Top Flite TOPA0955 - Manual (Page 21)

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o 3 . Install your radio switch and charge jack . Ours was
mounted on the side of the fuselage . Plug the battery
lead into the charge jack . Secure the connection with
heat shrink tubing, tape or some similar method to be
sure the lead does not come unplugged .
o 4 . Place the tray into the fuselage and onto the
hardwood rails between the servo tray and the fuel
tank . When installing the tray the battery should
be towards the inside of the fuselage . Drill a 1/16"
[1 .6mm] hole through the mounting holes . Secure
the tray with two #2 x 3/8" [10mm] screws and two
#2 flat washers .
o 5 . Plug the lead from the switch into the receiver .
Place a piece of foam between the tray and the
receiver and the secure the receiver to the tray with
the Velcro .
o 6 . Route the receiver antenna through the fuselage
to the antenna tube located between the pushrod
guide tubes .
o 7 . Install a 6" [152mm] servo extension into the
flap, aileron and retractable landing gear channels
of the receiver . Plug the elevator, rudder and throttle
servos into the receiver . Pay careful attention, routing
the wires to assure a clean installation .
o 8 . Plug the two flap servos and the two
aileron servos in the wing into “Y” harnesses .
Secure the servos to the “Y” harness with shrink
tubing, tape or some other method to keep them
from coming unplugged .
o 9 . With your radio system turned on, adjust the
position of all of the servo arms and linkages until all
of the control surfaces are neutral .
P-47s flew more than 546,000 combat sorties
between March 1943 and August 1945, destroying
11,874 enemy aircraft, some 9,000 locomotives,
and about 6,000 armored vehicles and tanks . Only
0 .7 per cent of the fighters of this type dispatched
against the enemy were lost in combat . As a
testament to the survivability of the P-47, it should
be noted that the top ten aces who flew the P-47
returned home safely .