Royal Products ‘CORPORATION 780 WEST TENNESSEE AVENUE * DENVER, COLORADO 00223-2875 CONSTRUCTION NOTES: Reference wing strut construction PA -18 SUPER CUB CUT ANE JOIN W-s1 and W-42 AT FUSE END AS SHOWN ON WING TOP VIEW. DO NOT TRIM TO LENGTH UNTIL AFTER WINGS ARE MATED TO FUSE AND STRUTS cay BE CUSTOM FIT.Royal Products CORPORATION 790 WEST TENNESSEE AVENUE * DENVER, COLORADO 80223, SUPER CUB PA-18 ‘THe Piper Sure Cue WAS FinsT merRooucED IN 1949 AND HOLDS THE RECORD FoR CINALLY DESIGHED FoR CROP DUSTING ANO THE L18 ANG L2I MODELS WERE FOR MILITARY USE AB OBSERVATION PLANES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, SPECIFICATIONS: ROSS WEIGHT... ese 1,750 ues. Enc. 150 HP Lycommc ‘Tor Speco Wlira0 MPH Manaus AUrIsUDE. 18 ,000 reer RANGE. eee CII sod ices MEASURE, CUT, AND SPLICE MAIN WINS SPARS, 3/16 X 3/8, SPRUCE AT POINT SHOWN ON PLANS. ‘Aco BALSA Joiner, Mani RIS LOCATIONS ON SPARS, Wad's, W-7's, WHS's, We37's, Woa9's, Avo Wa6's, (CUT Lowen CAP STTIPS ANO PIN IN PLACE OVER PLANS. NOTE CAPS ANE FROM SECOND WHI ‘ADD LOWER SPARS AND WING RIDE WIS, Wo2'S, AND W-3's ovER caps. PUT WH23's IN PLACE. ‘Apo UPPER MAIN SPARS. No GLE YET. Noy Wo24's AND WH25'S, IN PLACE AS SHOWN, START AT Wel INBOARD AND WORK TOWARDS THE TIP, Aco W-20, W-21, AND W-22, KEEP vEnrical Guve Wad m pLlos m PLACE, Ano S-10's, CENTER THESE ON THE RIB TRAILING EoGES, 7. HINGE AS SNOWN At SAND ASSEMBLY TO SHAPE SHOWN ON PLANS. WING STRUTS 1. Lay ed's AND Vind? OVER PLANS AND JOIN AS SHOWN. 2, Ago wine ATTACH POINTS ANO GLUE. LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY ‘SAND ALL WIRE PARTS WHERE THEY WILL BE SOLDERED, WRAP JOINTS WITH COPPER WIRE AND FLOW SOLDER tro THE JOINTS, Ano F=36'5 TO GEAR ASSEMBLY. VERTICAL FIN AND RUDDER GLUE V=1 To V-51N PLACE OVER PLANS. NOTE HOLLOW BASE FoR HORN. DRILL HOLE IN V-I Fon 3. App 3/8" x 3/16" aaLsa nies. 5, TEMPORARILY INSTALL HINGES AND SAND To SHAPE SHOWN ON THE PLANS. 6. FUSELAGE CONSTRUCTION F-2 HAS A BEVEL To IT WhicH INDICATES FRONT. THE FUSELAGE 18 QUILT 1N TWO SECTION PLEASE FOLLOW OUR INSTRUCTIONS TO INSUREa 22. 23. 24, 28. 27. IneTALL. F-34 ANO F-35 WITH GELLCRANKS FOR CABLES WiHleH WILL RE USED Flom THE RUDDER ‘AND ELEVATOR, DO NOT GLUE F=35 IN PLAGE UNTIL LANDING GEAR AND WING STRUT FITTINGS “Trim coWL AND CUT HOLES AS SHOWN ON PLANS, DRILL HOLES AND MOUNT COWL. DON'T FORGET ‘And ENGINE MOUNT AND ENGINE, DRILL HOLES FOR THROTTLE AS NEEDED. MOUNT LANDING GEAR AND DRILL NECESSARY HOLES. ALSO LIFT STRUT ATTACHMENTS, ‘Aop TAIL WHEEL ASSEMBLY, CHECK SQUARENESS AND GLUE HORIZONTAL. STAB, VERTICAL Fitty AND V=10'S IK PLAGE: SHAPE AS SHOWN, DON'T FORGET TO ADD ELEVATOR HORN AND CABLES, CHECK FOR TRAVEL AND FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT PRIOR TO GLUE, HOOK UP TAIL WHEEL STEERING AS SHOWN. MAKE UP AND SOLDER VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL SURFACES BRACE WIRE, BE SUE YoU D0 NOT WARP THE SURFACES, THESE SHOULD WE JUST TIGHT ENOUGH HOF TO ALLOW MOVEMENT oF THE GLUE WINDSCREEN AND SIDE WINDOWS IN PLACE AFTER AIRPLANE IS COMPLETED,CTHE_FINISH WORK ONE OF THE KEYS To A co00 FINISH IS SAND, SAND, SAND, OUST IT OFF AND SAND Om cok) SAMO PAPC ll PREFER ALUMINGM ORIDE ON GARNET PARER) 280-320 RANGE, 1 GLUE Mine To 1x4"«12" Locks wiTH SeRAY CONTACT ADHESIVE OR “RTIOKY wACK” mY Score, Y's 8est To sano ALL COMPONENTS PRIOR TO FINAL ASSEMBLY ANO IS ALSO MUCH FASIER, THE NEXT "AND Jr You PLaw To *MoNOKOTE® YOUR EYEBALL SCALE, IT 15 GONE AT THIE STAGE ON Bane Woe AND IH ACCORDANCE WITH THE QINCETIONS FURKISHED