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E-flite Leader 480 ARF Assembly Manual
Nose Gear Installation
Required parts
Fuselage assembly Nose wheel steering arm
51mm foam wheel Pre-formed nose gear wire
Transmitter
Receiver
Receiver battery
2.5mm wheel collar with setscrew (2)
1mm x 445mm pushrod with guide tube
Required Tools and Adhesives
Thin CA
Phillips screwdriver: #2
Flat file
Hex wrench: 1.5mm
Threadlock
Side cutter
Sandpaper
1. Slide the pushrod guide tube in the fuselage as
shown. Use sandpaper to scuff the tube where it
passes the mounts in the fuselage so the CA will
adhere to the tube. The end of the tube will protrude
from the fuselage by 1/32-inch (1mm) use thin CA to
glue the tube in the fuselage at the positions shown.
2. Insert the Z-bend of the pushrod wire into the nose
gear steering arm as shown.
3. Slide the pushrod wire through the tube and into
the fuselage. Guide the wire through the connector on
the rudder servo horn. The steering arm will fit in the
bracket as shown.
4. Use a flat file to make a 1/4-inch (6mm) wide flat
on the bottom of the nose gear wire. This will provide
a place to tighten the setscrew when the wheel collar
is installed.
Always use threadlock on metal-to-metal fasteners
to prevent them from vibrating loose.
5. Attach the wheel to the nose gear wire using two
2.5mm wheel collars and setscrews. Tighten the
setscrews using a 1.5mm hex wrench.
