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Install elevator servos and pushrods – Great Planes Edge 540 1.60-43cc Performance Series ARF - GPMA1414 User Manual

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3. Temporarily install the wheel pants using four 4-40 x 1/2"

[13mm] machine screws and four #4 flat washers.

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4. Position the wheels in the center of the wheel pants,

slide the wheel collars against the wheel hubs, and mark the
location of the screw holes in the wheel collars onto the axles.
Remove the wheel pants from the gear and the wheels and
collars from the axles and grind flat spots at your marks on
the axles for the wheel collar screws using either a file or a
rotary tool. Reinstall the wheels and collars onto the axles and
secure the pants to the gear using four 4-40 x 1/2" [13mm]
machine screws, four #4 flat washers, four #4 lock washers,
and threadlocking compound. Use four 6-32 x 1/4" [6mm]
SHCS and threadlocking compound to secure the wheel
collars to the axles, being sure that you tighten the screws
against the flat spots on the axles. The wheels should rotate
freely between the wheel collars. Oil the axles if necessary.

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5. Attach the landing gear to the fuselage using six

6-32 x 1" [25mm] SHCS, six #6 flat washers, six #6 lock
washers, and threadlocking compound.

Install Elevator Servos and pushrods

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1. Trim the covering from the elevator servo bays leaving

1/8" [3mm] around the opening. Use a trim iron to seal down
the covering around the edges of the servo bays.

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2. Attach a 36" [914mm] servo extension to each elevator

servo. Secure the servo extensions with the included
heat-shrink tubing. Feed the servo extensions through the
fuselage and install the servos into the servo bays with the