Dynaflite DYFA3045 - Manual (Page 51)

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22. Drill 1/8" [3.2mm] holes through the
bottom strut retainers at the marks you made.
Fill the strut retainer slots in the bottom wing
with 30-minute epoxy, then working quickly,
insert the strut retainers, wipe away excess
epoxy and mount the struts to the top and
bottom strut retainers with the screws. Still
working quickly before the 30-minute epoxy
hardens, position the wing jigs, align the wings
as necessary and do not disturb the plane until
the epoxy has fully hardened.
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23. Place the model upside-down on your
workbench. Mark, drill and glue the strut
retainers into the top wing the same as you did
the bottom wing. Leave the model upside-down
while the epoxy hardens so it does not run
down into the struts.
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1. Thread a nylon clevis about twenty full
turns onto a 36" [915mm] wire pushrod, then
slip a silicone retainer over the clevis. Connect
the clevis to the outer hole of a nylon control
horn. Prepare two more pushrods the same way.
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2. Slide the pushrods into the guide tubes
from the rear of the fuselage. The elevator
pushrods go in the top guide tubes (nearest the
elevator) and the rudder pushrod goes in the
guide tube opposite the previously installed
throttle servo.
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3. Drill 3/32" [2.4mm] holes through the
elevators and rudder for mounting the control
horns. Mount the control horns with 2-56 x 5/8"
[16mm] screws and the nylon mounting plates
(it may be necessary to make a slight bend in
the elevator pushrods to get them to rest on the
elevators where required).
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4. Fit the elevator and rudder servos into the
servo tray, but do not drill holes and screw
them in yet. Note: As shown on the plan and in
this manual, both elevator pushrods are
connected to one elevator servo. However, as
explained near the beginning of the manual,
two servos could be used for the elevators.
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5. Make a 90° bend in one of the elevator
pushrods to connect it to the elevator servo
arm. Hint: Disconnect the pushrod from the
elevator and rotate the pushrod 90-degrees.
Make the bend to the side, then rotate the
pushrod back into position so the bend is
downward (toward the bottom of the fuselage).
Connect the pushrod to the servo arm and the
elevator. Adjust the clevis on the end of the
FINISH THE RADIO
INSTALLATION
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