Top Flite TOPA0290 - Manual (Page 43)

MOUNT
THE HORIZONT
AL ST
ABILIZER
❏
1.
Sand the sheeting around the bottom and sides
of the fuselage e
v
en with f
o
rmer F10.
❏
2.
Mount the stabiliz
er ser
vo
in the rear ser
vo
tr
a
y.
C
ut
the unthreaded end from a 36" [910mm] pushrod so the pushrod will be 25" [635mm] long.
Thread a n
ylon cle
vis
20 full tur
ns onto the pushrod.
Guide the pushrod
through stabiliz
er pushrod tube
, then connect the cle
vis
to the ser
vo
ar
m on the stabiliz
er ser
vo
.
❏
3.
T
rim the n
ylon bellcr
ank as sho
wn.
Enlarge the
remaining holes with a Hob
bico ser
v
o
hor
n dr
ill or a
5/64" [2mm] dr
ill.
❏
4.
T
empor
ar
ily mount the bellcr
ank with the br
ass
b
ushing, a 4-40 x 3/4" [19mm] scre
w
, a #4 w
asher
and a 4-40 n
ut.
Mar
k the stabiliz
er pushrod where it
crosses the holes in the bellcr
ank.
❏
5.
Disconnect the pushrod from the ser
v
o
, slide
the pushrod out past f
o
rm
er F11B and mak
e
a Z-
bend in the pushrod at the mar
k
.
C
ut off the e
xcess
wire
.
R
emo
v
e the bellcr
ank.
❏
6.
Mak
e the
shor
t stabiliz
er pushr
od
as sho
wn in
the sk
etch from a 6" [150mm] pushrod.
Note that a
por
tion of the threaded end also has to be cut off
.
Thread the pushrod into the s
wiv
el cle
vis on the
stabiliz
er control rod.
Connect the bellcr
ank to the
pushrod.
❏
7.
Glue together both sets of die-cut 1/8" [3.2mm]
plyw
ood
top outer
and
top inner stabiliz
er
mounts
.
Be cer
tain to mak
e
a r
ight and a left side
.
Note that the par
ts align along the top edges
.
❏
8.
No
w is y
our final oppor
tunity to mak
e an
y
fix
es/impro
v
ements/adjustments to the co
v
e
ring on
the hor
iz
ontal stabiliz
er
, because soon, it will be
per
manently mounted to the fuselage
.
Do an
ything
no
w that will be difficult to do when the stab is on
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