Great Planes Avistar Elite .46 ARF - GPMA1005 - Manual (Page 18)

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5. Fit the main landing gear legs into the slots in the fuselage.
Push them in until the landing gear retaining mechanism
inside the fuselage locks the gear in place. Pull on each leg
to ensure they are secured in the fuselage.
Note: Should you ever need to remove the landing gear
from the fuselage, insert a screwdriver into the hole under
the fuselage further from the leg you want to remove. Apply
light pressure to the tab inside the hole and pull the landing
gear leg out. Once the tab is moved, the screwdriver must
be removed to allow the leg to come all the way out. Do the
same with the other landing gear leg.
If your landing gear legs spread after a hard landing, remove
the legs from the airplane and bend them back to the correct
position with a vise. Do not try to straighten the legs while
installed in the airplane as that may damage the SnapGear
Landing Gear mechanism.
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6. Install the nose gear steering block onto the fi rewall
using two 6-32 x 3/4" [19mm] screws, two #6 fl at washers,
and thread locking compound.
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7. Fit a 5/32" [4mm]
wheel collar into the nylon
steering arm. Align the
threaded hole in the wheel
collar with the hole in the
side of the arm. Enlarge the
outer hole with a 5/64"
[2mm] drill bit.
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8. Loosely thread a
6-32 x 1/4" [6.4mm] socket
head cap screw into a 5/32"
[4mm] wheel collar. Slide
the collar onto the nose
gear axle and tighten the
screw against the inner fl at
spot with a drop of thread
locking compound. Apply
a few drops of household
oil to the axle. Put the 2"
[51mm] nose wheel onto
the axle followed by another
wheel collar and cap screw.
Tighten the cap screw with
thread locking compound against the outer fl at spot on the
axle. Be sure that the wheel rotates freely on the axle.
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9. Loosely thread a 6-32 x 1/4" [6.4mm] socket head cap
screw into the nylon steering arm with a drop of thread locking
compound. Slide a wheel collar with a 6-32 x 1/4" socket head