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22) Slip the main wheels onto the axle bolts and then thread on
the M3 lock nuts. Screw the lock nuts up close to the wheels, but
not actually touching them. Leave a little room so the wheels can
turn freely.
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23) Attach the assembled landing gear to the fuselage bottom
using the two M2.6 x 10MM screws supplied. Notice that two holes
are pre-drilled in the bottom of the fuselage at the landing gear
location to accept the screws.
RADIO INSTALLATION
For this section you will need the 30amp ESC and the piece of
Velcro
®
Tape from the kit contents, plus your micro receiver and
battery pack (see notes at the beginning of this manual about
receiver and battery specifications).
RECEIVER
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24) Mount the receiver to the radio platform built into the
fuselage, using a piece of Velcro
®
tape. Mount it just ahead of the
fuselage former that is in front of the servos.
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25) Route the receiver antenna out of the fuselage. First drill a
small hole through the right fuselage side, just below the wing
saddle and just in front of the fuselage former separating the servo
and receiver compartments. Then pull the antenna through this
hole and extend it back to the tail end of the fuselage.
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26) To hold the antenna at the rear of the fuselage, use a pair
of needle nose pliers to make a small wire hook with a loop at one
end out of a straight pin (not supplied). Glue the hook to the rear
of the fuselage, beneath the stabilizer, using a little thick CA. Then
use a small rubber band (not supplied) to cinch the antenna to the
wire hook.
e) The excess length of pushrod wire can now be cutoff,
leaving a 3/16" end leg to pass through the control horn hole. Use
a good sharp pair of wire cutters to do this.
f) Remove the tape holding the elevator in neutral position.
g) Insert the bent end of the pushrod wire in the hole in the
control horn.
Then slide the nylon pushrod keeper up to the
control horn and snap its tab end over the exposed wire.
h) Re-install the elevator servo arm on the servo.
NOTE: Later, when you hook up and turn on your full radio system
for the first time, you may find that the length of the elevator and
rudder pushrods did not come out exactly perfect, leaving the
control surface slightly out of neutral position. If so, you can make
small corrections to the overall pushrod length by slight tweaking
of the "V-shaped adjustment bend" that is near the servo end of the
pushrod.
LANDING GEAR
For this section you will need the aluminum landing gear, two main
wheels, two M3 x 20mm axle bolts, two M3 hex nuts, two M3 lock
nuts, and two M2.6 x 10mm screws.
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21) Install the M3 x 20mm axle bolts and M3 hex nuts onto the
aluminum landing gear legs. Tighten securely. Note: If you have
some Locktite Thread Locking Compound
®
around your shop, use
some here to eliminate any chance of the axles ever coming loose
in flight.
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