Model Tech SE5a SCOUT Instructions For Final Assembly page 31

STEP 1: INSTALLING THE LANDING GEAR WIRES
STEP 2: INSTALLING THE STEEL SUPPORT STRUT
Repeat the previous procedures to secure the other side of the steel support strut to the second landing gear wire.
Using a modeling knife, cut away and remove the covering
material from over the precut landing gear mounting slot in the
bottom of the fuselage. The slot is 4-1/4" long and 5/16" wide,
and is located 5/8" in front of the forward bulkhead.
Insert the 90º bend in each of the main landing gear
wires into the predrilled hole in each end of the landing
gear mounting slot.
Push the landing gear wires firmly down into the slot.
Position two flat nylon straps over the landing gear wires,
equal distances from each end of the wires.
While holding the nylon straps in place, use a pencil to mark
the locations of the mounting screws onto the fuselage.
IMPORTANT Make sure that the nylon landing gear
straps are centered over the landing gear wires when you
mark the positions of the mounting screw holes.
Remove the nylon landing gear straps and drill four 5/64"
diameter pilot holes into the bottom of the fuselage.
IMPORTANT Be careful not to drill through the fuel tank.
Carefully install the nylon landing gear straps, using four
M3 x 12mm wood screws.
Slide the 90º bend in one end of the support strut up through
the steel collar preinstalled on one landing gear wire.
Orientate the support strut onto the inside edge of the
landing gear wire, then push the support strut up and the steel
collar down, so that the bend in the support strut is even with
the bend in the landing gear wire.
Turn the steel collar so that the threaded holes are toward
the back of the steel wires, then install and tighten two M3 grub
screws, to secure the steel collar, support strut and the landing
gear wire together.
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