Hello All,

I would like to know the basic setup for the service horn. I just bought the sky surfer and it doesn't tell me in the manual how to set it up. Can someone explain it to me and make it simple as possible. The manual does not say anything


Thanks
James

Beginner

It's servo, not service. But welcome to the hobby. We'll do whatever we can to help you.

You want the servo horn to be as close as possible to 90 degrees to the control surface. Then choose the servo hole that gives you the throw you need at the surface. Closer to the middle is less throw, while farther out is more. It's the opposite at the control surface; closer in gives you more throw and farther out is less. Does the manual tell you what your throw should be?

As Jester said.

And since you may not know this...

"THROW" = Amount of total movement in each direction.

You disconnect any wires or hookups from the plastic servo "arms" mounted on the servo.

Then uncscrew the "arms" from the servo. They are normally held in place by a single screw at the center of the ARM(s).

Remove the arms....

Then turn on the transmitter, set the throttle all the way down, and turn on the plane.

With no pressure on the sticks your elevator, aileron and rudder servos will center.

With the plane still on put the ARMS back on, but make sure they are perpendicular ( 90 degrees ) to the long part of the servo.

Turn off the plane and transmitter and screw the arm horns back in, preferably without moving the servo arms.

Turn the TX and plane back on, and reconnect the linkages. Adjust all of the control surfaces so they are equal to or level with the corresponding wing, elevator or rudder.

What opjose said except also make sure your trims are centered before you put the servo arms back on.