Install The Servos; Install The Tail Surfaces - GREAT PLANES Douglas DC-3 Instruction Manual

Install the Servos

1. Using 220-grit sandpaper, sand or rough-up the outer
portion of the two pushrod outer plastic tubes. Locate the
nylon tie strap supplied in the parts bag and tie it
approximately 1/2 the length of the two pushrod outer tubes.
Insert the steel pushrods from the rear of the fuselage and
run them inside the two outer tubes. Note that these tubes
should be X'd at the nylon tie strap.
2. Work the outer tubes back and through the exit slots in
the rear of the fuselage.
3. Place the forward end of the tubes into the holes in the
servo tray as shown in the photo and glue them into place. Also
glue the outer tubes at the exit points at the rear of the fuselage.
4. Assemble the elevator and rudder servos as shown in
the above photo using the grommets, brass eyelets and
screws supplied with the servos. Install a screw lock
connector on each servo arm with a thumb nut with a drop
of thread lock. Note that the servo arms have been modified
so that only one arm remains.
5. Mount the two servos into the servo tray in the manner
shown in the above photo. Temporarily place the push rods
into the screw lock connectors and tighten the set screws on
the top of the connectors.

Install the Tail Surfaces

1. Using a sharp hobby knife, cut the covering away from
both rudder hinge slots. Test fit the hinge points into the
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