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Install the motor, esc and cowl – Great Planes Curtis P-6E Hawk EP Biplane ARF - GPMA1164 User Manual

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6. Remove three of the arms from a four arm servo horn.

Drill the outer hole of the arm with a 5/64" [2mm] drill. Place
the elevator servo arm outer hole in line with the pushrod wire.
Drill a 1/16" [1.6mm] hole through the servo mounting tabs,
into the plywood. Using the servo mounting screws that came
with the servos, install and then remove the servo mounting
screws. Apply a couple of drops of thin CA glue into the holes
to harden the threads. When the glue has hardened install
the servo into the servo tray.

7. With the elevator servo and the elevator centered, mark

the elevator pushrod where it crosses the elevator servo arm.
Make a 90° bend at the mark. Cut the pushrod 3/8" [9.5mm]
past the bend. Attach the pushrod to the elevator servo arm
with a nylon Faslink.

8. Repeat step 7 for the rudder servo.

9. Apply a 1-1/4" [32mm] length of self-adhesive hook

and loop material to the receiver and attach it to the servo

tray as shown. Plug the elevator and rudder servos into the
appropriate channels on your receiver.

Install the Motor, ESC and Cowl

1. Cut a piece of the adhesive backed Velcro to fi t the

speed control and apply one side of it to one side of the
speed control and the other half to the bottom of the battery
tray in the fuselage.