FUSELAGE
ENGINE
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INSTALL THE MAIN GEAR
10. Locate the main landing gear channel in the bottom
of the fuselage. Use a sharp hobby knife to remove any
covering from the slot. You might lightly coat the
exposed wood in the landing gear slot with 5-minute
epoxy to prevent the wood from becoming fuel soaked.
11.Position the two plastic landing gear straps across
the landing gear strut. Using a felt tipped pen, mark the
location for the four landing gear mounting strap holes.
Drill the four mounting holes as marked with 5/64” drill
bit. Secure the mounting strap by four 2.3X12 screws.
12. Install the wheels onto the main gear using the
supplied two wheel collars and 3X5mm set screws.
Make sure the wheel rotates freely.
INSTALL THE ENGINE
13.Attach the engine mount plate, both mounting beams
and the nose gear bearing to the fire wall using the 4
X24mm screws provided. Make sure the mounting beam
“webs” are near the outside of the mount. It is not
necessary to fully tighten the four engine mount screws
at this time. Also temporarily install the nose gear, using
the steering arm to secure it. A special collar and
Phillips head screw inserts in the steering arm, which
secures it to the nose gear. The screw should contact
the “flat” that is ground into the nose gear. Note the
orientation of the coil on the nose gear. The nose wheel
is secured with two wheel collars and phillips head
screws.
14.Set the engine on the mount and adjust the beams, if
necessary, so that they are almost touching both sides
of the engine crankcase and are centered in relation to
the engine mount. Now position the engine so that the
front of the thrust washer is approximately 5” from the
firewall.
15.Remove the engine and drill a 3.5mm(9/64'') hole at
each of the four marks you just made. “Break-in'' the
mounting holes by inserting a 4X20mm wood screw into
each hole without the engine in place. A drop of oil in
each hole may help the screws thread in easier.
16. Using either Z-bend pliers or a regular pair of pliers,
make a “Z” bend in one end of one .050'' piece of wire.
Slide it into the throttle linkage tube.
Hook the “Z” bend onto your engine's throttle arm and
move the engine into position. You may have to bend
some jogs in the wire to prevent binding of the linkage.
Screw the engine in place on the mount.
17.In a similar fashion, make a “Z” bend in the remaining
piece of .050'' music wire for the nose gear steering
arm. You will need to remove the nose gear so the
steering arm is loose and “Z” bend can engage the outer
tube and re-install the nose gear. Make sure the 3X5mm
screw firmly tightens on the “flat” that is ground on the
nose gear. Rotate the nose wheel back and forth a few
times to make sure it rotates freely without binding. You
may need to bend the pushrod wire slightly to eliminate
any binding in the pushrod. If the alignment between the
nose gear bearing and the engine mount seems to be
causing some binding, loosen the mounting screws and
adjust the mounts until it rotates smoothly.
INSTALL THE FUEL TANK
18.Assemble the fuel tank by first cutting the silicone
tube to 3-3/4’' in length. Press the straight plastic nipple
into the rubber stopper (Saliva will ease insertion.) Now
slip the silicone tubing onto the nipple and insert the
metal clunk into the other end of the tubing. Insert this
assembly into the tank (clunk first) and securely tighten
the threaded cap on to hold everything together.
19. Attach two 7’' standard fuel lines (not furnished) to
both the fuel outlet nipple and the vent nipple on the tank.
Slide the fuel tank (cap end first) into the front of the
fuselage, threading the fuel lines through the oblong
hole in the firewall. The tubing coming from the tank's
fuel outlet (center) goes to the carb and the tubing from
the vent (upper) goes to the muffler's pressure fitting.
Trim the length as needed. The tank fits tightly in the
former.
20.Trim the windshield along with the molded cutting line
with curved scissors. Apply the windshield decal.
