Great Planes SlowPoke 15 Kit - GPMA0491 - Manual (Page 25)

❏ 20. Carve and sand the turtle deck top to blend with the
rounded shape of the turtle deck formers. Note: The turtle
deck top requires less shaping toward the fin.
❏ 21. Using leftover balsa, make fillets around the front of
the stab and lower turtle deck stringer.
Wow! Step back and take a good look. Pat yourself on the
back! You are completely finished framing your SlowPoke!
Nice work.
❏ 1. Place the engine on the mount. Mark former F1A for
two fuel line holes and one throttle pushrod hole. Remove
the engine and drill the two 1/4" fuel line and one 1/8"
pushrod holes.
❏ 2. Select the 24" white flex cable outer guide tube for the
throttle. Slide it through its hole in F1A until it extends
halfway between F2A and F3A. Use medium CA to glue it
into F1A. Cut it flush with the outside of F1A.
❏ 3. From leftover 1/8" ply, cut a throttle pushrod retainer.
Glue it in place against the fuse side as shown on the plan.
❏ 4. Mount the throttle servo as shown on the plan. Install
a Great Planes Screw-Lock Connector (provided) onto the
second hole of the throttle servo arm.
❏ 5. Solder the threaded coupler to the 24" long throttle cable
with silver solder. Screw a nylon clevis onto the coupler.
❏ 6. Mount the engine. Slide the throttle cable through the
guide tube you installed in step 2. Attach the clevis to the
throttle arm on the carb.
❏ 7. Cut the excess cable off 1" behind the Screw-Lock
Connector on the throttle servo. Insert the throttle cable
through the Screw-Lock Connector.
❏ 8. Cut the 35" pushrod wire (threaded on both ends) into
two 17-1/2" long pushrods. Screw a clevis at least 14 turns
onto one rod, making the rudder pushrod. Slide the pushrod
wire through the rudder pushrod guide tube, which is the
guide tube on the left side of the fuselage. Remove the
backing plate from a nylon control horn and connect the
horn to the clevis in the outer hole. Fit the rudder to the fin,
using the hinges to hold them in place. DO NOT GLUE.
❏ 9. Position the control horn on the rudder as shown in the
sketch and on the plan. Use a ballpoint pen to mark the
location of the control horn mounting holes and drill 3/32"
holes through the rudder at the marks. Temporarily mount
the control horn to the rudder with the backing plate and
2-56 x 5/8" screws.
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