13
❏ ❏
4.
Holding the retr
act
centered
in the r
a
ils with
the str
u
t retr
acted so it will be out of the w
a
y,
dr
ill f
our
7/64" [2.8mm] holes f
o
r the mounting scre
w
s
. Mount
the retr
act with f
our #6 x 1/2" [13mm] Phillips scre
w
s
.
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5.
Use a rotar
y
tool with a fi
ber-reinf
o
rced
cutoff
wheel to cut the one of the main landing gear axles
that came with the retr
acts to the correct length.
File
a fl
at spot on the axle f
o
r the set scre
w
that mounts
the axle to the str
u
t.
Mount the wheel with a drop of
threadloc
k
e
r on the set scre
w
. Add a drop of oil to
both sides of the wheel at the str
u
t and the axle
.
❏
6.
Mount the other retr
act to the r
ight inboard wing
panel the same w
a
y.
FIXED GEAR INST
ALLA
TION
❏
❏
1.
Assemb
le one of the landing gear mounts
b
y
using eight 3 x 12mm fl
at-head Phillips scre
ws to
mount an alumin
um mounting br
ac
k
e
t to each side of
one of the molded plastic main landing gear b
loc
ks
.
Ref
er to this photo while mounting the landing g
ear
.
❏
❏
2.
Center the landing gear mount on the
mounting r
a
ils
. Then, dr
ill f
our 7/64" [2.8mm] holes f
o
r
the mounting scre
w
s
. Mount the landing gear mount
with f
our #6 x 1/2" [13mm] Phillips scre
w
s
.
❏
❏
3.
Mount the left, main landing gear wire into the
landing gear mount using tw
o n
y
lon str
aps and f
our #4
x 1/2" [13mm] scre
w
s
. Mount one of the main wheels
to the landing gear wire with tw
o 5mm wheel collars
and 6-32 set scre
ws with threadloc
k
e
r on the threads
.
❏
4.
Mount the other landing gear to the r
ight inboard
wing panel the same w
a
y.
Add a drop of oil to both
sides of the wheels where the
y
contact the collars
.
MOUNT
THE FIBERGLASS NA
CELLE CO
VERS
❏
❏
1.
If y
ou ha
ve
n’t done so already
, remo
ve
the left
engine from the engine mount so the nacelle co
ve
r
will fi
t o
ver the nacelle
. Place the left fi
berglass
nacelle
co
ve
r o
ver the nacelle on the wing.
Use a pushrod
shar
pened on the end or a Dead Center
™
Engine Mount
Hole Locator to mar
k the location of the three mounting
scre
ws f
o
r the nacelle co
ve
r into the bottom of the wing.
❏
❏
2.
Remo
v
e
the nacelle co
v
e
r.
Dr
ill 3/32" [2.4mm]
holes into the wing at the mar
ks
. Enlarge the holes
in the plyw
ood mounting tabs
in the nacelle co
ver
onl
y
with a 1/8" [3.2mm] dr
ill.
Use a long #1 Phillips
scre
wdr
iv
er to tempor
ar
ily mount the nacelle co
v
e
r to
the wing with f
our #4 x 5/8" [16mm] Phillips scre
w
s
,
#4 fl
at w
ashers and #4 loc
k
w
ashers
.
❏
❏
3.
Remo
v
e
the nacelle co
v
e
r.
Add a f
e
w drops
of thin CA to each of the scre
w holes f
o
r the nacelle
co
v
e
r mounting scre
w
s
. Allo
w the CA to harden bef
ore
mounting the nacelle co
v
e
r bac
k to the wing.
