Hook Up The Rudder & Elevator - GREAT PLANES Seawind EP Instruction Manual

to over tighten the screws, stripping out the holes–especially
if a larger drill was used. If this happens, remove the screw
and build up the hole with more thin CA.
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7. Install the nylon zip tie that came with this kit into the
slots in the servo tray for mounting the ESC later. Glue the
servo tray in the fuse.
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8. Mount your ESC to the servo tray with a small patch of
the included Velcro hook-and-loop material and the nylon tie.
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9. If you haven't yet done so, remove the propeller from
the motor.
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10. Connect the wires from the ESC to the motor wires.
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11. Connect an aileron servo extension wire to the receiver
so you will be able to connect the aileron servo when mounting
the wing. Guide the receiver antenna up through the antenna
tube. If it's diffi cult to get the antenna up through the tube, a
few drops of household oil added to the antenna will help.
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12. Connect the rudder and elevator servos and the ESC
to the receiver. Turn on the transmitter. With the propeller
removed, connect a charged motor battery to the ESC and
operate the controls to make sure the servos and ESC are
connected to the receiver correctly.
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13. Use the included Velcro hook-and-loop material (or
optional double-sided foam mounting tape–not included) to
mount the receiver where desired. The location shown is
preferable because all the wires can easily reach and the
receiver will be raised off the cabin fl oor, making it less likely
to get wet if any water leaks in.
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14. Mount the motor battery as far forward as possible in
the fuse with one strip of the included Velcro on the battery
and the opposing strip in the bottom of the fuse.
Hook Up the Rudder & Elevator
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1. Even if you will be using a computer radio that has
programming to adjust the control throws, it is best to have
the pushrod setup mechanically correct so that you will be
able to achieve the high-rate control throws listed on page
11 when the ATVs (or endpoints) are set to 100%. And if
you don't have a computer radio it is a requirement that the
pushrods be connected to the correct holes in the servo arms
and control horns. Otherwise, you will not get the correct
control throw. To get the desirable pushrod setup use servo
arms with pushrod holes that are 13/32" [10mm] from the
center. If using Futaba S3114 servos the small servo arms
that come with the servos achieve this.
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2. With the transmitter on, the trims centered and the motor
battery connected to the receiver, fi t the servo arms on the
rudder and elevator servos so the arms will be 90-degrees
(or as close as 90-degrees as possible) to the servos.
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3. If necessary, use a hobby knife to carefully enlarge the
hole in the elevator servo arm. Then connect a small, brass
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