wzak29

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radio install can't upload photos again!

shd3920

Are you going into 'Post reply' or 'Quick reply'?

I will upload the photos you sent to me through email.

Here is wzak's radio and engine installation.

shd3920

All looks good to me, did a great job. As long as there is no buzzing or binding in the servos, you are good to go.

bruce88123

You may want to actually connect the nose steering to the servo though. It will work better that way.

RCKen

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Is there a question about your installation???

As Bruce said, the nose wheel steering isn't hooked up as well as there is no battery hooked up to the system

Ken

shd3920

Here is the email he sent me:

He basically wants opinions on how it looks or if he should change anything.

wzak29

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battery is under fuel tank it is hooked up did not install landing gear yet.

KW_Counter

I'm a little concerned about the fuel tank.
It does not appear to be secured from fore/aft movement.
The rest looks great.
Good Luck,
KW_Counter

Gray Beard

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Looks good to me!! As long as therfe is no binding and everything moves the correct way it looks good to go.

bruce88123

Foam in front of it and looks to be wedged in place with foam as well. Should be fine.

shd3920

To be absolutely safe he should wedge a scrap piece of 1/4"sq balsa stick behind the fuel tank to prevent it from shifting back. Do NOT glue it in, only shove it in pace in case you have to remove the tank.

TedMo

WZAk:May or may not be any problem but as shown one servo, rudder is not in neutral. This could be due to your Tx not being in neutral when pic taken. If however Tx is neutral and servo is not this should be attended to. Also I personally prefer my control rods to be connected to hole on servo the furthest out on arm. This requires less force by servo ( less voltage as well ) to operate control surface. Depending on the radio you use throw can be achieved with TX end point settings. As stated tank has to be held in place Nice neat looking job though

wzak29

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Tx was not in neutral when pic taken sorry about that

wzak29

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The fuel tank has double sided tape on it with foam stuck all around it and jammed it in there really tight.

rlipsett

fuel tank sounds good but be aware that if any fuel residue gets on tape the tape will loose its stickiness. tanks usually will not leak for the first year but the bung hole can get loose after awhile and allow small amount of fuel to leak. this is also a good reason to fuel proof the tank compartment.

jrcaster

In picture 3 the antenna wire is almost laying against the pushrod housing. It should be re-routed and taped against the sidewall.
Also in pucture 3 is the use of a metal core bread tie to tie the servo wires together. Either leave the wires loose, use a wiring tie strap, or tape them together.

Picture 4. The steering rod is coming out the top of the firewall instead of the bottom. This is going to pose a serious problem when it comes time to install the nose gear.

Sometinng else you might want to consider doing. Cut a section of 1/4 inch triangle balsa and glue onto the top of both sides of the servo tray.

Jetdesign

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I would change the throttle rod a little so that the end of the rod is lined up with the direction of travel. You can make the bends out of metal 2-56 rod and screw the piece into the plastic rods you are using. You want to make sure the junction between the two is inside the guide tube, far enough that it doesn't come out with servo movement. Notice how the ends of all the other rods are parallel to the airframe.

But truthfully I don't know how much it matters, if any.

shd3920

The steering is at the top of the firewall on the PT-40s, that is the way the kit is designed.