GREAT PLANES Rifle 1M, Instruction Manual

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holes in a wood block for anchoring spare male bullets to 
hold the female bullets while you solder. (You may also 
solder the motor wires 

directly

 to the ESC if this is your 

preference, but don’t forget to slide on the heat shrink tubing 
fi rst and check the motor direction.)

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3. Slide pieces of heat-shrink tubing over the battery 

wires on the other end of the ESC. Then solder your battery 
connector to the wires—ElectriFly and ThunderPower 
batteries use Deans Ultra Plug connectors, so a Deans Ultra 
Plug male was used on the ESC in this manual.

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4. Slip pieces of 3/16" [5mm] heat shrink tubing over the 

bullet connectors. Then use a heat gun to shrink the tubing. 

Also shrink the tubing over the wires on the battery connector.

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5. If you haven’t yet done so, set up a program in your 

radio dedicated to this model. Be certain the fl ight trims 

and

 sub trims are zeroed. In most cases you’ll also have to 

reverse the direction of the throttle channel.

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6. Temporarily connect the motor to the ESC and hook 

up the receiver and a battery so you can run the motor with 
the transmitter. Make sure the motor is turning in the correct 
direction. If not, disconnect the ESC from the motor and re 
connect it with the wires in a different order so the motor will 
be turning the correct direction.

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7. 

IMPORTANT!:

 Slip three more pieces of 3/16" [5mm] 

shrink tubing over each bullet connection and shrink with a 
heat gun to make sure the connections will remain secure.

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8. Before mounting the motor, apply the rougher, “hook” 

side of the included Velcro strip to the bottom of the fuselage 
in the approximate location shown. Apply just a 

couple

 of 

drops of thin CA around the edges of the Velcro to securely 
hold it in place.

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9. Mount the motor with the mounting screws lightly “wetted” 

with non-permanent threadlocker, but do not mount the prop 
and spinner until later after the radio has been set up.

Hook Up the Elevator

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1. Use steel wool or fi ne sandpaper to polish the elevator 

pushrod and remove any contaminants or oxidation. Remove 
any burrs on the end of the wire with a metal fi le or sandpaper.

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2. Test-fi t the pushrod into the 

elevator horn

 to make sure 

it fi ts—it should fi t with no free play. If necessary, enlarge the 
hole with a #56 (.046") [1.18mm] drill.