A S S E M B LY M A N UA L

EXTRA 330LX
Code: SEA274

“ Graphics and specifications may change without notice ” .

Specifications:
Wingspan---------------82.0 in (208.2 cm).

Wing area---------------1349.4 [Link] ( 87.1 [Link]).

Weight-------------------16.3 -16.8 lbs (7.4- 7.6kg).

Length-------------------77.7 in (197.3 cm).

Engine-------------------50cc-55cc gasoline.

Radio--------------------6 channels with 6 servos.

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 EXTRA 330LX Instruction Manual.

INTRODUCTION.
Thank you for choosing the EXTRA 330LX ARF by SG MODELS . The EXTRA 330LX
was designed with the intermediate/advanced sport flyer in mind. It is a semi scale airplane
which is easy to fly and quick to assemble. The airframe is conventionally built using balsa,
plywood to make it stronger than the average ARF, yet the design allows the aeroplane to be
kept light. You will find that most of the work has been done for you already. The motor mount
has been fitted and the hinges are pre-installed. Flying the EXTRA 330LX is simply a joy.

This instruction manual is designed to help you build a great flying aeroplane. Please read
this manual throughly before starting assembly of your EXTRA 330LX . Use the parts listing
below to indentify all parts.

WARNING.

Please be aware that this aeroplane is not a toy and if assembled or used incorrectly it is
capable of causing injury to people or property. WHEN YOU FLY THIS AEROPLANE YOU
ASSUME ALL RISK & REPONSIBILITY.

If you are inexperienced with basic R/C flight we strongly recommend you contact your R/C
supplier and join your local R/C model Flying Club. R/C Model Flying Clubs offer a variety
of training procedures designed to help the new pilot on his way to successful R/C flight.
They will also be able to advise on any insurance and safety regulations that may apply.

ADDITIONAL ITEMS REQUIRED. TOOLS & SUPPLIES NEEDED.

� 50cc-55cc gasoline engine. Thin cyanoacrylate glue.

� Computer radio with 6 servos. Medium cyanoacrylate glue.
� Glow plug to suit engine. 30 minute epoxy.
� Propeller to suit engine. 5 minute epoxy.
� Protective foam rubber for radio Hand or electric drill.
system. Assorted drill bits.
Modelling knife.
Straight edge ruler.
2mm ball driver.
Phillips head screwdriver.
220 grit sandpaper.
90° square or builder’s triangle.
Wire cutters.
Masking tape & T-pins.
Thread-lock.
Paper towels.

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INSTALL THE AILERONS 2) Layout the servo on the wing to test fit
CONTROL HORN. the installation and ensure servo lead is
the correct length.

Fiberglass control horn

3) Attach the extension to the servo lead

Epoxy. and secure with Safety Clip, safety wire,
tape or other method. Ensure the plugs
will not come apart from vibration or
light tension.

Epoxy.

Aileron control horn.

INSTALLING THE AILERON SERVOS.

1) The ailerons have been pre-hinged 4) Fasten the pull string from the servo
and glued to the wing panels and are hole to the male plug of the servo exten-
ready for flight. No other steps are neces- sion.
sary for hinging.

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 38mm

5) Install servo in servo well with the out-

put arm toward the leading edge of the
wing. Mark and drill location of servo
mounting holes.

INSTALLING THE AILERON

PUSHROD.

Thin CA.

M3x15 Socket Head Cap Screw.

Flat washer.

Lock nut.
6) Install servo with servo mounting
screws.

Lock nut.
Flat washer.

M3x15 Socket Head Cap Screw.

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100mm

Epoxy.

Epoxy.

Elevator fiberglass control horn.

Repeat all the above steps for the other

wing. ELEVATOR SERVO INSTALLATION.

1) The elevators have been pre-hinged

and glued to the stabs and are ready for
flight. No other steps are necessary for
hinging.

INSTALL ELEVATOR CONTROL HORN.

2) Attach the extension to the servo lead

and secure with Safety Clip, safety wire,
tape or other method. Ensure the plugs
will not come apart from vibration or
Fiberglass control horn light tension.

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 5) Install servo with servo mounting
screws.

3) Feed servo extension through the el-

evator servo mounting hole.

38mm

4) Mark and drill location of servo

mounting holes.

ELEVATOR PUSHROD INSTALLATION.

M3x15 Socket Head Cap Screw.

Thin CA.
Flat washer.

Lock nut.

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Lock nut.
Flat washer.

M3x15 Socket Head Cap Screw.

Epoxy.

38mm

Repeat all the above steps for the other

elevator.

INSTALL RUDDER CONTROL HORN.

