Final Assembly; Mount The Canopy; Final Radio Installation - GREAT PLANES Reactor ARF .61-.91 SPORT BIPLANE Instruction Manual

FINAL ASSEMBLY

Mount the Canopy

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1. If installing a pilot, trim the pilot as necessary to fi t
under the canopy and between the fuselage sides. Cut the
covering from the cockpit fl oor so the pilot can be glued
directly to bare wood.
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2. Securely glue the pilot into position. Cut the instrument
panel decal from the decal sheet and place it on the
instrument panel in the cockpit.
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3. Attach the canopy. If permanently gluing on the
canopy, apply R/C 56 canopy glue and use masking tape
to temporarily hold the canopy in place until the glue is dry.
If using the included #2 x 3/8" [9.5mm] button-head screws,
temporarily tape the canopy to the fuselage. Drill four 1/16"
[1.6mm] holes through the canopy and fuselage. Remove the
canopy, enlarge the holes in the canopy with a 3/32" [2.4mm]
drill, and then mount the canopy with the screws.

Final Radio Installation

Refer to this photo while fi nishing the radio installation.
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1. Wrap the receiver and receiver battery in 1/4" [6.4mm] R/C
foam. Mount the battery and receiver to the plywood receiver/
battery tray inside the fuselage with straps made from the
included hook-and-loop strips. If using a 2.4GHz receiver that
has short antennas, glue short lengths of small plastic tubing
(like the type found on spray cans of compressed air) to the
inside of the fuse sides for properly routing the antennas. If
using a 72 MHz receiver with a long antenna wire, be certain
to guide the antenna down through the fuse.
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2. Mount the on/off switch and a charge jack to the
fuselage side opposite the muffl er so they will not get coated
with engine exhaust. Note that there are already cutouts for a
Futaba switch and an Ernst charge receptacle, so all that has
to be done is cut away the covering. If using a different switch
or charge receptacle, or if you prefer to mount your Futaba
switch and Ernst charge receptacle in a different location,
use the mounting plates that came with them as templates
to cut new mounting holes where preferred.
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3. Connect the rudder and elevator servo wires to the
receiver. Connect a dual servo connector to the aileron
channel in the receiver, then connect a 12" [305mm] servo
extension to the dual extension and guide it through the
fuselage out the fi berglass wing brace for the ailerons in the
top wing. The remaining, open port in the dual extension will
be for the aileron servo wire coming from the bottom wing,
so all four aileron servos will be connected to one channel.
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