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Build Companion: Freewing Mig-21 80mm
Copyright 2016 by Brad Miser
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7.
Install the wheel with brake; don’t overly tighten the screw yet. (You can see the screw I
used is much longer than needed, but this was the shortest I had in stock. I’ll replace it
with a shorter screw later.) (Note: at the beginning of the document, I specified using JP
brakes. The figures in these steps show an older Dr. Mad Thrust wheel/brake set that is
no longer available. I recommend using the JP brakes as they are higher quality than the
Dr. Mad brakes used here. The steps to install the JP brakes instead of the Dr. Mad Thrust
brakes are the same as shown here.)
8.
Remove the two screws holding the gear door to the strut and remove the door.
9.
Remove a small amount of foam from the wheel well where the head of the axle on the
brakes comes into contact when the gear is retracted; the axle head on the brakes I used
protruded just far enough to jam the retract when it was in the retracted position and it
wouldn’t extend again. I had to remove the retract from the wing, remove the foam from
the wheel well, and then re-install the retract. It is easier if you remove the foam first. I
didn’t have to remove very much foam in my installation; in fact, I used the same Dremel
bit and depth as I did when mounting the strobe lights and it removed the right amount of
material.