Install The Landing Gear - GREAT PLANES Super Skybolt Instruction Manual

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11. Make a 90° bend at the mark and cut off the excess
pushrod 1/4" [6 mm] beyond the bend. Hook the bend in the
pushrod to the outer hole of the servo horn and secure it with a
nylon FasLink. Adjust the clevis as necessary to insure the
rudder is still in the neutral position.
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12. In order to join the two elevator pushrods together to
operate as one, some of the outer elevator pushrod tubes
must be cut away. As shown in the picture, cut away
approximately 1" [25 mm] of outer pushrod tubes. The
pushrods can remain in place and the tubes can be cut with
a hobby knife, or the pushrods can be temporarily removed
and the tubes can be trimmed with wire cutters.
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13. Loosely thread a 6-32 x 1/4" [6 mm] SHCS into a
5/32" [4 mm] wheel collar. Slide the wheel collar over both
elevator pushrods and position it approximately 1" [25 mm]
in front of the outer pushrod tubes. Make a mark 1/4" [6 mm]
in front of the wheel collar on the right elevator pushrod.
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14. Remove the wheel collar and cut off the right elevator
pushrod at the mark you made. Use clamps or tape to hold both
elevators in the neutral position. Replace the wheel collar and
tighten the 6-32 x 1/4" [6 mm] SHCS against the pushrods. Put
another 5/32" [4 mm] wheel collar and 6-32 x 1/4" [6 mm] SHCS
just in front of the first collar. Connect the left elevator pushrod to
the elevator servo horn using a FasLink.

Install the Landing Gear

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1. Locate the tail gear assembly, tail gear bracket,
tailwheel bushing, and nylon retainer.
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2.Trim the covering for the tailwheel bushing on the underside
of the fuselage near the tail. Measure back 1-1/8" [28 mm] from
the leading edge of the rudder and make a center mark on the
underside of the rudder. Drill a 11/64" [4.4 mm] hole at the mark.
In order to drill a hole accurately in the center of the rudder, we
suggest starting out with a smaller diameter drill bit and
enlarging the hole with increasingly bigger bits to the 11/64"
[4.4 mm] required.
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