Hook Up The Throttle; Mount The Cowl - GREAT PLANES Reactor ARF .61-.91 SPORT BIPLANE Instruction Manual

Hook Up the Throttle

Refer to these photos and sketches while hooking up
the throttle.
GUIDE TUBE SUPPORTS
SCREW-LOCK
PUSHROD
CONNECTOR
NYLON
RETAINER
4-40 x 1/8" [3.2mm] SHCS
(USE THREADLOCKER)
2-56 PUSHROD
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1. Glue in the plywood throttle servo tray and hook up
the throttle using the 36" [914mm] pushrod cut to length with
a gray, plastic guide tube. Use a clevis on the carburetor end
and a screw-lock connector on the servo end as shown. Use
the plywood guide tube supports to anchor the throttle
guide tube as necessary.
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2. Once you have the fuel tank mounted and the throttle
hooked up, place the fuselage hatch in the hatch opening in
the bottom of the fuselage. Optional: The back of the fuel
tank hatch and the "retaining lip" in the fuselage for the hatch
have been fuelproofed, but if you would like to completely
seal off the area, cut the hatch seal template from page
35 and use spray adhesive to mount it to the backing on a
sheet of orange or clear MonoKote (not included). Cut out the
MonoKote, then remove the backing and iron the MonoKote
over the hatch for a fuelproof seal.

Mount the Cowl

On models such as the Reactor where portions of the engine
and/or muffl er protrude from the cowl, cutting holes for the
engine and muffl er can be a "catch-22" situation. You can't
know exactly where to cut holes for the engine and muffl er
until the cowl is mounted, but the cowl can't be mounted until
these holes are cut. In some cases templates may be used,
but on models where the cutouts are over contoured, parts
of the cowl templates may not work well. So on models like
this, the best way is to "cut and fi t" as illustrated:
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