
.
Also, at this time, you should drill a 1/16" dia. antenna exit hole in the aft fuselage
bottom sheet. This hole should be about 1/4" behind the wing opening in the
fuselage and centered left to right.
Installing The Main Fuselage
For the following steps you will need:
The Fuselage
1 Formed Aluminum Main Landing Gear
2 M4 x 15mm Phillips Head Screws
2 M4 Split Lock Washer
2 M4 x 40mm Phillips Head Screws
4 M4 Lock Nuts; for axles
2 M4 Hex Nuts; for axles
4 M3 x 10mm Phillips Head Screws
4 M3 Split Lock Washers
2 7.0cm dia. Main Wheels
1 Left Wheel Pant
1 Right Wheel Pant
Note: When assembling the hardware in the following steps you must use a thread-locking compound such as Loctite®
#242.
1.
Slip one M4 x 40mm Phillips Head Screw through one wheel. Thread one M4 hex nut onto the threads snug or finger tight
against the wheel.
2.
Use a Phillips screw driver to hold the screw from rotating while you thread one M4 Lock Nut onto the axle screw. Use a
wrench to thread the locknut onto the axle. Stop the locknut when it is close, but not touching the hex nut. A space between
the nuts equal to about 3 or 4 sheets of copy paper is good. Now hold the lock nut from turning with one wrench while using
another wrench to tighten the hex nut tight against the lock nut. There should be a slight amount of play and the wheel
should rotate freely on the axle screw.
3.
Now slide the axle through the hole in the aluminum landing gear. Use one wrench to hold the wheel side lock nut while
using another wrench to tighten the retaining lock nut tightly against the aluminum landing gear. Now repeat for the other
main wheel & axle.
4.
Slide one of the wheel pants down on the wheel. Position the mounting holes in the wheel pant so that they line up with the
mounting holes in the aluminum landing gear. Use the four M3 x 10mm Phillips Head Screws & four M3 Split Lock Washers
to secure the wheel pants to the landing gear. Again, be sure to use Loctite®.
5.
The entire landing gear assembly is now mounted onto the bottom of the fuselage using the two M4 x 15mm Phillips Head
Screws & two M4 Split Lock Washers.