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Super Bandit Assembly Instructions

• Start the assembly with forward fuselage. Lay

the two fuselage sides down on a flat surface
and glue the foam corner doublers to the
locations shown on the plans. Make sure to
make a right and a left side. We recommend
3M 77 spray for this step.
• After the glue has dried, glue the two bulkhead
pieces to one of the fuselage sides according
to the plans. Make sure they are
perpendicular.

• Glue the two sides together. Place on a flat

surface and glue the bulkheads to the other
fuselage.
• After the glue has dried, attach the forward
bottom and aft bottom fuselage pieces to the
side fuselage pieces.
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• Glue the two nosecone pieces together. You

can shape the nosecone pieces after the glue
is dried. We recommend attaching it to the
plane and shaping the nose with the rest of
the plane to obtain the most uniform look.
• Start out with a very course sandpaper (100
grit) and slowly move to a finer finishing sand
paper such as 220 or higher to get the
smoothest appearance.

• Glue the two canopy pieces together.

• Glue on each side of the canopy, two canopy
rail pieces as shown in the picture.
• Shape the canopy piece with the same
technique you used for shaping the nosecone.
DO NOT attach the canopy to the body of the
plane at this time. It does not get permanently
attached at any point.
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• Cut out the slots in the fuselage sides for the

wing and horizontal tail assembly according to
the plans. Attach the foam strips provided
according to the plans using 3M 77 adhesive.
• Draw a center line down the middle of the
bottom fuselage piece so that you can properly
align the motor mount assembly in the next
step.

• Attach the fuselage sides to the body

assembly you have created in the previous
steps. Make sure the sides are perpendicular
to the fuselage bottom.
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• Glue the two motor mount pieces together and

attach the motor mount wood piece provided.

• Install the carbon fiber rods in the horizontal

tail piece.
• Glue the two wing pieces together using a 5
minute epoxy and install the carbon fiber rods
in the wing assembly.
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• Attach the motor mount assembly to the

fuselage bottom, making sure the assembly
lines up with the center line AND making sure
the slots for the horizontal tail assembly also
line up.

• Cut the ailerons free from the wing and tail

piece according to the plans.
• You may shape the leading and trailing edge
of the wing at this step. DO NOT hinge the
ailerons at this point. It will be done later.
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• Slide the horizontal tail into the slots, making

sure to pass through the motor mount
assembly. Make sure it is flat, perpendicular
to the fuselage and glue into place.

• Slide the wing into the slots. Make sure it is

flat and perpendicular to the fuselage and glue
into place.
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• Glue the aft fuselage top into place. You may

want to gently bend the aft fuselage top piece
to match the slots in the side fuselage pieces,
before inserting the piece. Bend at your own
risk.

• Form the turtle deck side piece by gluing the

two pieces together. You can cut and shape
these pieces so they meet at a point rather
than just butt up together.
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• Glue the turtle deck sides down onto the top

fuselage piece. You can now glue the turtle
deck top piece as well.

• Glue the vertical tail piece into the top fuselage

piece making sure the front of the tail piece
matches up to the turtle deck.
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• If you have not already done so, you may attach

the nosecone assembly to the front of the
plane.

• Sand and shape your plane. You may want to

form leading edges on the tail pieces and
wing. You may round over the edges of the
fuselage body, taking extra care not to sand
through the foam. Start with a course grit
sandpaper and work your way to a fine grit
such as 220 or 320 grit for a smooth finish.
 Designed by Steve Shumate
Wing Copyright © 2005 All Rights Reserved
Make 1
All parts made from 6 mm Depron or
Make 1 BlueCore foam unless otherwise specified
Vertical tail Spar joint doublers (top and bottom)
Make 2 from 1/32" ply
1" x 0.75"

0 .2 1 "
carbo
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e spa
rs

Bulkhead F-3
Make 1
Canopy
(make 10 and
laminate together) Turtle de
c k to p
Make 1
Fwd Fuselage Top

Bulkhead F-2
Make 1

Make 1 3/8" wide fo

am strip
Nosecone
Make 9 and
Make 2
an op y s ill piece - laminate
C
Bulkhead F-1
Make 1

tr ip 3/8" sq x 4" hardwood motor mount

e fo am s
i d
3/8" w F-2
Fwd Fuselage Sides Motor mount
Wing root fillets
Make 2 Make 1
Make 2 F-1
F-3

3/8" wide foam strip

Nosecone top template

Use to aid in carving
3/8" wide foam strip

to shape
Fuselage/Inlet Sides
Make 2
1 il
ke l ta
Ma nta
zo

3/8" wide foam strip

ori H
Spar joint doublers (top and bottom)
Make 2 from 1/32" ply
1" x 0.75"

Fuselage/inlet top
Make 1

Fwd fuselage bottom

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es

Make 1
tu b
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. 157"
0

Fuselage/inlet bottom
Make 1
NOTES:
* All parts made from 6mm Depron or BlueCore foam unless
otherwise indicated
* If using BlueCore, peel the plastic covering off both sides
of all fuselage parts (leave the skin on all wing and
empennage parts)
* Sand all wing and empennage leading edges round and
0.21" dia x 15
apply a piece of 3M Satin tape around the leading edge to
add smoothness and durability

RECOMMENDED POWER SYSTEMS:

1) For park flying: Himax 2015-4100, 4.4 gearing,
APC 9x6 prop, 1200-1500 mAh 11.1V li-po battery,
15+ amp ESC (16.0 oz AUW)

2) For all-out speed: Himax 2025-5300, 3.75 gearing,

APC 7x6 prop, 1500-2100 mAh 11.1V li-po battery,
25 amp ESC (19.0 oz AUW) TP 2100

Scale in inches
2

Removable canopy mounted

with two toothpicks forward
0 2 4 6 8 and two Velcro strips aft

Span: 32.3" Thunder Power

2100 mAh 3s shown
Wing area: 220 sq in
Weight: 16 - 20 oz RTF
Wing loading: 10.5 to 13.0 oz/sq ft
Battery mounted to fuselage Receiver
Designed and drawn by Steve Shumate floor with a strip of Velcro
Copyright © 2005 All Rights Reserved
.21" dia x 15.38" carbon tube
spar (one each side)

0.157" dia x 7.7" carbon

tube spar (one each side)

3/8" sq x 4" hardwood

motor mount

4.15" Himax 2025-5300 motor

with gearbox shown