Deagostini Lamborghini Huracan User guide

Brand: Deagostini

Model: Lamborghini Huracan

Category: Motorcycles

Type: User guide

Pack 9

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RADIO-CONTROLLED CAR WITH NITRO ENGINE

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THIS PRODUCT IS NOT A TOY AND IS NOT DESIGNED

FOR USE IN PLAY. ITEMS MAY VARY FROM THOSE

SHOWN. THERE MAY BE COLOUR VARIATIONS

OWING TO THE MATERIALS USED.

Assembly Guide

Published in the UK by De Agostini UK Ltd,

Battersea Studios 2, 82 Silverthorne Road,

London SW8 3HE

Published in the USA by De Agostini Publishing USA Inc.,

915 Broadway, Suite 609, New York, NY 10010

English adaptation by Continuo Creative, 39-41 North Road,

London N7 9DP

Printed in the EU.

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Lamborghini, Lamborghini with Bull and Shield Device are

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RADIO-CONTROLLED CAR WITH NITRO ENGINE

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The step-by-step guide to building your Lamborghini Huracán

Stage 48: Rear hub carrier

Stage 49: Glow plug and head shims

Stage 50: Rear driveshaft and stub axle

Stage 51: Servo and servo horn

Stage 52: Bodyshell

Stage 53: Cylinder head and head covers

Rear hub carrier

Parts supplied:

A Outer ball bearing

B Rear hub carrier

C Inner ball bearing

D Threaded plugs

E Ball-headed screws

ASSEMBLY GUIDE – STAGE 48

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1 In addition to the parts received with this stage,

you will need a 5mm Allen key.

2 Insert the two ball-headed screws into the two

lower holes of the hub carrier.

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With this stage, you have received the

components that make up the second of

the two rear hub carriers. These parts

are the same as those you received with

Stage 26. If you have already started to

assemble the rear suspension, you will

have fitted the previously supplied rear

hub carrier to the right-hand side, so fit

this hub carrier to the other side.

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5 6

3 The two threaded plugs each have

a flat end and a slightly concave end.

4 Insert the Allen key into the flat

end of one of the plugs, as shown.

5 Screw the plug into one of the two

lower holes of the hub carrier, from

the opposite side to the ball-headed

screw, then repeat the process to

insert the second plug into the other

lower hole. Test that the ball-headed

screws can still move freely, and

loosen the plugs slightly if they can’t.

6 Place the hub carrier as shown,

and position the small bearing to the

left of it and the larger bearing to

the right.

7 Insert the two bearings into

the corresponding holes in the

hub carrier.

8 This is how the rear hub carrier

should now appear. Store it away in

a labelled plastic bag until it is

needed again.

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Glow plug and head shims

The eight 3 x 8mm screws supplied with this stage will secure the two servos to the servo

mount. The other screws and self-locking nuts that were supplied will be used in future

assembly stages. The other parts are the glow plug, with its copper washer, and the two shims,

which are each just 0.14mm thick and will be fitted under the cylinder head. There is no

assembly work to do in this stage, which will explain the functions of the glow plug and shims,

so store all the parts safely until they are needed later on.

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ASSEMBLY GUIDE – STAGE 49

Parts supplied:

A Glow plug

B 2.5 x 6mm screws

C Head shims

D Self-locking nuts

E 3 x 8mm screws

Left: The throttle/brake servo is

ﬁxed to the servo mount with

four of the eight 3 x 8mm screws

supplied with this stage, two of

which are circled here.

The glow plug

The glow plug supplied with this stage will be

screwed into the hole in the top of the cylinder

head, hermetically sealing the combustion

chamber of your engine. Before the plug is

ﬁtted, it will be possible to turn the crankshaft

with comparatively little effort, using the

recoil starter, but it is much harder to turn it

when the plug is screwed in, because the air

inside the cylinder becomes compressed by

the rising piston.

The glow plug has the function of triggering

the process of combustion inside the cylinder

by using a thin, coiled platinum wire as its

heating element. Glow plugs are sturdy and

last a long time, but they are still among the

ASSEMBLY GUIDE – STAGE 49

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components that will suffer a certain amount

of wear and tear in an RC car.

To make the glow plug coil heat up initially, it

must be supplied with electricity from a glow

starter, but once the engine is running, the coil

will stay hot and the heater current will no

longer be needed. The temperature of the

element depends essentially on its thickness

and length, so glow plugs can be made to suit

the different operating requirements of

various designs of engine.

