Instruction manual

Section 15: Installing the Rudder, Elevator, and Throttle Pushrods

• Fuselage

• 30" pushrod wire, 2-56 threaded on one end (2)

• 16" pushrod wire, 1.5mm (throttle)

• Control horn (2)

• Wire keeper (2)

• Clevis (2)

• Easy connector

• Clevis keeper (2)

• Felt-tipped pen/pencil

• Hobby knife

• Needle-nose pliers

Step 1. Locate one of the long 30" pushrod wires threaded on

one end, a 2-56 clevis, wire keeper, control horn, and mounting

hardware and a clevis keeper.

The rudder and elevator push rods are made using these parts

shown below. The throttle linkage will be made from the shorter

16" rod.

Step 2. Note that the pushrod wire guide tubes are preinstalled

in the fuselage. On the aft end of the fuselage find the pushrod

exits for the rudder and elevator pushrods.

Hint: Slide one of the pushrod wires into to the preinstalled

pushrod wire guide tubes and carefully push the end

of the pushrod wire through the covering over the

exit hole.

Using your hobby knife, carefully cut away the covering over the

pushrod exit on the top left side of the fuselage next to the verti-

cal stabilizer and the opening on the right side of the fuselage

where the elevator pushrod will exit. Be careful not to cut the

pushrod guide tube.

Step 3. To get the required length of the pushrod wire, it will

be necessary to thread the clevis on/off the pushrod wire a few

times. Insert one of the 30" pushrod wires through the guide

tube with the threads exiting the tube at the aft end of the

fuselage. Screw on a clevis 7-10 turns and snap it onto the

control horn.

Step 4. With the clevis attached to the control horn, center the

control surface and hold the pushrod wire directly over the elec-

tronically centered servo arm. Place a mark on the rod directly

over the hole (second hole from the end of arm) in servo control

arm that it will connect to.

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