Use scotch tape to avoid

Fiberglass control horn pushrod drop out.

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 3) Thread the rudder cable through a
brass swage tube, then the threaded cou-
pler, and back through the brass swage
tube on both sides. Pull light tension on
the cable through the coupler on both
sides as shown.

M3x15 Socket Head Cap Screw.

Flat washer.

INSTALL RUDDER CABLE AND SERVO.

Lock nut.
1) Gather one rudder aervo, mounting
screws, servo arm and the rudder control
linkage parts shown below.

38mm
4) Loop the cable back through the brass
swage tube and tighten the second loop
through the brass swage tube as shown.

2) Tape the rudder balance tab to the top

leading edge of the vertical fin in the neu-
tral position as shown. This ensures the
rudder is straight when the cables are at-
tached. 5) Crimp the brass tube with a crimping
tool or pliers.

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6) Cut off excess cable as shown.

8) Feed one rudder cable through the pre

installed cable exit tube in the rear of the
fuse toward the front of the fuse. Repeat
for other side.

7) Mark and use a 1/16 bit to drill the

rudder servo.

9) Thread cable through brass swage tube.

10) Thread cable through the threaded

Thin CA.
coupler hole, and back through the brass
swage tube as shown.

11) Loop the cable back through the brass

swage tube and pull tight.

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 12) Crimp the brass swage tube with a NOTE : Cable is installed crossed “ X”, not
crimping tool or pliers. parallel.

15) Attach the aluminum tube to com-

bine two elevator as below pictures.

13) Cut off excess cable as shown.

14) Attach ball links to the rudder servo

arm and then attach the servo arm to the
rudder servo as shown.
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TAILWHEEL INSTALLATION.

Locate items necessary to install tail-

wheel.

M3x15mm

M4x15 Socket Head Cap Screw.

Fuel Tubing.
Washer.
Place a drop of Blue Loctite on tail wheel
strut mounting screws.

Blue Loctite.

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 Attach the steering spring to the rudder Repeat spring installation for other side.
control horn.

Use pliers to twist spring end closed

around rudder control horn.

INSTALLING THE MAIN LANDING

GEAR TO FUSELAGE.

Do same for attachment the steering

spring to the rudder tiller.

1) The blind nuts for securing the land-

ing gear are already mounted inside the
fuselage.
2) Using the hardware provided, mount
the main landing gear to the fuselage.
3) Place the fuselage inverted on the
workbench in a suitable stand. Set the
landing gear in place and use a screw-
drive to secure the landing gear to the fu-
selage using bolts M4x25mm and wash-
ers. Make sure to use the threadlock on
the bolts so they don’t vibrate loose.
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M4x25mm

Washer.

Install gear cover into landing gear.

3x10mm

Use lock nut to secure landing gear

tighen into fuselage.

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 Using locknut install axle to gear.

Thin CA.

3x10mm

Align the wheel pant slot over the axle

bolt as shown. Slide the wheel pant slot
over the flat sides of the axle bolt and align
blind nuts in wheel pants with mounting
holes in landing gear. When all bolt holes
are aligned tighten axle in place.

M3x4mm

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Install the wheel and outer wheel collar.

Use blue Loctite on the wheel collar set
screw before final tightening

MOUNTING THE ENGINE.

NOTE : It’s the canister mount which is

used to assemble the canister exhaust sys-
tem. It’s only for extra reference purpose
for your model.
M3x4mm

Use blue Loctite on the bolts before final

tightening. Locate the laser cut engine mounting
template.
M3x10mm
Washer.

Align mounting template to front of

firewall.

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 Use a 1/4 bit to drill the engine mount- Using mounting bolts and washers
ing holes mount engine to firewall.

Remove mounting template from fire-

wall. Firewall shown with mounting holes Tighten mounting bolts and secure en-
drilled ready for engine mounting. gine to firewall.

THROTTLE SERVO INSTALLATION.

1) Use a 1/4” bit to drill a pushrod exit

hole in the firewall in line with the en-
gine carburetor throttle arm.

2) Assemble ball link to threaded end of

pushrod.

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Thin CA.

3) Attach throttle pushrod to the carbu-

retor throttle arm with the ball link.

4) Install adjustable servo connector in

the servo arm as same as picture below:

Loctite secure.
Adjustable servo
connector.
Epoxy.

6) Reinstall the servo horn by sliding the

Servo arm.
connector over the pushrod wire. Center
the throttle stick and trim and install the
5) Install throttle servo into servo mount- servo horn perpendicular to the servo
ing tray. center line.

