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RC-31 INSTRUCTION MANUAL

INTRODUCTION

TOP FLITE is proud to present the ANTARES, a multi task

capable, Standard Class sailplane that was designed

expressly to take a lot of the "mystery" out of flatwing,

aileron-equipped configurations and at the same time

offer you new levels of soaring capabilities There is no

denying that national and international competition has

made its' presence known at even the club-level of con-

test work The airfoil work alone has provided most of us

with capabilities in a wide variety of weather conditions

that just a few short years ago were unheard of Of course

there

lot

going

than just airfoil work The top

U S and foreign R/C sailplane pilots long ago realized

that FAI - F3B competition was extremely hard on air-

frames, in particularthe speed portion of the three-event

format. This one aspect of the F3B competitions has

spurred a great deal of work in the areas of wing construc-

tion and spar engineering This to withstand the tremend

ous loads imposed on the wings during fully-ballasted

launches using extremely strong winches Work in this

area, particularly in Europe, has gone into the use of

exotic materials and methods that, for most of us, are

simply too costly and time consuming to even consider

All of this brings us to the reasons behind the design of

the ANTARES The design had to be efficient We were

looking for, and feel we have achieved, a tremendous

glide ratio with the ANTARES by use of a combination of

the top polars of the Eppler 193 "married" to the bottom

plots of the Eppler 205 and adding flaps to this combina

tion These flaps, as well as the rest of the controls, are

driven by a single servo in the fuselage with very simple

and straight-forward cable and tube connections This

airfoil was designed expressly for the use of flaps and we

think you will find that their use provides you with the

kind of control over the airplane that you have not ex

penenced before Our experience has been that these

flaps provide very tall, non critical launchesoneven the

weakest of launch devices, very precise speed control

during flight and remarkable glide path control during

the landing phase If you feel for any reason that you are

paying some kind of "penalty" in the use of flaps, con

sider the above If you feel that spoilers may be superior

to flaps, consider that the servo required is only of use

during one aspect of the total flight—landing, while the

servo required for the use of these flaps provides im

provement and modification of the total flight.

The ANTARES uses both ailerons and rudder (coupled) to

provide extremely flat, precise turning capability. We

discovered early on with the prototypes that we were

comfortably working light I lift at much lower altitudes and

distances than we would have ever done with our poly-

hedral ships and still making it easily back to the spot

when the time came We also found that wind became

much less of a factor in our thinking when making the

ever present "continue to thermal or return" decision.

With the reflexing capability of the flaps, returning to the

spot at high speed, even from low altitudes, certainly

bought us more time to work lift

You will also notice on the plans that we have shown the

optional installation of four Estes BT 5 rockettube bodies,

two in each wing panel on each side of the spar structure.

These are used to introduce lead ballast into the airframe,

thus increasing your wing loading and therefore your

speed and or ability to penetrate This feature, relatively

easy to do, has been incorporated into all of our proto-

types and used to good advantage on more than one

occasion

The wing

structure

when built to the plans,

will

support this increase of weight and you will have yet

another tool to work with in your flying There is more on

this aspect of the design in the Ballasting section of this

manual

A word about the radios that may or may not be suitable

for this design In this day and age of specialization it

simply is not possible to set-up a design such as the

ANTARES to carry every radio system currently or histori-

cally on the market Most of the radios currently on the

market, with the use of standard small or micro servos

will fit and work with the ANTARES CHECK YOUR RADIO

SYSTEM FIRST FOR SIZE AND FIT BEFORE STARTING

CONSTRUCTION Secondly, radio systems which are

equipped with such features as electronic RUDDER/

AILERON mixing servo reversing and, of less impor-

tance but a nicety non the less, EPA or "end point ad-

justment , tend to be great for this design If your radio

does not have RUDDER AILERON mixing, you will have

to do one of three things, 1. Obtain and install an elec-

tronic mixer such as ACE R/C's Christy Mixer", 2.

mechanically (with linkage) connect the rudder to the

aileron servo using a modified servo output arm or 3.

learn to fly the airplane uncoupled, co-ordinating both

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RC-31 INSTRUCTION MANUALINTRODUCTIONTOP FLITE is proud to present the ANTARES, a multi taskcapable, Standard Class sailplane that was designedexpressl

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note that the "entry" or lead ing edges a re not particu-larly sharp, but not just "rounded" either. Approachthistaskwith care toc

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2 pcs 1/16" x3" x 48" scarfed from 36" and 18" lengths,top center section2 pcs. 1/16"x3"x 18" unscarfed, botto

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NOTE HOW UPPER SPAR IS USED AS A WEDGETO SUPPORT BOTTOM FRONT SHEETINGWITH WING FRAMEWORK PINNED TO A FLATWORK AREA, PRESS SPAR BACK UNTIL THESHEETING

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18. Glue rib W 3B in place Glue rib W 2B in place at thecorrect root angle Remove the wing panels fromyour building board.19 In this step you are goin

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26. Re-position the wings back onto your work surface—your flat work surface Secure the panels firmly inplace Using the two remaining pieces of 1/16&q

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COVERINGThe ANTARES lends itself quite well to a fully-Monokotedfinish Monokote will keep the dry, unballasted weightwell within reasonable bounds and

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feature, make doubly sure that the flap is installed toprovide the correct throw direction Some healthy dam-age could be done to the servo and or the

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The connector for the stabilator servo is next Since thiscable is already in place, it's fairly easy to work with.Thread a clevis onto a connecto

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with the flaps The first thing that you will find is that verylittle flap deployment is needed to produce a majorreduction in airspeed Some increase i

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Page 12 - SHEETING MATCHES RIB CONTOUR

the left (rudder) and right (ailerons) sticks It is importantto remember that the ANTARES, like all "flat wing" con-figurations employs the

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Our ANTARES' were constructed using a variety of com-mon hobby adhesives including 5-minute epoxy, Cyano-acrylates, aliphatic resin (such as Tite

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with the top edges of the fuselage sides—MAKE ALEFT AND RIGHT FUSELAGE SIDE.2. Using the 1/8" x 1/4" x 36" balsa stock supplied, glue t

Page 15 - HINGE-MAKING PROCEDURE

and F-9 Now remove formers F-4, F-5 and F-9 fromtheir sheets Usingarulerand pencil,line the ruler upwith the mark made earlier for the servo output ar

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place Using a triangle, glue formers F 5, F-7, F 8 andF-9 in place at 90 to the fuselage side, using thepencil marks made earlier for location (please

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the rear there is a length (1/8" x 1/4" x 1-5/8") balsa gluedto the back of C-5 that fits into the cut out in F-6 Thissystem is easy to

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You don't want the fit between the forward stab drivewire and the fitting loose but it still should be made topass through the fitting without bi

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kind, since the right angles are important. At thispoint, if you are going ahead with the VA" stabs, youshould trim Vis" off of each side of

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