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3. Third task (if required): fit the carousel
Use of the clay pigeon trap
With all three tasks complete, the trap is now ready to operate. Fill the carousel with the required amount of
clays and adjust the trap to the required elevation and tilt. Move to a safe position at the rear of the trap and
make sure that NO
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ONE is in front of the trap or inside the area marked out by the safety ring. Turn the carousel
by hand to drop 1 clay on the throwing plate.
Connect the 50m cable release plug or wireless radio receiver to the green socket on the trap, check that the
programme switch on the control box is in the off position and then connect the battery terminals. To arm the
trap, turn the program switch to on/run, the trap will power up and the motor will rotate the throwing arm into the
firing position. The carousel will not turn to drop a clay on the throwing plate when the 3 position switch is turned
to on/run, it only drops a clay when you press the fire button on the cable or radio. Fire the trap by pressing the
hand held button (notice that the trap re
-
arms itself ready to fire again).
Disarm and make safe
To load more clays or make adjustments disarm and make the trap safe. Flick the program switch to
‘
nudge
fire
’,
notice the trap will fire, but does not re
-
arm leaving the throwing arm visible to the left. Remove the battery
terminals from the battery. When ready, re
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attach the battery terminals (ensuring the program switch is set to
‘
off
’)
and then switch the program to
‘
on run
’
in preparation to fire clays.
Note: When the trap is armed and ready to fire, turning the program switch to off will not make the trap safe, it
MUST be de
-
cocked using nudge fire and the power source removed before being completely safe.
Elevation and tilt
The carousel is indexed by a motor located on the main plate. A
mechanism underneath the carousel picks up the bolt heads
protruding from the carousel to index it around. If you need to
remove the carousel, use a 24mm open ended spanner or socket
and rotate the carousel anti
-
clockwise to undo the 16mm nut.
Underneath the nut there are washers, remove these and lift the
carousel off. (Be careful, there are washers under the carousel
which you don
’
t want to lose
-
these must remain under the
carousel. To re
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fit the carousel place the carousel over the center
boss, add the washers and nut. You cannot tighten the carousel in
the same fashion it which it came off. You will need a 24mm
socket with an extension bar to access the nut through the hole in the top of the carousel. Tighten until you
feel moderate resistance when rotating the carousel by hand.
To make elevation adjustments, release the lever lock handle, lean
the trap backwards to the desired height and then re
-
tighten the
lever lock.
To tilt the trap left or right, release the lever lock handle.
Pull the plunger out of the tilt base and tilt the trap to the desired
angle. When the desired angle is achieved release the plunger so
that it can locate into a hole on the tilt base and re
-
tighten the tilt
lever lock handle.
