Assemble And Install The Landing Gear - GREAT PLANES Christen Eagle .46 Instruction Manual

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7. Make a 90° bend at the marks on the pushrods and cut
off the excess pushrod 1/4" [6mm] beyond the bends. Attach
the pushrods to the servo arms using nylon FasLinks. Thread
the clevises up or down on the pushrods as necessary to
center the control surfaces with the servo arms centered.
When satisfi ed, slide the silicone clevis retainers to the ends
of the clevises to secure them.
ASSEMBLE AND INSTALL
THE LANDING GEAR
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1. Slide a landing gear fairing onto each landing gear leg
as shown. Hold the gear legs up to the fuselage in position to
confi rm that you have the fairings on correctly before continuing.
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2. Install a 1-1/4" x 5/32" [32mm x 4mm] axle into each main
landing gear leg and tightly secure them using 5/16-24 nuts.
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3. Slide a 5/32" [4mm] wheel collar followed by a wheel
and then another wheel collar onto each axle. Mark the
location of the screw holes in the wheel collars onto the axles.
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4. Remove the wheels and wheel collars from the axles
and use a fi le or rotary tool to grind fl at spots at the marks
you made.
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5. Apply a drop or two of oil to each axle. Reinstall the wheel
collars and wheels onto the axles. Thread a 6-32 x 1/4" [6mm]
SHCS into each wheel collar with thread locking compound
and tighten the screws against the fl at spots you made. Be
sure that the wheels rotate freely on the axles.
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6. Install the wheel pants onto the landing gear legs
with four 2-56 x 3/8" [9.5mm] machine screws, four #2 lock
washers and thread locking compound.
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