Top Flite TOPA0700 - Manual (Page 11)

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5.
Notice the correct locations of the aileron and
flap ser
vos on the inside of the hatches (indicated b
y
the dashed lines).
Ref
er to these photos when mounting
the ser
vos to the hatches in the f
ollo
wing steps
.
No
w it’
s time to mount the ser
v
os to the hatc
h
co
ver
s.
Star
t with the left ailer
on ser
v
o.
Ref
er to this photo f
or the f
ollo
wing se
ven steps.
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6.
Mak
e a one-ar
m ser
vo
ar
m b
y
cutting off the
un
used ar
ms
.(The outer hole in the ser
vo
ar
m m
u
st be
at least 3/4" [19mm] from the center of the output shaft.)
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7.
Place the ser
v
o
on the aileron hatch co
v
e
r
as sho
wn, then place the ar
m on the ser
v
o
(remember
, this is f
or the
left
aileron).
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8.
T
a
ke
the ser
vo
off the hatch co
ve
r.
P
osition tw
o
3/8" x 13/16" x 13/16" [10 x 20 x 20mm] hardw
ood
ser
v
o
mounting b
loc
ks
on the ser
vo
(one of the
b
loc
ks ma
y ha
ve
to be tr
immed to accommodate the
ser
vo
wire where it comes out of the ser
vo).
The w
ood
g
rain in the b
loc
ks r
uns v
e
rtically
.
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9.
Place a piece of thin cardstoc
k (such as from
the header card that some ser
vos are pac
kaged on)
under the ser
vo
and betw
e
en each mounting b
loc
k and
the ser
vo
.
Later
, the cardstoc
k will be remo
ved, thus
pro
viding adequate spacing f
or vibr
ation isolation.
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10.
Dr
ill 1/16" [1.6mm] holes through the b
loc
ks
for the mounting scre
ws
.
M
ount the ser
v
o
to the
b
loc
ks with the scre
ws that came with the ser
v
o
.
Remo
v
e
the cardstoc
k spacers
.
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11.
Mount the left flap ser
v
o
to tw
o more
mounting b
loc
ks the same w
a
y.
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12.
Mix some 30-min
u
te epo
xy f
or gluing the
mounting b
loc
ks to the hatch co
vers
.
Smear a thin coat
of epo
xy on the inside of the hatch co
vers in the area
where the mounting b
loc
ks will be glued.
Thoroughly
coat the ends of the b
loc
ks that contact the co
vers
.W
ait
a f
e
w min
utes f
or the mounting b
loc
ks to absorb the
epo
xy
, then recoat with the epo
xy
.
P
osition the ser
vo
s
with the mounting b
loc
ks on the co
ve
rs so the ser
vo
ar
ms are
centered
in the openings
.
U
se clamps or
w
e
ights to hold the mounting b
loc
ks to the hatch co
vers
until the epo
xy hardens
.
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13.
After the epo
xy has fully hardened,
tempor
ar
ily remo
v
e the ser
v
os from the mounting
b
loc
ks
.
Add a f
e
w drops of thin CA to the scre
w holes
and allo
w to
full
y
harden.
Remount the ser
v
os to the
b
loc
ks with the scre
ws
.
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