Install The Landing Gear - GREAT PLANES Sequence Manual

joiner wire with sandpaper and clean them with denatured
alcohol. Mix up a small amount of epoxy and coat the ends of
the joiner wire. Install the elevator halves onto the stab with
CA hinges, being sure that there are even gaps between
the stab tips and elevators on each side. Remove the pins
from the hinges. Adjust the elevators so there is a small gap
between the LE of the elevators and the stab. The gap should
be small, just enough to see light through the gap or to slip
a piece of paper through. Apply six drops of thin CA to the
top and bottom of each hinge without using accelerator. After
the CA glue has hardened, confi rm that the elevators are
secure by pulling on them and defl ecting them up and down.
Wipe away any excess epoxy with denatured alcohol. The
CA hinges will hold the elevators in place while the epoxy on
the joiner wire cures.

INSTALL THE LANDING GEAR

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1. Apply CA or epoxy to the outside of the tail gear bushing
and insert the bushing into the hole into the aft end of the
fuselage by gently tapping it into place until fully seated. Be
sure not to get glue into the hole in the bushing.
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2. Slide the tail gear bracket, tail gear collar and nylon
post onto the tail gear assembly as shown. If necessary,
enlarge the hole in the nylon post for the tail gear guide wire.
Insert a 4-40 set screw into the tail gear collar and tighten
the set screw.
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3. Trim the covering from the hole in the bottom of the
rudder for the nylon post. Temporarily insert the tail gear
assembly into the tail gear bushing and the nylon post into
the hole. If necessary, enlarge the hole in the bushing so the
tail gear assembly rotates freely within it. Center the tail gear
bracket onto the fuselage over the tail gear collar and mark
the location of the mounting holes.
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4. Drill 1/16" [1.6mm] holes at the marks you made.
Thread a #2 x 3/8" [9.5mm] self-tapping screw into each hole
and back it out. Apply a couple drops of thin CA glue to each
hole and allow it to harden.
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5. Apply CA or epoxy to the nylon post and reinstall the
tail gear assembly into the bushing and rudder. Do not glue
the nylon post to the guide wire. The wire must slide freely
through the hole in the post. Gently tap the post in place until
approximately 3/16" [4.8mm] protrudes below the bottom of
the rudder. Attach the tail gear bracket using two #2 x 3/8"
[9.5mm] self-tapping screws.
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