Trainer 40 Instructions
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41. Locate the slot for the rudder pushrod (on the top face of the left hand side of the fuselage, looking from the rear) and cut
through and remove the covering. Insert the threaded end of the pushrod through the fuselage opening at the wing position, down
into the fuselage and out through the slot.
41.1 Cutting through and removing the
covering material from the pushrod slot
41.2 Locate the pushrod using a loop of
flex and pull it through the opening
41.3 Threaded end of pushrod passed
out of slot
42. Thread a plastic clevis keeper onto a clevis and screw the clevis onto the pushrod. Open the clevis and snap it in place into the
middle hole of the rudder horn.
42.1 Threading clevis keeper onto a clevis 42.2 Threading clevis onto end of pushrod 42.3 Clevis snapped into middle hole of
rudder horn
43. Centre the rudder servo by switching on the radio equipment with the sticks centralised and trim levers at neutral. Switch off ana
disconnect the servo. Using a 2mm drill, open out the hole in a servo arm which corresponds approximately to 11mm from centre.
Note that as well as operating the rudder, the rudder servo also controls the steerable nose leg, utilising the opposite side of the
servo arm to do this. Trim off any unused sides of the arm and position on the servo in line with the width of the fuselage.
43.1 Open out with a 2mm drill the hole
in the servo arm corresponding to 11mm
from centre
43.2 Using side cutters, cut off any
unused arms
43.3 Servo arm in place aligned with
width of fuselage
44. With the rudder held at neutral, mark
the wire where it passes over the
hole in the servo arm.
44.1 Rudder held at the neutral position
44.2 Mark the wire where it passes ove
the hole in the servo arm