Top Flite TOPA0700 - Manual (Page 25)

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8.
Snip off the shor
t end of the wire at the s
w
age
.
Slip the loop o
v
er one of the ball link balls on the
steer
ing ar
m.
Tighten the loop until it is small enough
to remain
secure
on the ball, y
et ma
y still be pr
ied
off
.
Squeez
e the s
w
age with pliers
.
Connect the other
cab
le to the other ball link ball the same w
a
y.
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R9.
Mar
k the bent alumin
um
tail g
ear door
brac
kets
“R”
and
“L
”
as sho
wn in the photo
.
(The
dashed lines in the photo note the bends in the br
ac
k
ets which will help identify the r
ight one from
the left one
.)
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R10.
Mar
k, then dr
ill tw
o 3/32" [2.4mm] holes
through the r
ight side of the tail gear f
or mounting the
right br
ac
k
et.
The metal is hard, so be patient while
dr
illing.
Use a metal punch if y
ou ha
v
e
one to dimple
the hole locations first.
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R11.
Mount the r
ight br
ac
ket with tw
o 2-56 x 3/8"
[9.5mm] scre
ws
, a drop of threadloc
ker and 2-56 n
u
ts
.
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R12.
Mount the left br
ac
k
et the same w
a
y.
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R13.
Connect 40" [1m] of red air line to the
aft
fitting
on the tail gear air cylinder and 40" [1m] of pur
ple air
line to the
forwar
d
fitting on the air cylinder
.There is not
enough air line lefto
v
e
r from the main gear
, so
additional line will ha
ve
to be purchased separ
ately
(Robar
t #169 Pressure
T
ubing).
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14.
Place the tail gear retr
act in the fuselage while
sim
ultaneously guiding the pull/pull cab
le through the
g
ra
y
plastic guide tubes and guiding the air lines up
through the fuselage
.
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15.
Dr
ill f
our 3/32" [2.4mm] holes through the r
ails
for mounting the tail gear
.
If y
our dr
ill bit is not long
enough to reach the r
ail nearest the top of the
fuselage
, use medium CA to tempor
ar
ily glue a 3/32"
[2.4mm] dr
ill bit in a 1/8" [3.2mm] br
ass tube
.
After
dr
illing the holes
, the dr
ill can be remo
v
ed from the
tube b
y
heating.
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16.
Mount the tail gear with f
our #4 x 1/2"
[13mm] scre
ws
.
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R17.
Glue the hardw
ood
“L
”
b
loc
k
directly to the
alumin
um fr
ame of the retr
act.
Glue the 1/16" x 3/8"
"L" BLOCK
RETRA
CT
FRAME
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