Top Flite TOPA1020 - Manual (Page 9)

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LANDING GEAR
Assemb
le the Main Gear
❏❏
1.
Slide the
landing g
ear wire
through the hole in
the
wheel pant
.
Center a n
ylon str
ap o
ver the wire
1/2" [13 mm] abo
ve
the axle hole and dr
ill 1/16" [1.6 mm]
holes through the str
ap and into the pant f
o
r the str
a
p
scre
ws
.T
empor
ar
ily secure the str
ap with tw
o 2 x 10 mm
self-tapping scre
ws
.
Bac
k the scre
ws out and apply a
fe
w drops of thin CA to the scre
w holes
.
Be sure not to
b
loc
k the holes with too m
uch CA, and allo
w the glue to
dr
y completely bef
ore reinser
ting the scre
ws
.
❏❏
2.
Rough up the inside of the wheel pant with
sandpaper
.C
lean the area with alcohol and test fit the
retainer plate
.
Sand or tr
im the plate as necessar
y f
o
r
it to la
y flat on the pant.
Use epo
xy to attach the plate
to the pant.
Dab a bit of petroleum jelly to the end of
the landing gear wire and fit it into the retainer plate
.
The jelly will pre
v
ent epo
xy from stic
king to the wire
.
The landing gear wire will hold the plate in the correct position while the epo
xy cures
.
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3.
Thread 3 mm set scre
ws into tw
o 4 mm wheel
collars
.
Install the wheel into the wheel pant b
y
secur
ing a wheel collar to each side of it as sho
wn in
the picture
.
File a small flat spot on the gear wire
where the set scre
ws will be tightened.
Be sure that
the wheel rotates smoothly on the landing gear wire
.
Add oil to the gear wire if necessar
y.
❏
4.
Repeat these steps f
o
r the other wheel pant.
❏
5.
T
est fit the landing gear wire into the wing.
Mak
e
an
y necessar
y adjustments lik
e rounding o
v
er the
edge at the top of the hole f
or the gear wire to sit flat.
Center tw
o n
ylon str
aps o
v
er the gear wire and mar
k
the holes f
o
r the str
aps
.
D
rill 1/16" [1.6 mm] at those
mar
ks
.
Use f
our 2 x 10 mm self-tapping scre
ws to
install the gear
.
Reinf
orce the holes with thin CA as
done in pre
vious steps
.
Assemb
le the
T
a
il Gear
❏
1.
Thread a 3 mm set scre
w
into the 2 mm wheel
collar
.
Slide the
tail wheel
onto the
tail wheel wire
follo
w
ed b
y
the wheel collar
.
Use thread-loc
king
compound to secure the set scre
w
.
Be sure the tail
wheel rotates freely when the set scre
w is tightened.
Oil the wheel if necessar
y.
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