23
5/16"
[8 mm]
10-24 x 5/8" Nylon
Landing Gear Screw
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3. Cut the included 10-24 x 5/8" [16mm] nylon landing
gear screws to a length of 5/16" [8mm].
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4. Mount the landing gear to the fuselage with the
screws—note that the gear may be swept
forward
for
landing and taking off from grass or swept
back
for hard
surfaces.
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5. Check the screws inside the fuselage—make sure
you’ve cut them so they are not protruding from the
landing gear plate too far to interfere with the fuel tank.
Trim farther if needed.
Install the Fuel Tank
A Tettra 6 oz. bubbles fuel tank is illustrated. There is
more than one way to prepare the tank, but the method
illustrated is popular. Because the tank features a
collapsing bladder (pressurized between itself and the
plastic container) only a single pickup line is used inside
the tank. A
Bubble Jett Fuel Tanker
syringe-type fueler
(or similar) is required for fi lling the tank properly without
introducing air into the tank.
V-Cut
3/32" [2.4mm]
“cross hole”
2-1/2"
[60mm]
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1. Prepare and fi t the aluminum fuel tube and silicone
pickup line as illustrated.After making the "V" cut, also
use a 3/32" sharpened brass tube to cut a "cross hole"
throught both sides of the tubing.
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2. Secure the stopper in the tank with the hardware
included with the tank – don’t forget the thin, metal plate
shown in the instructions that came with the Tettra tank.
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3. If the fuel tank ever requires removal in the future, it
will be helpful to have a strap made from tape as shown
to facilitate pulling the tank out.
