Top Flite TOPA0700 - Manual (Page 14)

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R5.
Extend the retr
act.
Vie
w the wheel from
directly abo
v
e
.Adjust the str
ut so the wheel has z
ero
,
to one deg
ree of to
w-in.
Loc
k the str
ut in position b
y
securely tightening the bolt on top of the str
ut.
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R6.
Doub
le-chec
k to be cer
tain the wheel will
fully retr
act into the wing.
Extend the unit to mak
e
cer
tain it does not interf
ere with an
y par
t of the wing
and the unit is oper
ating smoothly
.
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R7.
Hold the retr
act body in the wing.
Using the
mounting holes as a guide
, dr
ill 7/64" [2.8mm] (or
1/8" [3.2mm]) holes into the r
ails
.
CA
UTION:
Do not
inadv
er
tently dr
ill into the air cylinder when y
ou get to
the middle hole! Mount the retr
act with six #6 x 1/2"
[13mm] scre
ws
.
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R8.
Retur
n to step R1 and mount the other retr
act
in the r
ight wing the same w
a
y.
Mount the landing g
ear co
ver
s and
wheel co
ver
s
(f
or retr
actab
le landing gear only).
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R1.
Mar
k, b
u
t do not dr
ill, the locations of the
four scre
ws where sho
wn in the photo that will be
used f
or mounting the landing gear co
v
e
rs (the
locations are indicated b
y
the arro
ws in the photo).
Use a fine-point f
elt-tip pen to dr
a
w
ref
erence mar
k
s
on the wing, noting the locations of the scre
ws
.
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R2.
Install the 1/16" [1.6mm] plyw
ood
landing
g
ear co
ver
.
Dr
ill 1/16" [1.6mm] holes through the co
ve
r
into the wing where the mar
ks w
ould cross
.Remo
ve
the
co
ve
r.
Enlarge the holes
in the co
ver onl
y
with a 3/32"
[2.4mm] dr
ill.
Mount the co
ver with three #2 x 3/8"
[9.5mm] scre
ws and one #2 x 1/2" [13mm] scre
w
.
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R3.
Place tw
o hardw
ood
wheel co
ver mounts
on the str
ut.
Mar
k the angle of the wing onto the
mounts
.
Note:
Only tw
o mounts per wing half are
required (b
ut e
xtr
as are pro
vided in case y
o
u
accidentally cut one too shor
t or at the wrong angle).
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R4.
Cut or sand the mounts at the angles y
o
u
just mar
k
ed.
The wheel co
v
ers on this model represent the
ones on the full-siz
e P-51, b
ut are not 100%
scale
.
The
y
achie
v
e
the best of both w
o
rlds in
that the
y ha
v
e
a scale appear
ance with
simplified assemb
ly
.
Fully scale
, oper
ating,
sequencing doors could ha
v
e
been f
eatured on
this model, b
ut w
ould require abo
v
e
a
v
er
age
b
uilding skills and detr
act from the e
v
er
y da
y
flying utility of this model.
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