Final Assembly; Cowl & Prop Installation - GREAT PLANES Performance Reactor Instruction Manual

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11. Connect the battery to the switch. Use heat shrink tubing
to secure the connection between the battery and the switch.
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12. We used a 2.4GHz radio system for this build-up, but if
you're using a 72MHz radio system, an antenna routing tube
is provided for you in the upper left side of the fuselage.
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13. Use the remaining hook and loop material to make
battery straps for your LiPo battery packs.
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14. Read the "Motor & Battery Safety" section. Visually
inspect your motor and ESC wiring and check for any shorts,
bad solder joints, or open connections. Without a propeller
attached, turn on your transmitter and receiver. Plug a LiPo
battery into your ESC, arm the ESC, and slowly advance
the throttle to check for proper direction of rotation from the
motor. If the motor does not rotate clockwise (as viewed
from the "pilot's" seat), swap any two motor leads. Note: The
throttle channel may need to be reversed in your radio before
you are able to successfully arm your ESC.

FINAL ASSEMBLY

Cowl & Prop Installation
The following cowl installation instructions cover the DA-50
gasoline engine. Trimming the cowl to fi t other engines may
require modifi cation of these procedures, but the basic idea
is the same. For the DA-50 or similar gas engines, a template
is provided in the back of this manual so that the engine
does not have to be removed. Other engine installations
may require removal of the engine while leaving the paper
templates in place. Note: If you're using an electric motor,
cut at least one 3" x 1-1/2" [76.2 x 38.1mm] slot for cooling.
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1. If you're using a gas engine inverted, turn to the back
of this manual and cut out the paper template. Fold along the
dotted line and center the template along the bottom of the
cowl. The folded edge holds the template in position. Trace a
line around the template using a felt-tip marker and trim out
the clearance hole.
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2. Tape a suitably sized piece of card stock to the fuselage
side and use it as a template to trim a clearance hole for your
muffl er. If you're working with a side mounted glow engine, you
will use this method to make a template for the cylinder head.
Use cardstock to trim holes for your engine's needle valves.
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