Top Flite TOPA0910 - Manual (Page 21)

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2.
Glue the gear door to the stic
k
s
.
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3.
Install the
landing gear into the landing gear mounting b
loc
k.
Secure the gear
to the b
loc
ks with tw
o
n
y
lon landing gear
str
aps and f
our #4 x
1/2" [3mm x 13mm] sheet metal scre
ws
.
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4.
P
osition the landing gear o
v
er the hardw
ood
ra
ils
.
Be sure the axle is pointed to
w
ards the root r
ib
of the wing.
Dr
ill f
our 7/64" [2.8mm] holes through the
mounting holes and into the hardw
ood r
a
ils
.
Use f
our
#6 x 1/2" [13mm] sheet metal scre
ws
, #6 loc
k
w
ashers and #6 flat w
ashers to hold the gear in place
.
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5.
P
osition tw
o n
y
lon humped landing gear str
aps
onto the landing gear wire and position the landing gear door o
v
er the landing gear wire
.Mar
k the location
of the holes f
o
r the landing gear str
aps onto the door
.
On the mar
k
s
, dr
ill a 5/64" [2mm] hole through the
door
.
Secure the door to the landing gear str
aps with
four 2mm x 10mm machine scre
w
s and 2mm n
uts
.
When positioning the landing gear doors note that the bottom of the door e
xtends be
y
ond the axle
.
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6.
Dr
ill a 3/32" [2.4mm] hole in each of the
cor
ners of the landing gear plate as sho
wn.
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7.
Place the landing gear plate in position o
v
er
the landing gear b
loc
k.
Dr
ill a 1/16" [1.6mm] hole
through each of the f
our holes
, dr
illing through the
hardw
ood plate
.
Mount the plate with f
our #2 x 3/8"
[9.5mm] sheet metal scre
w
s
.
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8.
Install a set scre
w into tw
o 3/16" [5mm] wheel
collars
.
S
lide a wheel collar onto the axle f
ollo
w
ed b
y
the wheel and another wheel collar
.
Tighten the set
scre
w against the flat spots on the axle
.
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9.
Repeat steps 1–8 f
or the opposite landing gear
.
Skip ahead to Final Assemb
ly
.
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