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Mount the electric motor – Great Planes Escapade MX GP/EP ARF - GPMA1202 User Manual

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3. Mount the wheels to the axles with a 5/32" [4mm] collar

on both sides held on with the set screws and threadlocker
on the threads.

4. Mount each wheel pant to the landing gear with two

4-40 x 3/8" [10mm] machine screws, #4 fl at washers and lock

washers. Be sure to use threadlocker on the threads.

Proceed to “Mount the Glow Engine” if you will not be
installing the electric motor.

Mount the Electric Motor

1. Use a small saw and hobby knife (or Moto-Tool) to knock out

the air inlet in the fi rewall for the electric motor mount installation.

2. Mount the plywood electric motor mount to the front of

the fuselage with four 6-32 x 3/4" [19mm] machine screws,

#6 lock washers and #6 fl at washers. Be sure to use a few

drops of threadlocker on the threads of each screw.

3. On the bottom of the plywood electric motor mount you

will fi nd two mounting holes for the Great Planes 60 amp ESC

(GPMM1850). Drill a 1/16" [1.6mm] hole in the location shown

at the back of the mount. Insert and then remove a #3 x 3/8"
[10mm] self-tapping screw through each hole and then harden
the threads with a couple of drops of thin CA glue. If you are
using a different brand ESC, then drill mounting holes as needed.

4. Mount the ESC with #3 x 3/8" [10mm] self-tapping screws

and #4 fl at washers. Feed the connectors through the hole
in the bottom of the motor mount and the fi rewall so that the
connectors are inside the fuselage.