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Receiver And Battery Pack
The single heaviest unit of the radio system is the of course battery pack. This means that you can, if needed, locate the
batteries wherever they are required in the airplane to help achieve the correct balance point. Be sure to wrap the battery
pack and the receiver in foam rubber and use rubber bands or tie-wraps to secure to the model structure so that it can’t
move around in flight. The receiver switch can be mounted internally or externally in the fuselage side (like we did).
Radio Check
Turn the radio system on and check the functions of all the controls. Make sure they are moving in the right direction!
Thousands of R/C airplanes have crashed over the years because the servos were moving the wrong way! Also, make
sure all the servos are centered and working perfectly, without any binding. Correct any such problems now. With
everything checked and working, now is the time to set the initial control movements.
Control Movements
After flying your Cub for awhile, getting used to its characteristics, you
will likely change the control throws to suit your style of flying. But you
have to start somewhere and this is where you begin.
Remember: Control surface movements should always be measured at
the widest point of the control surface.
Surface
Suggested Throw
AILERONS
3/4" UP and 1/2" DOWN
ELEVATORS 1" UP and 1" DOWN
RUDDER
1-3/4" RIGHT and 1-3/4"
LEFT
Steerable Tailwheel Unit
190.
Push the bottom end of the Formed Leaf
Spring inside the molded Nylon
Tailwheel Bearing. Bolt securely with the
4-40 x3/8" Rd.Hd. Bolts and the 4-40
Lock Nuts provided.
191.
Prepare the Formed Tailwheel Wire for
installation by first grinding or filing any
burrs from both ends of the wire. Next,
clamp the entire bottom fork of the
tailwheel wire in a vice and bend the top
shaft backward slightly, so that when
installed the tailwheel will be swept back
slightly as shown in the full-size side-
view plan.
192.
Solder a #2 Flat Metal Washer just
above the top bend of the Formed
Tailwheel Wire. The purpose of this
washer is to keep the wire from riding up
too high into the Nylon Tailwheel
Bearing and causing a bind. A second
#2 Flat Metal Washer is provided to
solder onto the axle portion of the
tailwheel wire to keep the tailwheel itself
from binding against the bend of the
wire.
193.
Install a 1" diameter Tailwheel (not furnished) on the axle. Solder another #2 Flat Metal Washer on the axle to hold the
tailwheel in place.
194.
Insert the 3/32" Wheel Collar into the round cavity in the bottom of the molded Nylon Steering Arm. Align the set screw
hole in the wheel collar with the hole into the steering arm. Install the 4-40 x3/16" Rd.Hd. Bolt through the steering arm
hole, threading it into the wheel collar.