Install The Servos, Receiver And Speed Controls In The Fuselage - GREAT PLANES G-44 widgeon Instruction Manual

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17. Apply a couple of drops of thread locker onto one of the
1/8" [3mm] set screws and install it into the aluminum coupler.
Slide the water rudder into the coupler and tighten the set
screw against the fl at spot on the water rudder.
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18. Install the remaining set screw into the aluminum coupler.
Slide the coupler onto the water rudder wire. After you are
satisfi ed with the fi t, remove the coupler from the water rudder
wire. For the rest of the assembly process you will fi nd it easier
to handle the model without the water rudder attached to the
rudder. When the model is complete install the water rudder.
Be sure to use thread locker on the set screw.
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19. Install three hinges into the trailing edge of the stab and
then test fi t the rudder to the hinges. When you are satisfi ed
that everything fi ts together properly, apply a few drops of thin
CA onto the hinges in the same way you installed the elevators.
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20. Install the z-bend end of the remaining 3/64" x 20"
[1.2mm x 508mm] pushrod wire into the outer hole of a nylon
control horn.
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21. Slide the wire into the hole at the back of the left side
of the fuselage. Place the control horn on the rudder using
the same technique used on the ailerons. Mark the location of
the clevis mounting holes onto the rudder. Drill a 5/64" [2mm]
hole through each of the marks and through the opposite side
of the rudder.
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22. Secure the control horn with 5/64" x 1/2" [2mm x 10mm]
screws and tighten the screws into the nylon control horn plate
on the opposite side of the rudder.
Install the Servos, Receiver and
Speed Controls in the Fuselage
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1. Modify the servo arm included with your servo by cutting
off three arms leaving just one. Install a brass screw lock
connector into the outer hole of the servo, securing it with
the plastic retainer. The outer hole of the servo arm should
be approximately 1/2" [13mm] from the center of the servo.
Thread the 2-56 x 1/4" (6mm) socket head caps screw into
the top of the screw lock connector.
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