Top Flite TOPA0910 - Manual (Page 19)

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9.
Place 1/4" [6mm] f
oam under the receiv
er and
batter
y.
Hold them to the tr
a
y
with the plastic tie wr
aps
.
Route the receiv
e
r antenna through the antenna tube
,
secur
ing the antenna at the bac
k of the fuselage
.
Note:
If y
ou are going to be utilizing the lighting system
on this air
p
lane
, y
ou should hold off on installing the
receiv
er batter
y until y
ou are instr
ucted to install the
batter
y f
or the lights
.The same plastic tie wr
aps used
fo
r the receiv
er batter
y will be used to hold the batter
y
for the lighting system in place
.
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10.
P
osition the tail co
v
e
r in place on the bottom of
the fuselage
.
D
rill a 1/16" [1.6mm] hole in each cor
ner
of the co
v
e
r.
Remo
v
e
the co
v
er and dr
ill a 3/32"
[2.4mm] hole through each of the holes y
ou dr
illed in
the co
v
e
r.
Secure the co
v
er to the fuselage with f
our
#2 x 3/8" [10mm] scre
ws and #2 flat w
ashers
.
INST
ALL
THE LANDING GEAR
The f
ollo
wing instr
uctions are f
or the installation of the
fix
ed landing gear
.
If y
ou will be installing the
retr
actab
le landing gear
, skip ahead to the instr
uction
fo
r the retr
actab
le landing gear
.Should y
ou later decide
to change o
ver to the retr
actab
le landing gear
, the
mounting holes match so the gear is interchangeab
le
.
Nose Gear
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1.
Locate the components f
o
r the nose gear
assemb
ly
.
Assemb
le it as sho
wn, making sure to use
thread loc
k
er on all of the bolts
.
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2.
Place the nose gear assemb
ly onto the
mounting r
ail in the fuselage
.
Y
ou will find that the
nose gear wire touches the fuselage
.
Mar
k the spot
where the wire mak
es contact and mak
e a clear
ance
hole in the fuselage with a high speed motor tool.
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3.
Place the nose gear onto the mounting r
ails
.
Mar
k the hole locations
.
Then, dr
ill a 7/64" [2.8mm]
hole on each of the mar
ks
.
Install the nose gear
assemb
ly with f
our #6 x 1/2" [13mm] machine scre
w
s
,
#6 flat w
ashers and #6 loc
k w
ashers
.
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