Top Flite TOPA1010 - Manual (Page 11)

LANDING GEAR INST
ALLA
TION
Install the Main Gear
❏❏
1.
Locate the
5/32" [4mm] landing g
ear wire
.
❏❏
2.
Slide a
5/32" [4mm] wheel collar
ov
e
r t
h
e
axle
, f
ollo
w
ed b
y
a
2-1/2" [65mm] main wheel
, then
another wheel collar
.I
nser
t a
6-32 set scre
w
into each
wheel collar and tighten to attach the wheel as sho
wn.
❏❏
3.
Remo
v
e
the wheel and wheel collars and
using a rotar
y
tool such as a Dremel
® , g
rind flat spots
on the axle where the set scre
ws will rest.
❏❏
4.
Reassemb
le the gear
, using
Threadloc
ker
on
the set scre
ws to pre
vent them from bac
king out.
Add
a drop of oil to the axle to ensure the wheel spins freely
.
❏❏
5.
Locate the tw
o 5/32" [4mm] holes on each
side of the fuselage just f
o
rw
ard of the main wing and
remo
v
e
the co
v
e
ring using a shar
p hob
b
y
knif
e
.
❏❏
6.
Inser
t one of the gear legs as sho
wn in the
hole
.
The gear should point str
aight do
wn Note:
due
to w
ood possib
ly compressing or e
xpanding dur
ing
shipment, y
ou ma
y ha
v
e
to widen the hole slightly to
allo
w the gear to seat fully
.
❏❏
7.
P
osition one
n
ylon humped landing g
ear
brac
ket
at the midpoint of the gear leg.
Mar
k the
holes on the fuselage y
ou will need to dr
ill.
❏❏
8.
Dr
ill tw
o
1/8" [3mm]
holes at these mar
ks all
the w
a
y through the fuselage
.W
ic
k some thin CA into
the holes to harden them.
Attach the str
ap to the
fuselage using tw
o
4-40 x 1-1/2" [38mm] soc
ket
head cap scre
ws
.
On the other side of the fuselage
,
slide the landing gear str
ap o
v
er the tw
o soc
k
e
t head
cap scre
ws and attach tw
o
4-40 n
ylon loc
kn
uts
to
the ends of the scre
ws
.
T
ighten the scre
ws do
wn to
hold the gear in place
.
Be careful not to o
v
er tighten.
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