c) Inside the fuselage, hold the pushrod wire over the elevator
servo output arm and mark the wire where it crosses over the
outer hole in the servo arm.
d) At the tail end, unlock the elevator from neutral position, and
then unclip the clevis from the control horn. Remove the clevis
and the hex nut completely off of the pushrod and set them aside.
Now pull the pushrod out of the fuselage from the servo end. It
will be easier to complete the next three steps with the pushrod
out of the airplane.
e) Cut off the pushrod wire 1/4” past the mark made at the
servo end in step c). Then put a sharp 90-degree bend in the wire
at the mark.
f) Remove the servo arm from the elevator servo. Drill out the
last hole in the servo arm with a 1/16" dia. drill so it will accept the
pushrod wire. Then insert the bent end of the pushrod wire into
the servo arm, from the top.
g) Clip a Nylon Snap Keeper in place to hold the pushrod wire
in the servo arm. Snap the free end of the keeper up and over
the protruding end of the pushrod wire, underneath the servo arm.
h) Now slide the pushrod back inside the pushrod sleeve in the
fuselage, from the front. When it is in far enough, put the servo
arm back in place on the servo.
i) Make sure that the elevator servo is in neutral position and
then adjust the metal clevis at the tail end as needed to get the
elevator in perfect neutral position.
j) After the elevator is properly adjusted, insure that the metal
clevis can’t open up and come loose from the control horn by slid-
ing the small piece of fuel tubing over the arms of the clevis. Also
tighten the M2 Hex Nut up against the back of the clevis.
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25) Locate the pre-cut pushrod exit hole for the rudder on the
left side of the fuselage at the back of the plane and repeat step
24) in its entirety to install the rudder pushrod.
ELECTRIC MOTOR & ESC INSTALLATION
For this section you will need:
(1) Fuselage
(1) Plywood Electric Motor Mount
(1) Balsa Triangle Stock
(4) M4 x 16mm Socket-Head Bolts
(4) M4 Split-Ring Lock Washers
(4) M4 Blind Nuts
(1) Plywood Battery Tray
(1) Hook-and-Loop Tape (Velcro®)
(1) set Electric Motor, ESC, Prop, Lipo Battery (not furnished)
NOTE: The mounting of the electric motor in the T-CLIPS assumes
that your motor has a typical "X" or "cross" mounting plate on the
back of the motor.
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26) Notice that the firewall portion of the laser-cut plywood
motor mount is adjustable fore and aft to accommodate different
length motors. The length of the motor mount can be set between
1.7" to 2.1". Next we will determine where you should set it.
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27) Assemble your motor according to the manufacturer's in-
structions. Then carefully measure the distance from the back of
the mounting plate to the front of the thrust washer*.
* The “thrust washer” is the part of the prop adaptor where the
back of the propeller will be located.
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