Great Planes Gee Bee ARF - GPMA1326 - Manual (Page 27)

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34. Center the rudder and the rudder servo. Attach the
pushrod to the rudder servo using nylon Faslinks following
the same procedure used for the elevator. The final servo
installation should look as shown above.
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35. Locate two 1/4" x 1/4" x 24" [6mm x 6mm x 610mm] wood
sticks. Cut one stick into two 10-3/4" lengths. Roughen, then
wipe the area of the fuselage where the stick will be glued with
rubbing alcohol. Glue the sticks into the fuselage above and
below the pushrods to support them. From the remaining stick
cut small pieces and glue them to the wood sticks to support the
sides of the pushrods. Be sure there is no binding of the
pushrods when you have finished gluing the sticks in place.
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36. Wrap the battery pack and receiver in at least 1/4" of
R/C foam rubber and install them in the fuselage. On our
model the battery and receiver were mounted where shown
in the photo to minimize the amount of nose weight required
to balance the model at the correct C.G. Securely hold the
battery pack and receiver in position with #64 rubber bands
on the battery/receiver tray in the top of the fuselage.
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37. Connect a Y-harness to the aileron servo wires in the
wing. Secure the connections with heat shrink tubing, tape
or clips intended for that purpose. Install a 12" aileron
extension to the receiver for the ailerons.
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38. Mount the receiver on/off switch. A Great Planes
Switch & Charge Jack Mounting Set (GPMM1000, not
included) was used on this model. Be certain it is in a
location away from engine exhaust.
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39. Make certain all the servo arms are secured to the
servos with the screws that came with them and that all the
clevises have retainers on them.
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40. Extend the receiver antenna, guiding it out of the
fuselage and connecting it to the tailwheel. Be certain there
is a strain relief inside the fuselage on the antenna to keep
stress off the solder joint inside the receiver. On our
prototype we drilled a 7/32" [5.6mm] hole through the
bottom of the fuse, installed a 1" [25mm] length of fuel tubing
into the hole and routed the antenna through the tubing. A
strain relief as shown in the sketch was used inside the
fuselage and the end of the antenna was connected to a
small rubber band that wraps around the tailwheel.
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