Ah64 500 Size Manual

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Instruction Manu alAH-64 Apache Scale Fuselage

for TREX-500 & Replicates

Specifications:

Length: 1020mm

Width: 355mm

Height: 320mm

Weight: 690g without mechanics / 1510g with mechanics installed (w/o electronics)

Suitable for: ALIGN TREX 500 and replicates

Introduction:

The AH-64 Apache Scale Fuselage is a kit to convert your TREX 500 into a scale (1:18) version of the AH-64

Apache Attack helicopter. The kit contains all necessary scale parts, as well as all mounting and installation

parts, to mount your yet existing TREX 500 mechanics properly.


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AH-64 Apache for TREX 500 set contents:

1 - Main Fuselage

2 - Tail Boom Hatch

3 - Landing Gear fixed

4 - Landing Gear susp.

5 - Front Wheel

6 - M230 Machine Gun

7 - AGM-114 Hellfire Missiles

8 - Missile Holder

9 - Wing Missile Mount

10 - Engine Inlet

11 - Hydra Rocked Pod

12 - Weapon Wing


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13 - Cabin Hatch Mounts

14 - Main Gear Distancers

15 - Main Gear Mounts

16 - Tail Landing Gear

17 - Main Frame

18 - Tail Frame

19 - Tail tube & holder

20 - Tail belt

21 - Pushrod holder

22 - Belt pulley

23 - Pulley spacers

24 - Screw set

25 - Belt shaft & gear

26 - Pushrod & tube

27 - Cabin Windows (no pic)

AH-64 Apache Fuselage assembly instruction:

1. Installation of the elevated tail conversion parts on your existing mechanicsBefore you can install your helicopter mechanics into the scale body, you must convert your TREX 500 into

an elevated tail one, adjust it properly and test fly it. Here is how its done:

A) Remove tail boomFirst of all, disassemble the tail boom entirely, so that only your belt is coming out the tail boom holder.

B) Exchange mainframeThe mainframe parts supplied with the AH-64 Kit do allow your tail boom to exit the mainframe at a much

lower position than in the original version. Dismount both original mainframes. Assemble all parts to one

side of the conversion main frame, but do not assemble the other side yet.

C) Exchange belt pulleyTake your original belt pulley, and push the belt pulley off the shaft. The gear can stay on the old shaft. Then,

press the pulley onto the supplied shaft, centered on the rimmed area. Install the supplied gear as shown on

the shaft, mount it together with the supplied prolonged tail belt into its position. Then mount the other side

of the mainframe again.


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D) Mount tail frameFirst of all, mount the long tail boom into the mechanics and make sure the belt comes through untwisted.

Then add the pushrod distancers (3 distancers) to the tail boom, and mount the tail rotor guidance tube and

the pushrod. Then, assemble the conversion tail frame at one side as shown in the picture, make sure the

belt passes the pulleys as shown in the drawing. Add the other side of the tail frame and mount the short tail

tube pointing upwards. Make sure the belt goes through it untwisted and mount the pusrod distancers to

the tail boom and the tail rotor guidance tube and the pushrod.


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E) Mount tail rotor frameFinally mount the tail rotor frame of your original mechanics as usual. Adjust the belt tension. Mount the tail

servo and adjust the travel of the pushrod properly. Distribute the pushrod distancers along the tail tube inthat way, that the pushrod moves both smoothly but without giving the pushrod a chance to move. It is

recommended to fix the distancers position with cyanoacrylate glue.

F) Test fly the elevated mechanicsAfter assembling all conversion parts, double check each screw connection for tight fit. In some places it is

recommended to use threadlock to secure the screws from getting loose, please refer to your helicopters

instruction manual for this. Adjust your mechanics properly, and make a test flight checking if your setup is

working properly.

G) Prepare m echanics for installationIn order to prepare your mechanics for installation into the helicopter mechanics you have to take of the

main landing gear. Please set these screws aside, you will need them to mount the mechanics onto the body.

Also take both canopy holders off and replace them with normal screws instead.