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 7) Move the throttle stick to the closed po-
sition and move the carburetor to closed. 3) Thread nylon tie through mounting
Use a 2.5mm hex wrench to tighten the holes.
screw that secures the throttle pushrod
wire. Make sure to use threadlock on the
screw so it does not vibrate loose.

IGNITION INSTALLATION.

1) Position the ignition module on the

side of the engine mounting box and
mark the location of the nylon tie holes
as shown.

4) Connect ignition module to pickup

line of engine. Secure with Safety Clip,
safety wire, tape or other method. Ensure
the plugs will not come apart from vibra-
tion or light tension.

2) Use a 1/8” bit to drill the ignition mod- 5) Secure ignition wire with nylon ties as
ule mounting holes. necessary.

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Switch.

INSTALLING THE ENGINE SWITCH.

Trim and cut.

INSTALLING THE RECEIVER SWITCH.

Install the switch into the precut hole in

the side, in the fuselage.

Switch.
3/32” Hole.

FUEL TANK ASSEMBLY.

Please see below pictures.

Trim and cut.

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 FUEL TANK INSTALLATION.

1) Install the fuel tubing and clunk. Se-

cure the fuel tubing with nylon ties to the
pick-up tube and clunk.

2) Insert the rubber stopper assembly

into the tank with the vent tube at the top Slide the fuel tank into the fuselage. Use
of the tank. the T-fiting from the fuel dot to connect
lines from the clunk to the carburetor.
Secure all connections using tie wraps.

3) Secure the rubber stopper with set

screw. Take care not to strip threads by
over tightening set screw.

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COWLING.
BATTERY & RECEIVER.

Install battery using nylon ties and re- 1) Gather the materials as shown below.
ceiver as shown.

Battery.

2) Measure and mark the center of the

template material as shown.
Receiver.

MUFFLER INSTALLATION.

3) Measure and mark the center of the

bottom of the fuselage as shown. Mount
cowling to fuse and transfer center line
on fuse to bottom of cowl.

Note: You will use this center mark dur-

ing a later step when aligning template
with cowl.

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 6) Trace around the head of the engine
being careful to keep the template in the
same location.

4) Aligning center lines of template and

fuse. Tape the template to the bottom of
the fuse with the back edge of the tem-
plate flush against the aft edge of the re-
cessed cowl mounting ring.

7) Use a hobby knife to cut out the hot air

exit opening as shown.
5) Using a hobby knife roughly cut a hole
for the muffler exhaust stacks to pass
through.

Note: This will allow you to pull the tem-

plate up next the engine cylinder head.

8) Check the fit of the template at this

time. It may be necessary to make small
adjustments to the cutout to get it to fit
properly.

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Note: Take care not to cut or scratch the

cowl.

9) Fit template flush with rear of cowl and

align center marks of template and cowl.
Tape template to the bottom of cowl. Use
a felt tip marker to transfer the template 12) Install the cowl and check that every-
cutout pattern to the cowl and mark cut thing fits correctly and does not come in
location. contact with the cowl. If needed enlarge
the cutouts and test fit again until every-
thing fits correctly.

13) Mark and tape the cowl to the fuse-

lage using low-tack tape.

10) The cowl should be marked as shown.

Be sure to mark all of the lines clearly and
carefully to aid in cutting.

11) Remove the template and use a rotary

cutting tool and sanding drum to cut out
the openings in the cowl.
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 14) Mark by using a drill to drill the holes
for the cowl mounting screws. Then, take
cowling out of and drill on it. Make sure
the cowl position is correct before drill-
ing each hole.

Fuel tubing.

M3x15mm ELECTRIC POWER CONVERSION.

Washers. 1) Locate the items neccessary to install

the electric power conversion included
with your model.

2) Recommend the items necessary to in-

stall the electric power conversion parts
included with your model.

- Motor 360 - 6000 Watt

- Propeller: 24x10 ~ 25x12

- ESC: 160A- 200A

- 12S Lipo

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3) Attach the electric motor box to the

firewall suitable with the cross lines
drawn on the electric motor box and fire-
wall. Using epoxy and balsa stick to se-
cure the motor box to the firewall. Please
see pictures below.

5mm

6.5mm

M5x30mm

Blind nut.

M5x20mm

4) Attach the motor to the front of the

electric motor box using four 4mm blind
nut, four M5x20mm hex head bolts to se-
cure the motor. Please see picture shown.

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 Epoxy
Battery.

170 mm

Balsa stick. Open the air exit hole as shown.

Epoxy

5) Attach the speed control to the side

of the motor box using two-sided tape
and tie wraps. Connect the appropriate
leads from the speed control to the mo-
tor. Make sure the leads will not interfere
with the operation of the motor.

Speed control.

INSTALLING THE SPINNER.

