Install The Tail Servos And Pushrods - GREAT PLANES Super Sportster EP Instruction Manual

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5. Remove one of the screws from each landing gear
strap and slide a round plywood wheel pant retainer onto
the landing gear wires. Re-attach the landing gear straps.
Align the axle of the landing gear so that it is perpendicular
to the centerline of the wheel pant. Apply a thin coat of oil or
petroleum jelly on the axle to prevent the epoxy from adhering
to the wire. Roughen the inside of the wheel pants and glue
the wheel pant retainers to the wheel pants with epoxy.
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6. Install a 3x4mm machine screw with threadlocking
compound in two 3mm wheel collars. Remove one of the
screws from the landing gear strap and install on the landing
gear a wheel collar, wheel and a second wheel collar. Insert
the landing gear in the wheel pant retainer and reinstall the
landing gear strap. Tighten the 3x4mm machine screws
in the two wheel collars. Make sure that the wheel rotates
freely. Repeat this step for the other side.
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7. Install the tail wheel onto the tail wheel wire. Secure it
in place using a 2mm wheel collar and a 3x4mm set screw.
Be sure that the tail wheel rotates freely. Oiling the tail wheel
axle is recommended.
INSTALL THE TAIL SERVOS
AND PUSHRODS
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1. Insert the two 2x505mm wire pushrods into the outer
pushrod tubes inside the fuselage. Notice at the aft end of
the fuselage where the pushrods press against the covering.
Using a sharp hobby knife, cut a small slot in the covering to
allow the pushrods to exit the fuselage.
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