Top Flite TOPA0700 - Manual (Page 23)

If installing fix
ed landing g
ear
,
skip to
“Mount
the fix
ed tail g
ear”
on pa
g
e
26.
Mount the tail g
ear door
s
❏
R1.
Cut the co
v
e
ring from the tail gear opening in
the bottom of the fuselage
.
❏
R2.
Mak
e
tw
o
lar
g
e
and tw
o
small
rubber band
hooks
b
y
gluing together the 1/16" [1.6mm] plyw
ood
pieces as sho
wn.
❏
R3.
Use medium-g
rit sandpaper to roughen one side
of all f
our n
ylon
pinned hing
es
so glue will adhere
.
Carefull
y
oil the hinge pin area with a
small
drop of
household oil or a
small
dab of petroleum jelly
.
❏
R4.
Use medium CA to glue tw
o of the hinges and
one of the
small
ru
b
ber band hooks to the
left
door
as sho
wn.
The hook should be 2" [50mm] from the
front of the door and the tab on the hook should be raised from the surf
ace so a r
u
b
ber band can be
hook
ed around it.
Also note that the pin por
tion of the
hinges is on the outer edge of the door as sho
wn in
the close up photo
.
❏
R5.
Prepare the other tail gear door the same w
a
y.
❏
R6.
Mo
v
e
the hinges bac
k and f
our
th se
v
e
ra
l
times
.
If the
y are difficult to mo
v
e
, use a hob
b
y
knif
e
to pic
k out an
y CA that ma
y ha
v
e
gotten into the pin.
❏
R7.
Glue the large r
u
b
ber band hooks to the
tr
iangular balsa stic
k inside the door openings where
the
y
will align with the small hooks on the doors
.
Photos in the f
ollo
wing steps sho
w the hooks
.
❏
R8.
Holding the left door up to the wheel opening,
mar
k the locations of the hinges on the edge of the
opening.
Cut 1/16" [2mm] notches at the mar
ks and
be
v
e
l the tr
i-stoc
k so the hinge pins will be e
v
en with
the bottom of the fuselage
.
Fit the r
ight door the
same w
a
y.
❏
R9.
T
est fit both doors in the opening.
Mak
e
cer
tain the
y will not interf
ere with each other when
per
manently glued into position.
Mak
e
adjustments
where necessar
y.
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