Spade Assembly and Attachment:
Locate the spades and spade arms. Assemble the spades
as shown.
Glue the spades on the bottom of the ailerons as shown,
with the spade pointing forward.
Radio and Motor Installation:
The following instructions apply to our recommended
electronics. If you are using other electronics, the
following will give you the basic concept of you the radio
gear is to be installed.
Solder the BEC connector (red connector with black and
red wires) to the speed control and insulate the
connections with heat shrink. Solder the speed control
leads to the motor. Before proceeding, connect the
controller to the receiver and a battery and make sure the
motor is turning the correct direction. If it is not,
unsolder any two motor leads, reverse them and re-
solder. Once the motor is turning correctly, heat the shrink
sleeves over the motor connections. Plug all servos and
speed control into the receiver. Attach a battery and
check for proper servo rotation and centering.
The aileron servo is installed in the top of the wing. The
rudder servo is installed on the right side above the
horizontal fuselage. The elevator servo is installed on the
left side below the horizontal fuselage. Use a couple of
spots of hot glue on each servo tab to hold it in place.
Mount all servos in the same manner. It may be
necessary to make the servo mounting cutouts larger, we
have left them a little small to fit a good range of servos.
Connect the receiver, speed control and servos.
If using a firewall-mounted motor, glue the motor mount
to the front of the fuselage. Cut the depron gusset into
four pieces where marked and glue to the back of the
firewall and to the fuselage. Mount the motor with servo
screws. The Speed control, receiver and excess servo wire
can be tucked away in the lower forward fuselage area.
If using the recommended Hacker motor, use the supplied
X-mount and mount the motor with ½” hinge tape or
strapping tape.
Push Rod Installation:
Glue all of the control horns in place with CA. All
pushrods are made as shown. Use the .032 wire to make
the Z ends. Install the Z ends to the control horns and
servo arms. Test fit each carbon rod and trim as needed.
Add a small drop of CA to the wire/carbon joint. The
1/16” heat shrink is used to secure the 1mm carbon
pushrod to the .032 wire.
Make sure the control
surface and the servo are centered before heating
the shrink sleeve.
Any adjustments past this point must
be made with the sub-trim function of your computer
radio.
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