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Great Planes Cirrus SR22 .46-55 ARF - GPMA1363 User Manual

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3. Install the engine on the engine mount with four 6-32

x 1" [25.4mm] socket head cap screws, #6 fl at washers and
#6 lock washers.

4. Drill a 3/16" [4.7mm] hole through the fi rewall, in line

with the throttle arm.

5. Use sandpaper to roughen the 10" [254mm] outer

pushrod tube. Wipe the tube off with a paper towel
dampened with denatured alcohol.

6. Glue the throttle outer pushrod tube in the fi rewall and

the plywood fuselage former. Trim the hole in the fi rewall to
allow the tube to be glued straight.

7. Make the throttle pushrod by threading a nylon clevis 20

turns onto the leftover 2-56 x 17-1/2" [444mm] metal pushrod

(previously cut from the 36" [914mm] metal pushrod). Slide a

silicone clevis retainer over the clevis.

8. Insert the throttle pushrod into the outer pushrod tube

in the fi rewall. Make any bends required to allow the clevis to
snap into the outer hole of the throttle arm.

9. Install the throttle servo in the servo tray. Be sure to

harden the screw holes with thin CA. Plug the throttle servo
into the receiver.

10. Install a screw-lock pushrod connector in the hole

7/16" [11mm] from the center of the servo arm. Secure the