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Install the Elevator and Rudder

Servos and Pushrods

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1. For both the rudder and elevator servo install a servo

extension onto the servo lead. With the Futaba 3103 servo a

6" [152mm] extension is adequate. Other brands may require

a longer or shorter extension. To reach the receiver you need

9" [230mm] of wire from the servo to the receiver. Secure the

servo lead to the extension with tape, a piece of shrink tube or

some other method to keep them from coming unplugged.

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2. Remove three of the four arms from the servo horn,

leaving the longest arm in place. Enlarge the last hole in

the servo arm with a #57 drill. Install an aluminum screw

lock connector into the hole and lock it in place with a nylon

retainer. Install a set screw into the screw lock connector.

Install the servo into the opening on the right side of the

fuselage using the hardware that came with the servo. Center

the servo and install the servo arm as shown.

RETAINER

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into the left side of the fuselage, sliding it into the servo

compartment. Slide the wire into the hole in the screw lock

connector and lightly tighten the set screw against the wire.

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a control horn. Slide the screw lock connector onto the

pushrod wire. Position the control horn as shown, mark the

3 Install one of the .95 x 360mm [14"] long pushrod wires

4. Install a screw lock connector into the outer hole of