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17.
Temporarily anchor both loose cable-ends to the servo tray with a piece of masking tape. Then, temporarily attach a
small weight to the metal snap-hooks, feed the weight and metal snap-hooks through the fuselage, and bring them
out through the largest hole in the fuselage former at the front of the tail group. Remove the weight, and connect
one metal snap-hook to each of the second-from-the-outside holes on the long tail-wheel control arm.
18.
Mount the rudder servo in its precut servo-tray slot using the hardware supplied by the servo manufacturer. After
you have determined the servo-mounting-screw locations, use CA adhesive to harden the servo tray’s wood where
the screws will be inserted.
19.
Connect each of the two clevis assemblies to the
rudder servo’s arm, and attach the arm to the
rudder servo. Free one loose cable end from its
masking tape, place a crimp-tube on the cable,
and pull the cable “snug” between the long tail-
wheel control arm and the brass pull-rod
screwed into the end of the clevis. (Don’t pull
so hard that the servo arm or rudder is moved
from its centered position, and don’t allow the
cable to get wrapped around the elevator
pushrod.) Once the cable is snug, use the crimp-
tube to secure this rudder cable to the brass pull-
rod in the end of the clevis. Use the same
attachment process as in #16, except: When you
loop the end of the cable back inside the crimp-
tube for the last time, allow the excess cable to
extend out of the crimp-tube; then, after you have crimped the tube securely onto the cable, snip off the excess cable
with a pair of diagonal or side-cutter pliers and discard the excess cable.
20.
Free the second loose cable-end from (and discard) the piece of masking tape. Place a crimp-tube on the cable, and
(using the same process as in #19) pull this cable “snug” between the long tail-wheel control arm and the brass pull-
rod screwed into the end of the clevis, and use the crimp-tube to secure this rudder cable to its brass pull-rod.
21.
Screw the brass pull-rods further into or out of each clevis to adjust the tension on the cables and center the rudder;
then secure the adjustment by tightening the lock nut on each brass pull-rod against its clevis. Remove and discard
the piece of masking tape (applied at the start of #12) from the rudder.
22.
Connect the rudder and elevator servos and a
6-inch servo-wire extension for the ailerons to
your receiver. (Connect a second 6-inch
servo-wire extension to the receiver if you are
using the optional retracts.) Position your
receiver in front of or behind the servo tray
(or, if you are using one of Spektrum’s
multiple receiver options, use both of these
locations) and secure the receiver(s) with
Velcro-brand or equivalent adhesive-backed
hook-and-loop material. If you use a 72 MHz.
receiver, guide the antenna wire out of the cockpit area and into the
end of the drinking straw. Push the antenna through the straw,
down through one of the holes in the horizontal stabilizer’s
mounting platform, and out through the opening in the last fuselage
former, where it will be left to simply dangle behind the aircraft.
23.
Test-fit the upper empennage fairing. (Normal production toler-
ances and minor variations in assembly may make it necessary to
slightly trim the top and/or front edges where the upper fairing
meets the vertical stab. and the fuselage former at the front of the
tail group.) If required, trim carefully. Do not take off too much.
