Radio Setup - Rudder

	Radio Setup - Rudder last updated 1-22-2004
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Step 1: Install the four rubber grommets onto the servo.Next if you are going to use the metal servo mounting plates (PV0054) that come with the R50v2 and R60v2 then do not install the brass eyelets. Otherwise install the brass eyelets through the bottom side. This part is often misunderstood. The flared end of the eyelet needs to be against the mounting surface.

Note: For the Raptor 60 the servo will go in the 2nd slot from the top.
Step 2: Mount the servo in the 2nd slot up from the bottom in the servo tray. The spline of the servo needs to be on the side closer to the main shaft. Use four of the servo screws that came with the helicopter, not the ones that came with the servo to install it. The servo wire needs to route from the right side of the helicopter through the hole at the back of the servo tray and over to the left side of the helicopter.

Step 3: Connect the servo wire to the female connector on the gyro. The gyro will have one, two, or three male connectors. One of them is the servo plug and this will connect to the rudder channel on the receiver. This will be channel 4. If you are connecting a Futaba plug to another brand receiver then you will need to remove the keyed edge from the connector. I use some diagonal cutters then use a file to grind the surface clean. Newer Futaba connectors already have two corners slanted as needed on the other brands so just remove the keyed edge then the connector will fit easily in another brands receiver.
The channel ordering is:

	Airtronics	===		Futaba	===		JR Radio
1.	Elevator	===	1.	Aileron	===	1.	Throttle
2.	Aileron	===	2.	Elevator	===	2.	Aileron
3.	Throttle	===	3.	Throttle	===	3.	Elevator
4.	Rudder	===	4.	Rudder	===	4.	Rudder
5.	Gyro gain	===	5.	Gyro gain	===	5.	Gyro gain
6.	Collective pitch	===	6.	Collective pitch	===	6.	Collective pitch

Step 4: For the remainder of the instructions go to the <Gyro How-to> page.

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