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❏
R
10.
With the str
u
t assemb
ly bac
k together b
u
t
still out of the retr
act unit, align the steer
ing ar
m with
the axle and hold it in position with the top set scre
w
.
Remo
v
e
the bottom set scre
w
and use a fi
ne-point
fe
lt-tip pen to mar
k the location of the hole
. Gr
ind
another fl
at spot at the mar
k.
Reassemb
le the unit
making sure the steer
ing ar
m has remained par
allel
with the axle
. Adjust the fl
at spot if necessar
y.
When
assemb
ling the unit f
o
r the fi
nal time
, use threadloc
k
e
r
on the threads of all the set scre
w
s
.
❏
R
11.
Reassemb
le the str
u
t to the retr
act unit.
❏
R
12.
Mount an 0-80 ball link to both steer
ing ar
ms
with a drop of threadloc
k
e
r and 0-80 n
u
ts
.
❏
R
13.
Connect 18" [480mm] of air line to each
fi
tting on the air cylinder on the nose gear
. Do not
connect the shor
t pieces of tubing from y
our can of
compressed air to the air lines until step R17.
❏
R
14.
Holding the retr
act unit in y
our hand, retr
act
the gear (put the gear up).
Guide the air line attached
to the side of the air cylinder through the small hole
in f
o
rmer F2 in the fuselage
.
Then, place the retr
act
in the mounting r
a
ils in the fuselage
.
NO
TE:
The rest of the nose g
ear mounting
instructions are f
o
r both fi
x
e
d g
ear and
retractab
le g
e
ar e
ven though retracts are sho
wn.
Where applicab
le
, separate notes f
o
r eac
h setup
are pr
o
v
ided.
❏
15.
Place the nose gear in the mounting r
a
ils in the
fuselage
. Mar
k
the locations of the scre
w
mounting
holes onto the w
ood r
a
ils (f
or retr
actab
le nose gear
this will be easier to do if the gear is retr
acted).
If
installing fi
x
e
d gear
, tempor
ar
ily remo
v
e
the nose
gear
. Dr
ill f
our 7/64" [2.8mm] holes through the r
a
ils
at each mar
k.
Mount the gear to the r
a
ils with f
our #6
x 1/2" [13mm] Phillips scre
w
s
.
❏
16.
Mount the nose wheel to the gear
. If using
retr
acts
, cut the axle to the correct length and g
rind
or fi
le a fl
at spot f
o
r the set scre
w
. If using fi
x
e
d
gear
mount the nose wheel with tw
o collars and 6-32 set
scre
ws—and use threadloc
k
e
r on all scre
w
s
.
❏
R
17.
If mounting retr
actab
le nose gear
, oper
ate the
gear b
y
hand and with y
our can of compressed air
.
Mak
e cer
tain the gear oper
ates freely
, does not hit the
edges of the opening and is ab
le to loc
k
in both the up
and do
wn positions
. Mak
e an
y adjustments necessar
y.
❏
18.
Connect the nose steer
ing ser
v
o
to y
our
ra
dio and tur
n
the system on.
Mak
e
sure the ser
v
o
ar
m is centered.
Note:
A good w
a
y to set up the
nose steer
ing is to connect the ser
v
o
to an un
used,
a
v
ailab
le channel in y
our receiv
e
r.
Use the mixing in
y
o
ur tr
ansmitter to electronically mix the nose steer
ing
ser
v
o
to the r
udder
, b
u
t assign a dial or le
v
e
r on the
tr
ansmitter to the nose steer
ing ser
v
o
. At the fl
ying
fi
eld the dial or le
v
e
r can be used to tr
im the nose
wheel so the model will roll str
a
ight do
wn the r
unw
a
y.
❏
19.
With the r
adio system on (so the nose steer
ing
ser
v
o
ar
m cannot mo
v
e
), loop the ends of the steer
ing
cab
les o
v
er the ball links on the nose gear and secure
with another s
w
age on each cab
le
. The loops in each
cab
le should be large enough to slip o
v
er the ball
link, b
u
t small enough so that the
y
w
on’t come off on
their o
wn.
Adjust the cle
v
ises on the ser
v
o
end of the
cab
les to center the nose wheel.
