Great Planes Rifle Sport/Racer EP ARF - GPMA1805 - Manual (Page 6)

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Cut off the unused arms
5/16" [8mm]
Cut
ELEVATOR Servo Arm
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5. Connect your ESC and elevator servo to your receiver.
Turn on your transmitter, center the trims and connect a
battery to the ESC so the servo will center. Temporarily fi t
a servo arm that has holes 5/16" [8mm] out from center to
the servo so it will be 90 degrees (this will be the longer two
of the four arms on the small servo arm that comes with the
Futaba and ElectriFly ES50 Nano servo). Take off the arm,
cut off the unused arms, then mount the servo arm to the
servo with the mounting screw.
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6. Connect the elevator pushrod to the elevator servo
arm as shown.
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7. Guide the elevator pushrod down through the guide
tube in the fuselage and mount the elevator servo by keying
the tab in the back of the mount into the former and holding
down the front with one of the 2mm x 10mm Phillips wood
screws included with this kit.
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8. With the elevator servo centered, use fl at-nose pliers
to bend the pushrod 1/8" [3mm] from the trailing edge of the
vertical stabilizer (fi n) where shown.
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9. Connect one of the aluminum screw-lock connectors to
farthest-in hole in the elevator control horn on the elevator.
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10. Fit the elevator pushrod into the screw-lock connector
and mount the horizontal stabilizer (stab) to the fi n with the
two 2mm x 8mm counter-sink Phillips fl at-head screws.
Note: Obviously, the stab must be securely mounted. While