SpeedWing Mini SpeedWing EX User manual
Mini SpeedWing
Mini SpeedWing
EX
EX
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Assembly Instructions
Assembly Instructions
Specifications
Wingspan: 24"
Wing Area: 168 sq. in.
Target Weight: 3.8 oz.
Wing Loading: 3.25 oz./sq. ft.
Motor Used: GWS EDF 50xc ot Fiegao 4100kv
Radio Equipment Needed
2 Blue Arrow 3.6g. JST Servos
GWS 4RP JST Receiver
Blue Arrow 5A JST ESC or CC ThunderBird 9 ESC
SpeedWing.net 2-cell 350mah Tanic LiPoly
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Mini SpeedWing EX
Thank you for purchasing the Mini SpeedWing EX. The Mini SpeedWing EX is
the perfect plane for tight area flying, yet remains extremely aerobatic. Also,
beginners will find that it is a fun and easy wing to fly because of its slow speeds
and near indestructibility. It takes less than thirty minutes to install the radio gear
and have the wing ready to fly. Below is what you’ll need to get started. These
instructions are a synopsis of the radio installation. The entire installation is on
the included DVD.
Radio Equipment:
- Blue Arrow 3.6g JST Servos (2)
- GWS 4P JST Receiver
- 5 amp Blue Arrow JST ESC or Castle Creations Thunderbird 9 BL ESC
- GWS EDP-50XC motor or Fiegao 4100kv BL motor
- 2s (7.4v) 350mah LiPoly
- Deans Micro Connector
Supplies Needed:
- Thin CA and kicker
- Xacto Knife
- Pliers
- Hot Glue Gun
- Small Screwdriver
Instructions
1. Connect all of your radio gear and center your transmitter trims. Now find
the heavy duty servo control horns that came with your servos. Place the
control horns on each servo so that the control horns angle back at about
a 45 degree angle. Cut the other side of the horn off that you don’t need.
2. Use a Xacto knife to cut SHALLOW traces from each servo and the speed
control to the receiver cutout. This is slit is used to bury the servo and
ESC leads.
3. Now hot glue in the servos. Make sure to press the servos all the way in
the cutouts until the glue hardens. Using your fingernail, press the servo
leads into the slits you just cut.
4. Now hot glue in the speed control. Using your fingernail, press the speed
control lead into the slit you cut.
5. Now connect all leads to the receiver. The right servo plugs into channel
1 on your receiver, the left servo into channel 2 and the speed control into
channel 3.
6. Now place your receiver into its cutout and press the excess wire of the
left servo down the side of the receiver into the foam. Hot glue the
receiver.
7. Take the supplied wire ties and mount the motor. Also mount the Deans
Micro connector into the holder built into the mount. You can use a small
amount of CA to glue the connector to the holder.
8. Now, use your Xacto knife to cut a SHALLOW slot leading out to the left
wing tip (this is the slot the burry your antenna). Cut a small hole in the
left tiplet for the antenna to feed through. Now use your thumb nail to
press the antenna into the slot and feed it though the tiplet (Tip: feed a
small piece of wire through the back of the tiplet through the hole you just
cut and glue the antenna on to the end of this wire, then pull the wire and
antenna carefully out the back of the tiplet). You can use a small amount
of thin CA to glue the slot back together over the antenna.
9. Now turn the wing over and plug the battery in the wing. Make sure to
center the transmitter trim tabs and make sure that the servos are moving
in the correct direction ( when looking from the back of the wing, left stick
makes the left servo horn move forward and the right servo horn to move
backwards. Giving up elevator makes both servo horns move forward,
giving down elevator makes both servo horns move backwards. If this
isn’t right, use the channel reverse on your radio until it is.
10. Now tale the supplied control rods and place the z-bend in the servo horn.
(Tip: for more throw, use the highest hole in the servo arm and the lowest
hole in the elevon horn. For lower throws, use the lowest hole in the servo
horn and the highest hole in the elevon horn). Hold your elevon slightly up
(about ¼” up) and mark where you will bend the wire to an “L”. Bend wire
and connect to elevon control horn. Use supplied Dubro EZ-Links to
connect the control wire to the elevons.
11.Slide the battery in the mount.
Center of Gravity:
The center of gravity is located at 5 ¾” from the nose of the wing. If your wing
doesn’t balance at this point after installing your gear, you can bury a small
amount of solder (just enough to balance) in close to the leading edge of the
wing. Just slit the foam as you did for the antenna, and press the solder into the
slit. Close the slit with a bit of thin CA.
Control Throws:
The control throws are normally set to 100% for every surface for the “Wild”
setting. For the “Mild” setting use 50% throws. The differential between up and
down is needed in this wing and is already set when you placed the servo horns
at a 45 degree back angle. You can use up to -75% exponential if your radio
allows for it
Mild Wild
Elevator: ½” up ¼” down Elevator: 1” up, 3/8” down
Aileron: ½” up ¼” down Aileron: 1” up, 3/8” down
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