Also, you have to take of the elevated tail area. Take off the tail rotor frame and remove the short tail tube.

Now your mechanics are prepared for installation. Now lets start preparing the scale body.


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2. Assembly and m ounting of the scale fuselage.A) Landing gear installation

First of all, mount the landing gear. Use the grasp nuts and press them with pliers into the wooden board,

as shown in the picture. Mount the fix rod as shown make sure the small wooden washer is between the

board and the rod !

Then, install the board into the fuselage as shown. Install the suspension rod and mount it as shown. You

have to press the spring down in order to get the wheel mounted. Proceed the same way on the other side.

Then mount the wheels, add the top tube caps. It is recommended to add a few drops of oil in order to make

the suspension rod move smoothly after installation. Finally fix the suspension rods holder ring in its

position. Have in mind that once the mechanics are installed, the spring will feather in deeper.

When you installed both gears and aligned them properly, please use epoxy glue to glue in the board in its

proper position. The side of the board pointing towards the tail has got to be aligned with the cabin holder,

but this part will be later installed, as shown in the picture below.


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B) Inserting the mechanicsNow, shove the mechanics into the fuselage. Do cutouts both on the swashplate holder and on the tail

conversion frame area as shown, in order to fit the body in its correct position and make screws accessible.

C) Mount elevated tailNow, start mounting the previously installed short tail tube, tail rotor frame and bell altogether as you had

installed it before mounting it into the body.

Once all these parts are fixed and operational, start to make proper cutouts both on the tail part of the

fuselage and on the hatch of the tail fin as shown. Use sandpaper to smoothen the cutout areas! Make sure

that the main gear position is properly adjusted before working on these cutouts.


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Once these works are finished, check the position of the mechanics again, and fasten the main frame to the

bottom of the fuselage using the original landing gears screws.

D) Main Gear spacers and c abin holderThe next step is to install the main gear spacers as well as the weaponry support bar. These parts are all

wooden, and need to be assembled using epoxy 2 component glue. First glue in the gear spacer as shown,

glue it against the fuselage side. There is not much space, we recommend to take extra caution.

Then, start mounting the cabin holder. First of all, mount the magnets into the cutouts of the wooden board.

Make sure the magnets do match the polarity of the installed ones in the hatch. If you miss that point, your

hatch will not close! Then install the board on each side, and glue it in with epoxy glue. Also make sure that

it interconnects with the landing gear board, and also glue these two parts together to gather extra stability.


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E) WeaponryIn order to start assembling the weaponry, you get started with the AGM rocket holder. First of all, assemble

the rocket holder itself, using the two plastic rods as depicted. Then start, using epoxy glue, gluing therockets into their proper position both on the lower and middle holder layer. Then mount it onto the weapon

station holder using epoxy blue. Make sure to mount it centered and at proper dimensions as shown in the

pictures.

Then go to the hydra rocket station, mount the rocket pod centered to the weapon station holder at the

shown distance.


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Then mount both hydra rocket pod and AGM missile launcher to the weapon wing using epoxy glue. Make

sure they are mounted in the proper position as shown in the picture.

Now, mount both wings in their appropriate position as well as the turbine inlet part using epoxy glue. Youmay have to sand the turbine inlet to gain a proper centered mount in front of the engines inlet.

F) Tail landing gearThe tail landing gear has to be assembled as shown. The flat part has to be mounted using epoxy glue, while

the upper steel rod serves as a load distribution and goes straight into a predrilled hole in the tail of the body.

Bend the steel rod as shown to make it fit into the small hole.


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G) Tail wingThe tail wing is simply glued into its proper, centered position with epoxy glue as shown in the picture.

H) Cabin windowsFinally, the cabin windows have to be installed. First of all, trim the window sheets with scissors until they

easily fit into the dedicated areas. We recommend to use as few glue as possible, to avoid cosmetical

damages.

Now, you are ready to fly your AH-64 Helicopter fuselage. Please make sure that you install the battery

properly to adjust the center of gravity.

Decent Devil wishes you having a lot of fun with this stunning fuselage !

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