Legacy Aviation 54" Little Foot User manual

Littlefoot Manual

Electric ARF Assembly Manual

Greetings and congratulations on your purchase of the Legacy Aviation

Littlefoot bushplane!

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The Littlefoot is semi-scale homage to the great single-engine bushplanes that

fly around the world, and faithfully duplicates their performance. Super slow

spot landings, vertical takeoffs, one-wheel touch-and-goes, it does them all like

a true bushplane should. It also flies a variety of precision and 3D maneuvers

if you like, and will be a great companion for lazy circling around the field if

you don't.

Tips for Success:

1. Before starting assembly, take a few minutes to read the entire instruction

manual to familiarize yourself with the assembly process.

2. Use a fresh bottle of thin CA with a fine glue tip when attaching the CA

hinges. This will ensure that the proper amount of CA wicks into the hinge

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and surrounding balsa wood and creates a proper bond between the wood and

hinges.

3. Take the time to properly balance and trim your aircraft and set up rates

and exponential values. Your flying experience will be greatly enhanced by

doing this.

Items needed for completion

-Hobby knife with #11 blades

-masking tape

-Thin and Medium CA.

-Blue Loctite.

-Small flat head and Phillips head screw drivers.

-Standard and needle nose pliers.

-Metric balldriver or allen key set.

-6 sub micro metal geared servos. All flight testing was performed with Hitec HS-65MG

and HS-5065MG digital servos and we strongly recommend the use of either of these high

quality servos.

-Torque 2814T/820 Brushless Outrunner motor.

-Airboss Elite 45 Amp ESC.

-4S 2100-2350 mah LiPo battery.

-APC 12x6 E prop (NOT the slow fly version!).

-40 mm Extreme Flight spinner.

-2 18"-24" extensions for the elevator and rudder servos and 2 12-18" extensions to go

between the receiver and the aileron servo leads, as well as 2 6-8" extensions for the flap

servos. We recommend the 28 or 32 AWG extensions to save weight.

-Adhesive backed Velcro and Velcro strap for battery retention.

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Let's begin!

1. Locate the right and left wing panels. Using thin CA glue, apply several

drops to each hinge of the ailerons and flaps, flexing the ailerons and flaps to

make sure they move freely.

2. Locate the 2 G10 aileron control horns and 2 G10 flap control horns. Note

that they are different. Remove the covering over the servo openings in the

wing and the slots for the horns. Scuff the part of the horns that insert into

the surfaces with sandpaper and glue them in with medium CA glue.

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FLAP.

AILERON.

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3. Install the servos, using manufacturer-supplied hardware, for the ailerons

and flaps into the wings with the output shaft toward the rear.

4. Assemble the servo arms, servo arm connectors, and pushrods as shown.

The servo arm connectors must be able to rotate in their holes on the servo

arms. Use a drop of medium CA to retain the nut on the servo arm connector.

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5. Install the servo arms and pushrods as shown

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6. Locate the wing joiner brace. Using epoxy glue (to allow enough time

before drying for assembly), cover the brace in epoxy and join the two wing

halves permanently as shown. Use masking tape to hold the halves together

until the glue is dry.

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7. Locate the elevators, horizontal stabilizer and vertical fin. Apply epoxy to

the bottom of the fin (to allow enough time to work before the glue dries) and

insert fully into the top of the fuselage.

Insert the elevators through the fuselage (TIP, flip the elevators upside down

and backwards before inserting, then turn them right-way-around). Slide the

horizontal stab into the fuselage.

Once you have the horizontal stab in place, slide the elevator with hinges in

place. Apply several drops of thin CA to the joint between the horizontal stab

and fuselage.

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8. Using several drops of thin CA on each hinge, glue the elevator hinges. Flex the elevators

while gluing to be sure they move freely.

9. Insert the rudder into the vertical fin and glue hinges with then CA.

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10. Install control horn into the elevators and rudder as shown, in the same

manner you installed horns into the wing surfaces.

Install servos and pushrods as shown.

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11. Install tailwheel using wood screws into the fuselage, and a wood screw for

the tiller, as shown. Check to make sure the rudder swings freely.

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12. Locate the landing gear, axles, axle nuts, wheels, and wheel pins.

Install axles onto landing gear and tighten.

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13. Slide wheels onto axles and insert pins as shown.

14. Install landing gear onto fuselage and tighten screws. Note that the gear

sweeps slightly forward, not back.

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15. Using medium CA, install the gear fairings onto the landing gear legs.

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16. Install brushless motor onto firewall as shown using 4 x 3mm screws.

17. Use Velcro to affix ESC to bottom of motor box.

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Legacy Aviation 54" Little Foot User manual

Legacy Aviation 54" Little Foot User manual

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