Owner's manual

9
Install the Main Landing Gear
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1. Locate the fi berglass left main landing gear by
tting the main gear in the recess in the left wing. If a glow
engine will be installed, fuelproof the main landing gear
recess with thin CA or epoxy thinned with denatured alcohol.
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2. File a 1/4" [6.3mm] long fl at spot on the end of the
main landing gear axle.
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3. Insert the axle through the main landing gear and
the left wheel pant. Slide an axle nut onto the axle followed
by a 2" [51mm] foam wheel. Tighten the axle nut on the axle.
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4. Apply a drop of thread locker to the threads of a
6-32 x 1/4" [6mm] socket head cap screw. Slide a 4mm
wheel collar onto the axle. Thread the 6-32 x 1/4" [6mm]
socket head cap screw into the wheel collar and tighten it on
the fl at at the end of the axle.
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5. Apply a drop of thread locker to the threads of four
6-32 x 1/2" [12.7mm] socket head cap screws. Secure the
main landing gear to the wing with the cap head screws.
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6. Use epoxy to glue the nylon wing dowel in the root
of the wing. Position the dowel so that 1/2" [12.7mm] of the
dowel is protruding from the wing.
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7. Go back to step 1 of Install The Main Landing Gear
and install the right main landing gear.