Great Planes VFO ARF EP Aerobat - GPMA1135 - Manual (Page 11)

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surface. Slip the carbon rod and the heat shrink tubing
together to the metal wires. Do this for all four servos. Do not
shrink the tubing yet. You will do this in a later step.
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10. Turn on the radio system and slowly move the sticks
on the radio to be sure that the control surfaces move the
correct direction as instructed on page 12, Mixing Set Up.
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11. With the radio system on and the control surfaces
centered, shrink the tubing around the wires with a soldering
iron. When shrinking the tube be sure to center the carbon
rod between the metal control wires. Do this for all four
servos.
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12. The last thing remaining is to secure the servos to the
foam. For our installation we used CA glue to mount them
to the foam. You could also use a low temperature hot melt
glue. This will secure them in place but also make it easier
to remove the servo. Before gluing the servos in place you
may also wish to save some weight by cutting off the unused
servo arm from your servos.
This completes the radio component installation.
INSTALL the BRACING WIRES
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1. Locate the four 1/32" x 19-3/4" [0.8mm x 500mm]
carbon rods. These are used to brace and stiffen the fuselage.
Press the end of the carbon rod through the surface of the
foam but not through the outside skin of the foam. Locate the
large foam triangle and then place it against two sides of the
fuselage to assure they are perpendicular to each other. Trim
the opposite end of the carbon rod so that it is the proper
length to allow the end of the carbon rod to be inserted into
the foam skin. When you are satisfi ed that everything is
square and the carbon rods are the correct length, glue the
carbon rod to the foam.