Canopy Installation; Get The Model Ready To Fly; Check The Control Directions - GREAT PLANES Performance Reactor Instruction Manual

Canopy Installation

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1. Locate the two 1" [25mm] wooden dowels and glue
them into the canopy so that they are 1/4" [6.4mm] from the
front face of the former.
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2. Remove the seven canopy screws and remove the
clear plastic canopy from the frame. Harden the screw holes
with one drop of thin CA. More than one drop will melt the
foam under the sheeting, so be careful. Apply the instrument
panel decal to the instrument panel.
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3. Reinstall the clear plastic canopy on the frame using
the seven screws you removed earlier.
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4. Fit the canopy hatch to the model and use four 4-40 x
5/8" [16mm] Phillips head screws, four #4 lock washers, and
four #4 washers. Apply a drop of threadlocking compound to
the screw threads periodically so that you don't lose these
screws in fl ight.

GET THE MODEL READY TO FLY

Check the Control Directions

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1. Turn on the transmitter and receiver and center the trims.
If necessary, remove the servo arms from the servos and
reposition them so they are centered. Reinstall the screws
that hold on the servo arms using threadlocking compound.
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2. With the transmitter and receiver still on, check all the
control surfaces to see that they are centered. If necessary,
adjust the clevises on the pushrods to center the control
surfaces. Move the controls and make sure there is no
mechanical binding or interference.
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3. Make certain that the control surfaces and the carburetor
respond in the correct direction as shown in the diagram.
If any of the controls respond in the wrong direction, use
the servo reversing in the transmitter to reverse the servos
connected to those controls. Be certain the control surfaces
have remained centered. Adjust if necessary.
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