Mountain Models Tantrum
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Step 14: Attaching the Receiver and Speed Controller
We are not going to cover the receiver and speed controller (ESC) specific information,
please refer to your manufacturer’s instructions for more information, if necessary.
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Attaching the Receiver
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The receiver is attached within the fuselage, forward of the batteries. Use servo
tape and attach it to one of the fuselage walls. Connect the servos and ESC to
the receiver, following the guides on the receiver itself.
If you want to use flaperons, you must use a computer
radio and plug into two channels on the receiver. If you don't intend to use flaperons,
you will need to use a Y harness, plugging in into a single channel of the receiver.
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Attaching the ESC
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The speed controller is attached within the fuselage, forward of the batteries. Use
servo tape and attach it to the opposite fuselage wall as the receiver. Connect
the battery to and the motor to the ESC, following the guides on the controller
itself.
Step 15: Finishing the Kit
Well, you're almost there…the end is in sight; just a few more steps and you can go
flying, assuming the weather is cooperating.
Attaching the Tailskid
This is one of those highly overlooked, but extremely important pieces if you want your
backend to remain in one piece. For the Tantrum we are not using a wheel, we are
instead using a tailskid.
You will need:
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Remaining piece of the 1/32" x 18" thin music wire (Wire)
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Attaching the tailskid
1.
Take the remaining piece of the 1/32" x 18" music wire and bend it into the shape
shown on the plans.
Needle nose pliers work pretty well to shape the wire.
2.
Cut a 1/4" slit into the bottom of the fuselage, about 1/8" in from the rear along the
centerline.
3.
Align the tailskid so that the "V" portion of the bend aligns with the slit, and then press
the skid into the fuselage.
4.
Flow some thin CA over both the skid and the fuselage once it is pressed completely
into place.