Top Flite TOPA0905 - Manual (Page 15)

INSTALL THE LANDING GEAR
The following instructions are for the installation of the
fixed landing gear. If you will be installing the retractable
landing gear skip ahead to the instructions for the
retractable landing gear. Should you later decide to
change over to the retractable landing gear, the
mounting holes match so the gear is interchangeable.
Fixed Landing Gear
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1. Locate the components of the landing gear
blocks. Assemble them as shown using eight #4 x 3/8"
[10mm] screws on each landing gear block.
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2. Place the assembly into the opening in the
fuselage . Note that the hole for the landing gear wire
should be towards the inside of the fuselage. Drill a
5/32" [4mm] hole through each of the mounting holes
and into the landing gear rails. Mount the block to the
landing gear rails with four #6 x 1/2" [13mm] screws
and a #6 lock washer.
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3. Test fit the landing gear wire into the hole in the
landing gear block. When positioned properly the wire
should fit into the slot. If the wire does not fully seat,
grind away some of the nylon with a Dremel tool to
allow the radius of the wire to fully seat into the block.
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4. Insert the landing gear wire into the landing
gear block. Using #2 x 3/8" [910mm] screws, attach
two nylon landing gear straps to the landing gear
block as shown.
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5. Mark a line parallel to the mold line at the
bottom of the landing gear door. Mark the line 1/8"
[3mm] from the mold line. Cut on the line you have
drawn with a razor saw.
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6. Measure 3/4" [19mm] from the mold line
and draw a line. Roughen the area shown with 80
grit sandpaper.
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