Top Flite TOPA0705 - Manual (Page 13)

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7. Remove the landing gear from the right wing
panel.
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8. If you have purchased the Robart air pressure
tubing, cut a piece of the red and blue line to a length
of 18" [457mm]. Cut the remaining line in half, leaving
you with two red and purple lines approximately 20"
[508mm] long.
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9. Install the purple line to the fi tting on the front
of the air cylinder and the red line to the rear fi tting.
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10. Re-install the landing gear to the blocks with
the six 8-32 × 2-1/2" [64mm] socket head cap screws,
#8 fl at washers and #8 lock washers. Pull the air line
through the wing, exiting at the wing root.
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11. Locate a wheel, the 5/8" [16mm] long
aluminum tube and the axle included with the landing
gear. Slide the axle into the wheel and slide the
aluminum tube over the axle.
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12. Slide the wheel and axle into the landing
gear. Make a mark on the axle where it needs to be
cut to make it fl ush with the landing gear.
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13. Cut off the end of the axle. A high-speed
motor tool and cut off wheel works well for this.
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14. Determine where the set screw makes contact
with the axle. Make a fl at spot on the axle with a fi le
or motor tool.
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15. Locate two of the wheel covers and the wheel.
Screw the wheel cover with the large hole into the
pre-drilled holes in the wheel with four 2mm × 4mm
Philips head screws.
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16. Slide the axle into the wheel from the side
without the wheel cover; then, slide the aluminum tube
over the axle.