Assemble The Pushrods - GREAT PLANES Performance Reactor Instruction Manual

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3. Starting with the outboard servo bay, tie the guide
string to the 24" [610mm] servo lead extension. Pull the
extension through the wing.
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4. Place the aileron servos in position and use a 1/16"
[1.6mm] bit to drill the mounting holes for your servos into
the wing. Temporarily remove each servo and wick a few
drops of thin CA into the holes you drilled.
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5. Install the aileron servos using the screws provided
with your servos.
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6. Repeat steps 1 through 5 for the left wing.

Assemble the Pushrods

In this section you will build the aileron pushrods as well as the
elevator and rudder pushrods. We'll start with the four identical
aileron pushrods and fi nish with the others which you can set
aside to be used later. For this section you'll need to have
some silver solder and liquid silver-solder fl ux. We recommend
using the Stay-Brite silver soldering kit (STAR2000).
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1. Locate the seven 4-40 x 12" [305mm] threaded
one end pushrods. You'll need to cut the rods down to the
following lengths:
A) Four (4) 3-1/2" [89mm] aileron pushrods
B) One (1) 4-1/2" [114mm] rudder pushrod
C) One (1) 5-1/4" [133mm] left elevator pushrod
D) One (1) 7-1/4" [184mm] right elevator pushrod
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2. Starting with the aileron pushrods, gather the four
4-40 x 3-1/2" [89mm] threaded one end rods and four solid
metal (unthreaded) clevises. Roughen the unthreaded end
of each with some coarse 150-grit sandpaper or a coarse
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Scotch Brite pad.
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3. Apply a few drops of soldering fl ux to the unthreaded
end of the pushrod. Position the clevis so that 1/8" [3mm] of
the pushrod protrudes past the barrel of the clevis.
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