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1. Slide a wheel and a 3/16" [4.8mm] wheel collar onto
one of the 3/16" x 2" [4.8 x 50mm] axles. Use a fine-point
felt-tip pen to mark the end of the collar and the hole for the
set screw in the collar all the way around the axle. Mark the
other axle the same way.
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2. Use a cutoff wheel or a metal-cutting saw to cut the
axles about 1/16" [2mm] past the line that marks the end of
the collar. File a flat spot over the line that marks the set
screw. Fasten the axles to the landing gear with the 5/16"-
24 lock nuts.
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3. Mount a wheel to each axle with a wheel collar
fastened to the axle with a 6-32 set screw and a drop of
Threadlocker. Add a drop of oil to both sides of the wheels.
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4. Taildragger: If building your Giant Big Stik ARF as a
taildragger, mount the main landing gear at the forward
mounting location with four 6-32 x 1" [25mm] screws, #6
washers and #6 flat washers. If building your Giant Big Stik
ARF with a nose gear, mount the landing gear in the aft
mounting location. Note that the 90° angle side of the gear
faces forward.
Follow these steps if building your Giant Big Stik ARF
with nose gear. Otherwise, skip to step 1 on page 16.
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5. Tricycle: Use a metal file, wire cutters or a rotary tool with
a cut-off wheel to grind one edge off of two 6-32 blind nuts.
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6. Tricycle: Apply a few dabs of epoxy to the front of the
two blind nuts, then use a 6-32 x 3/4" [19mm] screw to pull
the nuts into the bottom two holes in the back of the firewall
for the nose gear bearing. Pull two more blind nuts into the
top holes the same way.
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7. Tricycle: Cut apart the two pieces of the nylon nose
gear bearing.
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8. Tricycle: Slide the nose gear wire onto the nose gear
bearings and the steering arm in between. Temporarily mount
the bearings to the firewall with four 6-32 x 3/4" [19mm]
screws, #6 lock washers and #6 flat washers. For now, it
doesn’t matter which side the steering arm is on, but the top
of the nose gear wire should be even with the top bearing.
Mount the Landing Gear
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