Manuals

In these Manuals you will find all the instructions that you will need to build your very own Jabiru, one step or task at a time. Each task in these Manuals stands alone, with the intention that each task will be completed before you move on to the next task. There are many good reasons for this approach: you can easily keep track of where you are in the build; it forms a checklist to ensure that nothing gets overlooked; and in many cases a task will be dependant on the completion of a previous task and if the sequence shown in the Table of Contents is followed there will be no issues of this kind.

The Constructors Manual is being written and updated on a continuous basis and the information on this page will be regularly updated. If you need a specific task that is not yet available please let us know and we will prioritise that task and load it up here as soon as it is complete. In all cases the version of each task or Manual is the date in the footer, where the latest date is the current version, so if you have downloaded a task and you want to check if there has been an update just check the date in the footer.

The 6 model-specific Constructors Manuals below have been completed up to the end of the Painting stage. They are reasonably large (~18MB) .pdf files: click on them to view or download. Each has a linked Table of Contents (ToC). Click on any task in the ToC to go directly to that task – this is a standard navigation feature in pdf files.

If you only want a specific task and don’t want to download the big files, then below the Manuals are all the individual tasks in the Constructors Manual, listed in the correct build sequence, all of which are small .pdf files of between 4 and 8 pages. Click on any task to view or download.

Model designation: “J100” denotes J160 and J170, “J2400” denotes J230, J250, J430 and J450. “J2430” denotes J230 and J430, “J2450” denotes J250 and J450 and so on. “JALL” denotes all “J” series aircraft.

Regardless of which files you download we recommend that you start by reading the General Introduction before proceeding to the individual tasks. This contains important information relating to your build and should be read thoroughly.

Jabiru J160 Construction Manual

Jabiru J170 Construction Manual

Jabiru J230 Construction Manual

Jabiru J430 Construction Manual

Jabiru J250 Construction Manual

Jabiru J450 Construction Manual

Build Sequence for Kit Aircraft

General Introduction

Pre-Paint

Fuselage

_Underbody penetrations_J2400

_Fit ventral fin and trim horn_JALL