The shims

The cylinder in your Huracán’s engine

contains an inner lining, in which the piston is

housed. In order to compress the fuel-air

mixture in the combustion chamber formed by

the piston liner and the cylinder head, the

piston must ﬁt within the cylinder as perfectly

as possible. As the engine runs, the piston and

cylinder work together in such a way that

when the piston moves up, it forms a

hermetical seal with the cylinder liner and

head at top dead centre, and when the

piston is at the bottom of the cylinder,

the extra space above it allows lubricant

into the cylinder to keep the parts

working smoothly. To make the most of

the energy released during combustion,

the distance between the top of the piston

and the cylinder head must be correct: too

much space, and there is a loss of power,

resulting in poor performance, while too

little space can impair the internal workings

of the engine and reduce its efﬁciency. By

using shims, you can adjust the size of this

space and optimise the engine’s efﬁciency.

The use of shims is linked to the type of fuel

mixture that you want to use. One of the most

widely used techniques for getting the

maximum performance from an engine is to

increase the proportion of nitromethane in the

fuel. The higher the percentage of

nitromethane, the greater the pressure

generated by the combustion of the fuel in the

cylinder. Experienced RC modellers

recommend using a 0.1 mm-thick shim for

approximately every 10 per cent of

nitromethane. So, with a 16 per cent mixture

(the most common in 1:10-scale models), you

should use one of the two 0.14mm shims

supplied with this stage.

Above: An RC car being

prepped for use. You can

see the glow starter

(arrowed) projecting from

the top of the engine.

Below: The cylinder and

liner (on the left) and

cylinder head (on the

right) with the glow plug’s

ﬁlament visible (arrowed).

Above: A shim positioned

on the cylinder head. Your

use of shims will depend

on the fuel mixture you

want to use.

Left: Here you can see

the glow plug (circled),

screwed into a hole in the

cylinder head, directly

above the cylinder itself.

Parts supplied:

A Rear driveshaft

B Stub axle

C Drive pin

D Hexagonal drive washer

E Flanged nut

The driveshaft, stub axle and other parts supplied with this stage are interchangeable with those received

in Stages 21 and 36. If you’ve been working through the assembly sequence, use this set of parts for the

left rear wheel, as you will have used the other sets for the right rear and left front wheels.

1 As well as the parts supplied with this stage, you

will need the left rear lower arm, supplied with

Stage 19, and the left rear hub carrier assembly

from Stage 48.

2 You will also need a 2.5mm Allen key and a

5.5mm cross wrench.

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Rear driveshaft

and stub axle

ASSEMBLY GUIDE – STAGE 50

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ASSEMBLY GUIDE – STAGE 50

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3 Insert the ends of the ball-headed

screws in the rear hub carrier into

the holes in the lower arm, and start

to screw them in.

4 Now slowly screw them into the

holes as far as they will go, working

on them alternately.

5 This is how the assembly should

now appear. Note that the ball-

headed screws do not go all the way

into the lower arm – some of the

thread is still exposed.

6 Insert the stub axle into the hub

carrier, and then insert the drive pin

into the hole in the axle.

7 Place the drive washer onto the

stub axle, fitting the recess over the

drive pin, and then tighten the

flanged nut onto the end of the axle.

8 Insert one end of the driveshaft

into the stub axle, and either use an

elastic band to hold it in place or

store the parts together in a labelled

plastic bag.

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Servo and servo horn

Resetting the servos

Before ﬁtting the servos, you will need to reset

or ‘zero’ each one to its neutral position. This

is the resting position of the servo horn when

the servo has not received any commands

from the radio control transmitter.

To perform the reset, you will need the

transmitter, the servos and their horns, along

with the model with its RC receiver, switch and

battery pack. Start by plugging the cable from

one of the servos into its socket on the

receiver. Then centre both trim knobs on the

transmitter, as shown below left.

At this point, turn on the transmitter and

then move the position of the receiver switch

to ‘on’. Now the servo will move, even though

you’re not touching any of the transmitter

controls. The new position of the horn, with

the transmitter and receiver switched on but

no commands being sent from the transmitter,

is the neutral point. The reset procedure for

this servo is now complete, so turn off the

transmitter and receiver, and unplug the servo

cable from the receiver. Next, repeat the whole

process to zero the other servo, and then they

will both be ready to be ﬁtted to your model.

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Parts supplied:

A Servo

B Servo horn

ASSEMBLY GUIDE – STAGE 51

The parts supplied with this stage are your model’s second servo and its horn. This servo is

the same as the one provided with Stage 43, and because these servos are the same, they

are interchangeable up until they are fitted, at which point one becomes the steering servo

and the other the throttle/brake servo. As you can’t fit the servos yet, this stage will explain

how to reset them before you fit them.

Below: During the reset

procedure, you should

turn the trim knobs to

their centre positions

before switching the

transmitter on.

