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F E I B A O F 1 8 - f
8: FRONT WHEEL SERVO & PULL-PULL LINKAGE
Install the nose gear steering servo with the hardware that is supplied with the servo
Use your hand pump to unlock the nose gear retract so it can move freely up and down. Insert
the nose gear assembly in the fuselage and check location and clearance in the fuselage.
There is a couple of ways in which you can spring the nose cables out of the way when the
gear retracts.
a) While rigging the cables of the nose gear steering, slide a length of heat shrink on to the cable
and continue with the normal setup of connecting the steering cables. Once the cables are
installed take a large zip tie and cut off the locking end. Slide each side of the cable tie into the
heat shrink and shrink them up, locking the tie to the cables. When the gear retracts the natural
spring action of the tie will spread the cables out of the way of the strut.
b) Use 2 Aileron Connectors and put them over each pull-pull cable before you crimp the ends on. You
want them in the middle area to pull the cable with a spring away from the steering strut. When it is in the
retract position.
Crimp the steering cables into place on the outer holes on the steering arm on the nose gear. Use a
double crimp, with the line going through the crimping tube twice.
Screw the nose gear assembly back into place on the mount.
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