Installing The Rudder Pushrod - Phoenix Model Extra 300S Instruction Manual

Control horn
Metal Domino
Elevator servo

INSTALLING THE RUDDER PUSHROD

1. Locate the pushrod exit slot on the left of the
fuselage.
2. Carefully cut away the covering material from
the slot.
3. Working from inside the fuselage, slide the
threaded end of the remaining pushrod down
the inside of the fuselage until the pushrod
reaches the exit slot. Carefully reach in with a
small screw driver and guide the pushrod out of
the exit slot.
4. Install the clevis on the rudder pushrod. Make
sure 6mm of thread shows inside the clevis.
5. The control horn should be mounted on the left
side of the rudder at the leading edge, in line
with the rudder pushrod.
6. Drill two holes through the rudder using the
control horn as a guide and screw the control
horn in place.
Control horn rudder
7. Attach clevis to the third hole in the control
8. Locate one nylon servo arm, and using wire
9.
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10. Center the rudder and hold it in place using a
11. With the rudder and rudder servo centered,
12. Using a pliers, carefully make a 90 degree
13. Insert the 90 degree bend up through the hole
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14. Using thick CA glue, secure the pushrod
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horn. Install a silicone tube on the clevis.
cutters, remove all but one of the arms using a
2mm drill bit, enlarge the third hole out from the
center to accommodate the rudder pushrod wire.
Plug the rudder servo into the receiver and
center the servo. Install the servo arm onto the
servo.
piece of masking tape.
carefully place a mark on the rudder pushrod
wire where it crosses the hole in the servo arm.
bend up at the mark made. Cut off excess wire,
leaving about 8mm beyond the bend.
in the servo arm. Install one nylon snap keeper
over the wire to secure it to the arm. Install the
servo arm retaining screw and remove the
masking tape from the rudder.
sleeves to the pushrod sleeve guide.
Rudder servo
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