Section 3: Installing The Aileron Servos - Hangar 9 Cessna 182 Skylane Instruction Manual

Section 3: Installing the Aileron Servos

Parts Needed
• Assembled wing
• Two standard size servos with mounting hardware
• Y-harness
• Servo extensions (2)
Step 1: Now that the wing halves are joined and the epoxy has
cured, it's time to begin installation of the aileron servos. Note
on each wing half the location of the servo. You will be able to
identify this by a solid square shape with a rectangle cut-out in
the wing under the covering. It's roughly the size of the bottom
of your servo. Using a sharp blade in your hobby knife, trim
away the covering material where the aileron servos will be
mounted. Next, find the round holes in each wing panel, near the
wing center line. This is where the aileron extension wires will
exit the wing. Cut out the opening in each wing half as well.
Tools and Adhesives Needed
• Hobby knife
• Small Phillips screwdriver
• Drill
• 1/16" drill bit
• 1/16" × 36" music wire
• String
• Masking tape
• Scissors
• Pencil
• Felt tipped pen
• 30-minute epoxy
Step 2: Install the recommended servo hardware supplied with
your radio system onto your servos (grommets and eyelets).
Install a minimum 6" servo extension onto each of your aileron
servos.
Hint: It is always good procedure to tape together the
extension connector and the servo lead connector to
insure that they will not become unplugged inside the
wing.
Step 3: There are several options of how you pull the servo
wires through the wing. You can feed music wire or an extra
pushrod that you may have around (or take a coat hanger and
straighten it) through the pre-cut servo opening in the wing, or
start at one of the circular openings near the center of the wing.
You will have to bend the wire at various points to feed it
through the openings. We recommend you find some string,
attach the prop nut of your engine to the one end and feed it
through the servo opening and the openings in the wing until
you can see it through the circular opening. We found this was
one of the quickest methods to thread the servo wires through
the wing.
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