1 As well as the bodyshell, you will need a large

pair of scissors, a smaller pair of curved scissors, a

reamer and some wet and dry paper.

2 Before you begin, locate the cutting lines around

the bodyshell, such as those indicated below, which

are at the rear. The bodyshell is covered in a

protective film, but do not remove it yet.

The component supplied with this stage is the racing bodyshell of your Huracán, which will

be completed by the addition of the front and rear bumpers received with Stages 1 and 2. In

this stage, you begin preparing the bodyshell so that it can be fitted to the model.

ASSEMBLY GUIDE – STAGE 52

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Bodyshell

Parts supplied:

A Bodyshell

4 5

3 This is the cut

line around the left

front wheel arch.

There is a similar

line around the

right arch.

4 There are four

points on the

bodyshell that

need to be pierced.

The two circled

here are near

the front.

5 The other two

points that you will

need to pierce are

towards the rear of

the bodyshell, on

each side of the

engine bay.

6 Using large

scissors, cut away

the excess plastic

from around

the base of the

bodyshell,

as shown.

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ASSEMBLY GUIDE – STAGE 52

Air ﬁ lter

77 Use the reamer

to begin opening

one of the four

holes, taking care

not to force it in

too hard. Make the

holes slightly

smaller than

their outlines.

8 After opening

each hole, turn the

bodyshell over and

gently ream the

hole from the

inside. This is not

to enlarge it, but to

smooth it and

remove any burrs

or roughness.

9 Here is one of

the opened and

smoothed holes,

left slightly smaller

than its outline.

10 Once you’ve

made the holes,

cut along the lines

identified in Steps

2 and 3. Use small

but sharp curved

scissors to ensure

that you can cut

along the lines

as neatly and

accurately

as possible.

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11 Using wet and

dry paper, carefully

sand away any

excess from the

cut edges of

the bodyshell.

12 Make sure that

you follow the lines

of the bodyshell,

and take care not

to apply too much

force to it.

13 This is how the

right front wheel

arch should look

after you’ve

finished it with wet

and dry paper. It

should have a

smoothly curved

edge, without

any burrs or

roughness.

14 Finish off

the rest of the

bodyshell in the

same way.

ASSEMBLY GUIDE – STAGE 52

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ASSEMBLY GUIDE – STAGE 53

Cylinder head and head covers

This stage’s parts are for your Huracán’s engine. The largest piece is the cylinder head, which

closes the top of the cylinder to complete the combustion chamber. The two smaller parts are

the head covers, which will be mounted on top of the head. They not only replicate the head

covers of the real car, but also dissipate the heat generated when the engine is running.

Parts supplied:

A Head covers

B Cylinder head

C 2.5 x 12mm screws

1 You will need the cylinder head and head covers,

plus two of the eight 2.5 x 12mm screws supplied

with this stage and the glow plug from Stage 49.

2 You will also need a 2mm Allen key, either

straight or L-shaped, and an 8mm socket wrench.

C C

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5 6

3 Locate the indicated holes in

the undersides of the head

covers. These will align with

corresponding holes in the

cylinder head, which will be where

the screws will fit to hold the

parts together.

4 Check that the copper washer

is still in position on the glow

plug, as shown.

5 Place the glow plug into the

end of the socket wrench, and

then tighten it into the top of the

cylinder head, as shown.

6 Fit the left head cover onto the

top of the cylinder head, aligning

the holes (see Step 3) and the

sides of both parts. Tighten one

of the two 2.5 x 12mm screws into

the hole to secure the head cover.

7 Repeat this process to fit the

right head cover to the top of the

cylinder head.

8 Although the head covers are

secured to the head, they will still

be able to rotate, because they

are each held by only one screw.

This will allow you to swing them

aside, as shown, to access the

holes for the four screws that will

fix the head to the cylinder.

ASSEMBLY GUIDE – STAGE 53

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Assembly Guide

Coming in your next pack

Stage 55

The crankcase

PARTS SUPPLIED

Crankcase assembly, carburettor attaching screw

Stage 54

Piston, connecting rod and cylinder

PARTS SUPPLIED

Piston with connecting rod, cylinder

Stage 56

The carburettor

PARTS SUPPLIED

Carburettor, O-ring

Stage 57

The crankshaft

PARTS SUPPLIED

Crankshaft, tapered collet

Stage 58

The starter rear plate

PARTS SUPPLIED

Starter rear plate, gasket, screws

Stage 59

The recoil starter

PARTS SUPPLIED

Recoil starter, one-way bearing,

recoil starter shaft, screws

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Deagostini Lamborghini Huracan User guide

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Model: Lamborghini Huracan

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