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Pixel Building Pictures Posted by Greg Smith on Jun 8, 2003, 21:15 The Pixel is a pretty easy plane to assemble. It took me about 6 hours to finish the plane. This is the supplied servo tray/control mechanism mount. I added a ply doubler under the control horn area. Gluing the cap on the stab root. Stab root sanded to shape. The capped stabs with sheped and sanded tips plus the stab mount pins. Stab mount pins installed. Drill a couple of holes to access the ends or the pins and epoxy them in. Do the same on the wing incidence pins. Notice: The stab pins are slightly offset. About 3mm. There is a molded in line on each side of the fuse at the tail. These mark the tail incidence. Leave the receiving tubes a bit long for now and line up the tail. You can grind the tubes flush when the glue sets up. Use the included guage to set the v angle and tape to hold. The wing incidence pin. This is what goes into the control horn. The wing joiner tube and the opening for the incidence pin. Later, make sure that the movement is uninhibited. Sand the wingtips to shape. The control mechanism. I added a piece or music wire inside the stock brass tube for added strength. The mechanism installed on the tray. Glue the tray in. I offset the servos slightly and added ply risers to screw the servos to. Finished Pixel! I used Ultracote(Oracover) others have bagged the wing with light glass or used a water bourne sealer. Bottom of the Pixel. A good starting point for the wing incidence is the sticker line that runs through the name Pixel on the fuse. CG should be at 70mm from the LE for the first flights but can be move back to improve performance. I have mine between 75 and 78mm back depending on the conditions. Ok, it should be ready to fly. Get the feel for it for a few flights and when you are ready to go fast dial in some down trim. It will speed up well and still maintain level flight. If you ave questions email me at greg@slopeflyer.com Print this article - Email this article ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------

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