Patent ID: 8382027

Claim:
A method for operating an unmanned aircraft, the method comprising: coupling a movable mechanism of the aircraft to a servomechanism carried by the aircraft with an interface assembly operably coupled to a linkage between the movable mechanism and the servomechanism, wherein the interface assembly includes— an adapter portion mated with a non-round surface of an output shaft of the servomechanism, wherein the adapter portion includes a generally smooth, non-splined, engagement surface; and an output arm having an aperture sized to receive at least a portion of the engagement surface of the adapter portion; inserting at least a portion of the adapter through the aperture in the output arm, wherein the output arm is rotatably movable through 360 degrees relative to the engagement surface of the adapter portion; and rotating at least one of the output arm and the adapter portion relative to each other until the output arm is at a desired orientation relative to the output shaft.