B.A.E. HAWK
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fully retracted. If tyre clearance is tight a thin plywood shim under the retract unit to
lower the wheel when in the retracted position should be added. Once you have found
the perfect position fully lock the legs by tightening the lock screws fully.
The wing structure features convenient openings to allow the air tube to be easily routed
through the wing to the centre section. The services (air and servo) can exit the wing
either through the top surface, or if you may fit a smoke system it is best to exit the
wings leading edge between the wing pegs.
The lower leg gear door covers are mounted using a shaped piece of wood glued to the
gear door with epoxy, and bonded to the oleo leg using a silicon adhesive. Additional
security is gained by drilling through the door and spacer and tapping the alloy leg M3
to accept two M3 screws.
The small door that covers the retract unit can either be notched to clear the leg or
hinged as the full scale Hawk.
Nose gear
The nose unit on the Hawk is specially designed with a large strong mounting frame,
perfect angles up and down, plus a positive, slop free and snag free steering system.
The steering servo moves with the nose leg removing the chance of snagged steering
cables and twisted jammed legs.
Mount the steering servo in the CNC machined frame using four M3 x 12 Allen screws
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