FUTABA 3PRKA - Assembly Precautions

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Assembly / Adjustment
Assembly Precautions
WARNING
#HECKTHERECEIVERSERVOSANDBATTERYCONNECTORSTOBESURETHEYARElRMLYCONNECTED
)FACONNECTORISNOTFULLYINSERTEDVIBRATIONMAYCAUSETHECONNECTORTOWORKLOOSEWHILE
THEMODELISOPERATING4HISWILLRESULTINLOSSOFCONTROL
/PERATEEACHSERVOHORNOVERITSFULLSTROKEANDCHECKTOSEETHATTHELINKAGEDOESNOTBIND
ORISNOTTOOLOOSE
%XCESSIVEFORCEAPPLIEDTOTHESERVOHORNBYBINDINGORPOORINSTALLATIONMAYLEADTOSERVO
PROBLEMSANDRESULTINLOSSOFCONTROL
(Electric Cars and Boats)
)SOLATETHERECEIVERFROMVIBRATIONBYATTACHINGTOTHECHASSISORMOUNTINGPLATEWITHTHICK
DOUBLESIDEDTAPE
(Gas Powered Cars and Boats)
)SOLATETHERECEIVERFROMVIBRATIONBYWRAPPINGITINFOAMRUBBERORSIMILARTYPECUSHIONING
MATERIAL0ROTECTTHEUNITFROMWATERDAMAGEBYPLACINGITINAPLASTICBAGORWATERPROOFRA
DIOBOX
4HERECEIVERCONTAINSPRECISIONELECTRONICPARTS4HESEPARTSAREVULNERABLETOVIBRATIONAND
SHOCK!NYCONTACTWITHMOISTUREWATERORCONDENSATIONMAYCAUSERECEIVERMALFUNCTION
ANDLOSSOFCONTROL
5SETHESERVOHORNSCREW
7HENTHESERVOHORNCOMESOFFITBECOMESLOSSOFCONTROL
+EEPALLDEVICESTHATEMITHIGHFREQUENCYNOISESUCHASMOTORSBATTERIESANDWIRINGTHAT
HANDLESHEAVY CURRENTLOADS AT LEAST INCH AWAYFROM THE RECEIVER AND THE RECEIVER
ANTENNA
(IGH FREQUENCY NOISE WILL CAUSE A DECREASE IN OPERATING RANGE AND COULD CAUSE LOSS OF
CONTROL
)NSTALLELECTRONICSPEEDCONTROLHEATSINKSASWELLASOTHERCOMPONENTSTHATCONDUCT
ELECTRICITYSOTHEYCANNOTCOMEINCONTACTWITHALUMINUMCARBONlBEROROTHERMATERIALS
THATCONDUCTELECTRICITY
)FFOREXAMPLETHESPEEDCONTROLCAMELOOSEWHILETHEMODELWASRUNNINGANDTOUCHEDAN
ALUMINUMCHASSISA SHORT CIRCUITMAYOCCUR THATWOULD CAUSEIRREPARABLEDAMAGETO THE
SYSTEMASWELLASLOSSOFCONTROL
.OISESUPPRESSIONCAPACITORSSHOULDBEINSTALLEDONALMOSTALLMOTORS
)FTHEPROPERCAPACITORSARENOTINSTALLEDHIGHFREQUENCYNOISEWILLREDUCERANGEANDCAUSE
LOSSOFCONTROLALONGWITHVARIOUSOTHERPROBLEMS
)NSPECTALLLINKAGEINSTALLATIONSANDANYPOINTWHEREMETALCOULDCOMEINCONTACTWITHOTHER
METALPARTS-AKESURETHESEPARTSDONOTTOUCHOTHERMETALPARTSUNDERVIBRATION
3HOULDALINKAGEOROTHERMETALPARTSCOMEINCONTACTWITHOTHERMETALPARTSUNDERVIBRA
TIONTHE HIGH FREQUENCYNOISE GENERATEDBYTHIS CONTACT WILLCAUSE INTERFERENCEAND POS
SIBLELOSSOFCONTROL
CAUTION

$O.OTDISASSEMBLEANYPARTOFTHISSYSTEMTHATISNOTSPECIlEDINTHEINSTRUCTIONMANUAL
&UTABAWILLNOTBERESPONSIBLEFORANYDAMAGEDUETOIMPROPERDISASSEMBLYOFANYPARTOF
THERADIOCONTROLSYSTEM