BrainCube Aeromodels Fugly Manuel utilisateur
BrainCube Aeromodels
Fugly
BrainCube Aeromodels Ltd.
Specications
Wingspan: 905mm / 35.6”
Flying Weight: 1.2kg / 2.6lb
Power: 300 - 400W
Baery Packs 2200mAh 3S recommended
Introduction
Tools & Materials
Thank you very much for buying BrainCube Aeromodels’ Fugly, our rst design in a range of easy to build, fun to y model
aircra kits. Fugly is a fun-y style model, designed to reuse the motor, speed controller, servos and baeries from popular
electric ARTFs like the Ripmax WOT4 Foam-E and Acro Wot Mk2 Foam-E.
By combining careful 3D CAD design with high quality materials and high precision laser cung, we have created a builders kit
that can be built in a weekend even by the total beginner. The nished Fugly is small enough to t into most cars in one piece,
light enough for extreme aerobacs yet sturdy enough to be your regular “Sunday hack”. Whilst the model will loop in it’s own
length and roll too fast to count with the controls at full deecon, dial them down and Fugly becomes docile enough for any
competent model pilot to handle.
Fugly is easy to build, but you will require some tools and materials on top of the parts included in the kit.
Building board - A at sheet of wood (20mm thick MDF is ideal) at least 900mm / 36” by 300mm / 12”, topped with a layer of
cork les for pins to securely sck into.
Hobby knife or scalpel - A sharp knife for cung and carving balsa wood into shape before sanding.
Sanding block and sand paper - 200-400 grit sandpaper is ne for shaping balsa wood.
Drill - Most holes are pre-cut by our laser cuer but there are a couple of occasions where this isn’t possible.
Wood glue - This can be PVA, aliphac, “super aliphac”. This will be used for the majority of the construcon.
Thin super-glue - Also know as Cyanoacrylate or CA glue, it comes in a variety of thickness’s and speeds. Thin CA is thinner than
water, and will wick into wood very quickly. Be careful using this glue, it will sck skin in a second given a chance.
10 Minute Epoxy - A strong, thick, two part, adhesive that you have to mix before use. It oen comes in a twin syringe pack
making it easy to measure out, and a 10 minute cure me gives a good balance between speed and strength.
Hobby Pins - The best ones to use are the “T” shaped pins. These are used to hold balsa parts together while glue dries.
Masking Tape - It’s not always possible to use pins to hold parts together, so masking tape can be used instead.
Covering Film - Fugly is designed to be covered with heat sensive lm like Oracover, Solarlm, etc.
Covering Iron - Covering lm can be applied using a domesc clothes iron, but a dedicated covering iron is much easier to use.
Diagram Key
Masking tape
Wood glue
Super glue
Epoxy
Pins
Clamp
Informaon / instrucon
Noce / cauon
Support
We hope that you will nd Fugly easy to build and fun to y, however if you have any problems, quesons, comments or queries
please get in touch:
BrainCube Aeromodels Ltd, Unit 3 Ballingall Industrial Estate, Brewery Lane, Dundee, DD1 5QW
Telephone: 01382 690 151 Email: support@www.braincube-aero.com
BrainCube Aeromodels - Fugly Construcon Manual 3
Fuselage - 1
Fuselage - 2
Fin
F5
FB1
FB2
Fin, F5, F4, F4a, FB1, FB2, T-nut
Baery Tray
F2
F3
Baery Tray, F2, F3, FB1 + FB2
Steps 2, 3 and 4 should all be
performed at the same me to ensure
the fuselage core structure is square.
In these three steps, ensure that
glue is applied to all the edges which
touch.
FB1 + FB2
F4
F4a
T-nut
Before you begin construcon make sure you cover your building board with polythene
or cling lm (plasc food wrap) to make sure you don’t accidentally sck parts to the
board.
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Fuselage - 3 Fuselage Side, F4+F4a
Fuselage Side
F4 + F4a
Fuselage - 2 Assembly
Fuselage - 4 Fuselage Side
Apply weights on top of the
central structure to ensure the
joints are square and solid.
Allow to dry completely before
connuing.
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Fuselage - 5
Your fuselage assembly should
look like this once the glue has
fully set.
Fuselage - 6
Tail, Fin + F5
It is crucial that the tail is straight,
and the n vercal. Do a dry
run before glueing to familiarise
yourself with the procedure, and
make sure everything is straight
once clamped.
Tail
Fin + F5
Before connuing, use a sanding block
and carefully round o the front edges
of the n and tail. Although you can
wait unl the fuselage is nished before
you do this, it is much easier before the
n and tail are glued into posion.
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Fuselage - 7
Fuselage - 7 Alt.
F1, UC Plate
Fugly can mount the electric
motor either from the back, with
the propeller aached directly
to the motor, or from the front,
with the prop aached to the
sha via a prop adapter. This
step shows the front mounng.
This step shows the rear mounng
opon for the electric motor.
Tape the UC Plate into posion before
clamping the nose together.
F1 UC Plate
Tape the UC Plate into posion
before clamping the nose
together.
F1
UC Plate
F1b
F1 Alt, F1b, UC Plate
F1
F1 Alt.
F1b
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Fuselage - 8
Fuselage - 9
CH x11
Clamp together on a at
surface aer glueing to form a
solid balsa block.
BS1 - 3, F7, CH block
BS1
BS2
BS3
F7
CH Block
(Fuselage - 8)
Tape all parts in posion to
ensure they conform to the
tail’s curvature while the glue
sets.
Be careful to ensure that the front
edge of BS1 lines up with the front
edge of the F3 former. If these aren’t
ush, the belly hatch won’t t.
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Fuselage - 10
Fuselage - 11
F1a, TS1-4, F6
Glue F6 in place rst. Then glue and tape
TS1 in posion so that it is hard up against
F3. Glue and tape TS2 then TS3. The
remaining gap between TS3 and F6 will be
smaller than TS4, so trim TS4 to the correct
length before glueing in posion.
F1a
TS1
TS2
TS3
TS4
F6
Carefully carve and sand the chin block into a smooth,
rounded prole
Lightly sand the edges of the tail
sheeng to round them o. Also
sand the joins to remove excess
glue.
The primary structure of Fugly’s fuselage is
now complete and can be carved and sanded
to smooth out the corners.
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Nose Hatch - 1
Nose Hatch - 2
H3 x4
Clamp together on a at surface aer
glueing to form two solid balsa blocks.
H1, H2 x2
H2
H2
H1
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Nose Hatch - 3
Nose Hatch - 4
Nose Hatch 1, Nose Hatch 2
H3, Nose Hatch 3
H3
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