Tail Gear Installation - GREAT PLANES Performance Reactor Instruction Manual

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7. Install the 5-1/4" [133mm] pushrod to the left elevator
servo and elevator.
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8. Install the 7-1/4" [184mm] pushrod onto the right
elevator servo and elevator.

Tail Gear Installation

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1. Locate the tail gear assembly. Remove the wheel collar
and fi le a fl at spot on the axle where the set screw contacts
the axle. Apply threadlocking compound to the wheel collar
set screw and reinstall it.
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2. Turn the fuselage over. Trim the covering from the
tailwheel mounting hole. Use epoxy to glue the nylon bushing
in place. Don't get epoxy into the bushing.
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3. Make a mark 4" [102mm] back from the hinge line on
the bottom of the rudder. Make sure that the mark is centered
and drill a 1/2" [13mm] deep hole here for the plastic tailwheel
guide wire post. Use a 3/32" [2.4mm] pilot drill bit and then
step up to a 5/32" [4mm] bit for the fi nal hole.
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4. Fit the tail gear assembly into the bushing and fi t the
tail gear retainer to the fuselage bottom as shown. Drill two
1/16" [1.6mm] holes into the fuselage using the retainer as a
guide. Remove the tail gear assembly.
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5. Use the two 8mm sheet metal screws to attach the
retainer to the fuselage.
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6. Loosen the tail gear collar set screw and remove the collar.
Position the collar under the tail gear retainer as you insert the
tail gear into the bushing. Do not tighten the collar yet.
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7. Apply epoxy to the plastic tailwheel guide wire post and
slide it onto the tailwheel guide wire. Glue the post into the
hole you drilled in the bottom of the rudder.
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