tape in place for added strength, 5