Extreme Flight 110" YAK-54 V2, Инструкция по сборке

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10. I found it easiest to lay the fuselage on its’ side to install the main landing gear
(MLG). Locate the 4mm bolts/washers/nylon insert nuts and associated tools. I
suggest you have these items nearby as the gear is so large it can be a handful to
coordinate all of this. It does not matter if you put the bolts in from the top or thru
the bottom up thru the carbon gear, let your tools decide this. I put the bolts in from
the top and installed the washer/nylon insert on the bottom of the gear. Either way,
you must first be sure to orient the gear with it sweeping forward. Simply trial fit
the gear against the fuselage’s gear plate and you can easily tell which way it will
sweep forward. Once you have that, then put the 4mm bolt and washer into the pre-
drilled holes, then apply the washer and nylon insert nut to the other side, use BTL.
NOTE : it is acceptable to cut out the pipe access plate, it has been mostly laser cut
but has a few ties to keep it in place. Simply cut those and then you will have
easier access to the gear bolts/nuts, if you are running cannisters/pipes you will
take this off anyway. If running stock mufflers you my want to reinstall it.
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. Now locate the gear cuffs and desired glue. You could use epoxy,
welders adhesive or similar glues. I trial fit the cuff by fitting it onto the gear about
an inch or more from the fuselage and then sliding it up to the fuselage. I find a
spot where I am happy with the fit, which for me was just before it touches the
fuselage. You could allow it to touch but consider that the gear flexes many times
during takeoffs and especially landings, you may want to keep a small space so the
cuffs do not puncture or scrape the covering. Now take a small piece of blue tape
and apply it to the gear at the bottom of the cuff, this will show you where the cuff
ends so you don’t apply glue to an area that will show. I recommend you sand the
back of the cuff and even lightly sand the gear for better adhesion. Now apply glue
and I suggest you tape these in place to allow a full cure. See figures15 and 16.
Figure 15
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