WITH THE "MoNOKOTE", AFTER (t's PLANES ARE MONONOTED. [TOO RAD, THOUGH!) YOU MUSY DECIDE WHAT TYPE HINGES YOU WILL Use sow Because IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE. IF YOU ARE GOING To USE HINGES WITH REMOVABLE Mawuracrunens INSTAVCTIONS) ETC, AT THE TIME, THEN DIGMANTLE IT AND COVER IT INOIVIOM “To PREPARE THE MOOEL FO COVERING, YOU DOPE THE AALSA WITH AT LEAST 4 50/50 DOmEGTHinNEn weix-Une, AFTER EACH COAT SAND LIGHTLY AND CONTINUE UNTIL HO "FU2z" OCCURS. Sarven porinc, (USUALLY 3 om 4 coars). NOW COVER WITH THE MATERIAL OF YOUR cHOIcE (FoR INSTANCE, SICK, fHuROM, NYLON ETC.) CMECK THE GRAIN (LOOK AT A CORNER OF THE MATERIAL TO. “To APPLY THE COVERING, CUT 17 OVERSIZE, HOLD IN PLACE AND SPRAY WITH A FAME. EINE. Witt REGUIRE FAR FEWER COATS AMO THE CLOUDY LOOK WILL DISAPPEAR AFTER THE 2K0 OR 3R0 Camerucey vaim (Win 4 DOUBLE EGE RAZOR SLADE) ANO SAND THE "ROUGH AREAS AUT Wath SURTACE REMAING SMOOTH AFTER A COAT OF DOPE (3RO OR 41H CoAT) IT'S TIME TOAIRCRAFT ALIGNMENT ‘TwIs SHEET 15 MELDED AS AN ADDITION TO THE NORMAL INSTRUCTIONS IM HOPES THAT YOU MAY BENEFIT FROM THE INFORMATION '7 CONTAINS. THE TIME IT TAKES TO ACCURATELY ALIGN AM AIMPLAME NOTE THAT wine AND arAR ANGLES, THRUST GENERALLY, THE ANGLES ARE REFERENCED TOA Most ANGLES ARE EXMRESSED IN DEGREES OF ANGULAR OFFSET. DoW'T LET THIS STOR YOU FROM UsING THEM! Use THE FoRMICAS TO CCNVERT THE DEGREES TO FRACTIONS OF AN WCH OF OFrsET. THE EASIEST METHOD i= TOUSE A ROBART INCIDENCE METER, THIS DEVICE 18 CALIBRATED I NEXT, MARK THE CENTERLINES OF THE LEADING AND TRAILING EDGES ON THE STAB AND WING, MAKE A TeM= REQUIRED CIFFERENT ANGLES, LET'S SAY THE PLANS CALL FOR 116" POSITIVE NCIDENCE. THAT MEANS THE CENTEN OF THE LEADING COGE 181 T6" WHER (ners CED TO THE TOP) THAM THE CENTER OF THE TRAILING LEADING EOCe 116" HiGHER, THE STAB MAY HAVE POSITIVE, NEGATIVE, OR NO INCIDENCE DEPENDING ON THE 1 TO OMILL THE DOWEL SOLES THE RULKHEAD HIGHER THAN RECESSARY (TOWARD THE TOF OF THE PURE IM A ‘we FUSELAGE, USE A OALSA STICK OR YAROSTIEK AMO BE SURE THAT IF THE TOTAL WINGEPAN 15 70" THAT Next, a SUE THE WING ANO STAB ARE HOT SKEWED ON THE FUSELAGE OW TO EACH OTHER, USE A PIECE OF NON-STRETCHABLE STRIME AND TIE A LOOP IN ORE ENO. PIN THROUGH THE LOOP ATTACHING THE SvaiNG, We THE Ceact CENTEH OF THE FURELAGE, FOR THE WING ATTACK NEAR THE TAIL, (WEAN NOSE FOm svAB). Measuae As vou can Se, THESE 5 PARAMETERS MUST SE COMPLETED TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE OTHER 4 AB OME IBALANCE AND FLIGHT ONE, YOU SAY, NAY, SAY I. ALL OF WHAT IS GONE, ANYONE COULD 90, WHAT Lies ANEAD ‘Tis PHASE BEGINS WITH THE MODEL READY FOR FLIONT AND ENDS WITH & successrUL Anois. BEGIN WITH THE AIRPLANE ASSEMBLED AS IF TO FLY. SET IT ON A SMOOTH SURFACE Iv THE CASE OF TWIN RUDDERS, MEASURE THEM ACCURATELY. If THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZE PARALLEL To THE WING? ARE THERE ANY WARPS IN ANY OF TME FLYING SURFACES? Is THE To Mat 17, USE STEAM, IF A SMALL SURFACE 18 THE PROBLEM, A TEAKETTLE OVER A STOVE WILL 00 THE J0B. YoU APPLY SoTH SIDES OF THE WARPED SURFACE TO THE STEAM UNTIL cOoD To OISSOLVE THE PAINT, USE MORE COATS OF PAINT OVER ROTH SIDES OF THE WARP. UsTIL rT WiLL stay, ‘THAT's THE HARD Way. Now THAT ALL THE WARPS ARE CONE, REASEEMOLE THE PLANE FROM THE SURFACE TO TRAILING EOGE OF WING AT SAME STATION (CHORD POINT) ANO VERIFY THAT IT AGREES WITH THE INCIDENCE SHOWN ON THE PLANS, DO THE SAME FOR THE TAIL, IF IT NEXT eMcOe THE THRUST, FASTEN A STRING TO THE CENTERLINE OF THE PLANE BACK