Top Flite TOPA0700 - Manual (Page 24)

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R10.
One at a time
, glue the hinges on the doors
to the fuselage
.
There m
ust be a 1/32" to 1/16" [1 to
2mm] gap betw
een the top of the doors and the
bottom of the fuselage
.
Mount the retractab
le tail g
ear
❏
R1.
Remo
v
e
the
steering arm
from the Robar
t
#160L
WC retr
actab
le tail gear assemb
ly (not
included).
File a
flat spot
near the top of the shaft f
o
r
the set scre
w in the steer
ing ar
m to loc
k onto
.
Mount
the steer
ing ar
m to the shaft with a drop of
threadloc
k
er and the set scre
w
.
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R2.
File another flat spot near the bottom of the
shaft f
or one of the set scre
ws in the
strut
.
Tighten
both set scre
ws with a drop of threadloc
k
er on each.
Be cer
tain the steer
ing ar
m and the axle in the str
ut
remain par
allel with each other
.
M
ak
e adjustments to
the flat spots if necessar
y.
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R3.
If necessar
y,
enlarge the hole in a 1-3/4"
[45mm] tail wheel (not included) with a #9 [5.0mm] dr
ill.
Cut the axle included with the Robar
t retr
actab
le
tail gear to the correct length, then file a flat spot on it and mount it to the assemb
ly
.
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R4.
Fit a 0-80 ball link ball in the middle hole in
both sides of the steer
ing ar
m as sho
wn in the photo
at step 8.
Secure each with a drop of threadloc
k
e
r
and an 0-80 n
ut.
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5.
Use wire cutters to cut the supplied
braided
cab
le
into tw
o equal lengths
.
Slide a small
copper
tube
(called a s
w
age) o
v
er one end of one of the
cab
les
, then guide the end of the cab
le bac
k through.
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6.
Guide the cab
le the other w
a
y bac
k through
the s
w
age
.
❏
7.
Use pliers to pull the shor
t end of the cab
le until
the small loop doub
les-o
v
er at the end of the
s
w
age—b
ut don’t pull too hard or y
ou’ll pull the cab
le
bac
k through.
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