POWER PLANT
- PROPELLER
- Propeller nut tight
- Spinner on tight
- Propeller balanced
- ENGINE
- Engine mount hold down bolts tight
- Carburetor secure
- Glow plug tight
- FUEL SYSTEM
- Lines connected properly
- Line routing ,no bends or kinks
- Tank mounting padded
- Clunk free to move in tank
FUSELAGE
- CONTROLS
- Throttle control free
- Servos mounted securely and tight
- Servo hardware tight
- Servo pushrods clear of mechanical interference
- LANDING GEAR
- Main Gear and Nose Gear hardware tight
- Wheels free and collars tight
- RECEIVER
- Check all receiver plugs for proper seating
- Check antenna routing
- Check receiver overall crash protection
- BATTERY AND SWITCH
- Check switch mounting (opposite muffler side of fuselage)
- Check wire leads for routing and binding and proper hook-up
- Check battery crash protection
- Check battery voltage
EMPENNAGE
- VERTICAL STAB
- Check all glue joints for rigidity where joined to fuse
- Check rudder hinges
- Check rudder control horn
- HORIZONTAL STAB
- Check all glue joints for rigidity where joined to fuse
- Check elevator hinges
- Check elevator control horn
WING
- CONTROL SURFACES
- Check aileron hinges
- Check aileron control horns
- WING ALIGNMENT
- Check wings center section joint
- Check wings for warp
CONTROL OPERATION
- TRANSMITTER
- Channel# tag on correct hook on frequency control board before operating transmitter
- Distance check with antenna down
- Check transmitter voltage meter for proper operating voltage
- Set all trim controls on center
- RUDDER AND NOSE GEAR
- Check rudder for correct direction (check also nose gear if tricycle gear)
- Check for proper throw
- Check all hardware for tightness (especially nose gear control horn on shaft)
- ELEVATOR AND AILERONS
- Check for correct direction
- Check for proper throw
- Check all hardware for tightness
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