Main Landing Gear Installation; Installing The Main Gear Wires; Installing The Main Gear Wheels - Seagull Models Fairchild PT-19 Instruction Manual

FAIRCHILD PT-19
MAIN LANDING GEAR
INSTALLATION.

INSTALLING THE MAIN GEAR WIRES.

! 1) Using a modeling knife, remove the
covering from over the two main gear mount-
ing slots located in the bottom of the wing. One
slot is located in each wing half.
Remove
covering.
Main gear mounting slot.
! 2) Insert the 90º bend of one main gear
wire into the predrilled hole in one mounting
slot.
! 3) The landing gear wire is held in place
using two nylon landing gear straps and four
3mm x 10mm wood screws.
NOTE: The straps should be located
equal distance from the inside and outside
ends of the wire.
! 4) Using the two landing gear straps as
a guide, mark the locations of the four 3mm x
10mm mounting screws onto the wing sur-
face.
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! 5) Remove the two straps and the gear
wire. Drill four 1mm pilot holes into the wing
for the wood screws.
Be careful not to drill through the top
of the wing!
Traps.
! 6) Reinstall the gear wire and install
the straps using the four 3mm x 10mm wood
screws. Tighten the screws completely to
secure the gear wire in place.

INSTALLING THE MAIN GEAR WHEELS.

! 1) Slide one wheel collar screw onto
each axle. Push the wheel collars on as far
as they will go and tighten the set screws.
Be careful not to overtighten the set
screws. Overtightening may cause the
threads to strip.
! 2) Slide one wheel onto each axle and
push them up against the wheel collars. Slide
the remaining wheel collars with set screws
onto the axles. Push them up against the
wheels and tighten the set screws. The
wheels should spin free and not bind in any
way. If they do bind, loosen the set screws in
the outer wheel collars and move the collars
out a small amount. Retighten the set screws.
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