Assemble The Fuselage; Install The Main Landing Gear; Install The Elevator & Rudder Servos - GREAT PLANES FACTOR 3D Instruction Manual

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6. Install and then remove a #2
into each of the holes you have drilled. Apply a drop of thin
CA into the holes to harden the threads. Once the glue has
cured, secure the control horn to the aileron with the screws.
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7. Slide a silicone clevis retainer over the clevis. With
the aileron servo and the aileron centered, mark the aileron
pushrod where it crosses the aileron servo arm. Make a 90°
bend at the mark. Cut the pushrod 3/8" [9.5 mm] past the bend.
Attach the pushrod to the aileron servo arm with a nylon Faslink.
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8. Locate a 1/8" ½" [ 3
the hole at the trailing edge of the root rib. Approximately ¼"
[ 6 mm ] of the pin should extend from the root rib.
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9. Repeat steps 1- 8 for the left wing panel.

ASSEMBLE THE FUSELAGE

Install the Main Landing Gear

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3/8" [10 mm] screw
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13 mm] nylon pin. Glue it into
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1. Attach the two main landing gear legs to the fuselage
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with four 4- 40 3/8" [3
and #4 fl at washers.
You will complete the installation of the wheels and wheel
pants in a later step. Installing the landing gear legs now will
make handling the fuselage easier during the assembly of
the fuselage.
Install the Elevator & Rudder Servos
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1. Install a 16" [ 400 mm] servo extension to both the elevator
servo and the rudder servo. Secure the extension to the lead
with tape, a piece of shrink tube (not included) or some other
method to keep them from coming unplugged.
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2. Inside the fuselage there is a string running through the
fuselage from the back to the front. The string is taped in place
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10 mm] screws, #4 lock washers