Install the spinner backplate, propeller

and spinner cone.

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The propeller should not touch any

part of the spinner cone. If it does, use a
sharp modeling knife and carefully trim
away the spinner cone where the propel- Wing bolt
ler comes in contact with it.

ATTACHMENT WING- FUSELAGE.

Attach the aluminum tube into fuselage.

Wing tube.

Fuel tubing.

M4x15mm
Insert two wing panels as pictures below.
Washers.

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 2) A scale pilot is included with this ARF.
The Pilot included fits well in the cockpit.
(or you can order others scale pilot fig-
ures made by SG Models. They are avail-
able at SG Models distributors.).

If you are going to install a pilot figure,

please use a sanding bar to sand the base
of the figure so that it is flat.

3) Position the pilot figure on the cock-

INSTALLATION PILOT , PANEL AND
pit floor as shown. Use epoxy to glue the
WINDSHIELD.
base of the pilot figure, please see pictures
1) Locate items necessary to install pilot , as shown.
the panel and windshield.
.

Epoxy.

100mm

2x8mm

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2. The recommended Center of Grav-

ity (CG) location for your model is 90–
120mm back from the leading edge at the
wing as shown. Mark the location of the
CG on the top of the wing at the wing tip.

3. When balancing your model, make

sure it is assembled and ready for flght.
Using an assistant, lift the model at the
locations marked in the previous step.
APPLY THE DECALS. This is the correct balance point for your
model.
1) If all the decals are precut and ready to
stick. Please be certain the model is clean
and free from oily fingerprints and dust.
Position decal on the model where de-
sired, using the photos on the box and
aid in their location.

2) If all the decals are not precut, please 90-120mm

use scissors or a sharp hobby knife to cut
the decals from the sheet. Please be cer-
tain the model is clean and free from oily
fingerprints and dust. Position decal on
the model where desired, using the pho-
tos on the box and aid in their location.

BALANCING.

An important part of preparing the air-

craft for flght is properly balancing the
model.
1. Attach the wing panels to the fuselage.
Make sure to connect the leads from the
aileron to the appropriate leads from the
receiver. Make sure the leads are not ex-
posed outside the fuselage before tight-
ening the wing bolts. Your model should
be flght-ready before balancing.

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 CONTROL THROWS.

Aileron (high rate): Aileron (normal rate):

55% exponential 40% exponential
Up: 42.0 Degrees Up: 25.5 Degrees
Down: 41.0 Degrees Down: 25.0 Degrees

Elevator (high rate): Elevator (normal rate):

70% exponential 40% exponential
Up: 51.0 Degrees Up: 12.5 Degrees
Down: 51.0 Degrees Down 12.5 Degrees

Rudder (high rate): Rudder (normal rate):

45% exponential 40% exponential
Right: 47.0 Degrees Right: 24.0 Degrees
Left: 47.0 Degrees Left: 24.0 Degrees

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FLIGHT PREPARATION. PREFLIGHT CHECK.

Check the operation and direction 1) Completely charge your trans-

of the elevator, rudder, ailerons and mitter and receiver batteries before
throttle. your first day of flying.

A) Plug in your radio system per the 2) Check every bolt and every
manufacturer’s instructions and turn glue joint in the EXTRA 330LX to en-
everything on. sure that everything is tight and well
bonded.
B) Check the elevator first. Pull
back on the elevator stick. The eleva- 3) Double check the balance of the
tor halves should move up. If it they do airplane. Do this with the fuel tank
not, flip the servo reversing switch on empty.
your transmitter to change the direc-
tion. 4) Check the control surfaces. All
should move in the correct direction
C) Check the rudder. Looking from and not bind in any way.
behind the airplane, move the rudder
stick to the right. The rudder should 5) If your radio transmitter is
move to the right. If it does not, flip equipped with dual rate switches
the servo reversing switch on your double check that they are on the low
transmitter to change the direction. rate setting for your first few flights.

D) Check the throttle. Moving the 6) Check to ensure the control sur-
throttle stick forward should open the faces are moving the proper amount
carburetor barrel. If it does not, flip the for both low and high rate settings.
servo reversing switch on your trans-
mitter to change the direction. 7) Check the receiver antenna.
E) From behind the airplane, look It should be fully extended and not
at the aileron on the right wing half. coiled up inside the fuselage.
Move the aileron stick to the right.
The right aileron should move up and 8) Properly balance the propeller.
the other aileron should move down. An out of balance propeller will cause
If it does not, flip the servo reversing excessive vibration which could lead
switch on your transmitter to change to engine and/or airframe failure.
the direction.

We wish you many safe and enjoyable flights

with your EXTRA 330LX.

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