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TAIL SECTIONS TAPED WHILE EPOXY
SULLIVAN TAIL WHEEL
CURES
ASSEMBLY
LANDING GEAR:
With the fuselage upside-down,
measure 3 5/8" back from the firewall and make a
mark. This will indicate where the front of the landing
gear will line up. Drill 4 holes through the landing gear
and fuselage. Install the landing gear with 4 screws. A
nut is attached to each on the inside of the fuselage.
The next step is to install the wheel pants, wheels and
axles to the landing gear. Begin by locating the hole in
each wheel pant where the axle will pass through.
Epoxy the plywood block inside the wheel pant. Be
sure to make a right and left wheel pant. Install the
axle to the landing gear and attach the wheel and
wheel pant with the supplied collars.
COMPLETED WHEEL PANT
ASSEMBLY. NOTICE THE MUSIC
Before installing the wheel pant retainer screw, bend
WIRE RETAINER.
the metal straps to a 45 degree angle and attach to the
landing gear using the wheel pant retainer screw.
Install 2 more straps in the center of the landing gear
base. Locate the "J" shaped pieces of music wire and
install a clevis one end. This wire is connects between
the 2 straps on each side of the landing gear. I was not
too keen on these music wire retainers from the
beginning. The instructions want you to use a nylon
clevis on one end. In the event of a hard landing, I
would be afraid that they would pop off. I installed
metal clevises and would later discover that they still
pop off during taxing and landing. I have since
eliminated them completely.
FOUR BOLTS INSIDE THE FUSELAGE
THAT SECURE THE LANDING GEAR
TO THE FUSELAGE.
COMPLETED LANDING GEAR
ASSEMBLY
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