Assemble The Fuselage; Main Landing Gear Installation - GREAT PLANES Waco YMF-5 Instruction Manual

ASSEMBLE THE FUSELAGE

Main Landing Gear Installation

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1. Install the main landing gear onto the fuselage using five
6-32 x 3/4" [19.1mm] SHCS, five #6 split lock washers, and
five #6 flat washers. Use a drop of thread locking compound
on the screw threads.
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2. Install the main landing gear center fairing. Apply glue
to the base of the fairing or the bottom of the aluminum gear
strap. Note: The center fairing is not symmetrical, so please
note the contours of the fairing and install it so that it matches
the fuselage. (If you need to remove the landing gear in the
future, trim away the covering over the access hole.)
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3. Test fit the gear to fuse fairings. Note: There is a left
and right fairing. The smaller radius side of each fairing faces
inside. With the fairings up against the fuselage, wrap some
1/8" EZ-Mask tape (GPMR1000) or a narrow strip of regular
masking tape about 1/16" [1.6mm] above the bottom edge
of each fairing.
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4. Remove one gear fairing at a time and apply a 3/16"
[4.8mm] bead of R/C-56 canopy glue around the base of
the gear leg using the masking tape as a guide. Fit the gear
fairing back onto the gear leg. Repeat this for the other leg.
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5. Tape the fairings up against the fuselage to hold them
in place. Remove the tape after the glue dries. Gluing all
the fairings to the landing gear will allow you to remove the
landing gear easily if you have to in the future.
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6. Cut 1/4" [6.4mm] off of the end of both main landing
gear axles. A Dremel
attachment is handy for doing this. Otherwise, use a table
vise and a hacksaw.
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® rotary tool with a cutoff wheel