Install The Landing Gear - GREAT PLANES Jancair ES EP ARF Instruction Manual

Install the Landing Gear

❏
1. Fit the main landing gear into the holes on the underside
of the fuselage. The landing gear wires will fit side-by-side
into the molded channel.
❏
2. Line up the landing gear straps 1/4" [6 mm] from the bend
in the gear wires and mark the holes. Drill the holes with a
5/64" [2 mm] drill bit. Thread a 2.6 x 10 mm [7/64" x 3/8"] self-
tapping screw into each hole and back it out. Apply thin CA to
each hole and allow it to fully harden. Secure the straps to the
fuselage using four 2.6 x 10 mm [7/64" x 3/8"] screws.
❏
3. Thread a nose wire bracket onto a 3 x 20 mm [1/8" x
3/4"] machine screw. Loosely insert the screw into the 3 mm
[1/8"] wheel collar.
❏
4. Slide a nose wire bracket, wheel collar with screw and
bracket, followed by another nose wire bracket, onto the
nose gear wire. Tighten the screw in the wheel collar tightly
against the flat spot cut into the nose gear wire.
❏
5. Line the nose gear assembly up to the firewall as
shown. The screw extending out of the wheel collar should
pass freely through the slot cut in the firewall when the nose
gear is rotated. Slide the assembly as close to the center of
the firewall as possible while still leaving a small amount of
clearance between the wheel collar and the side of the
firewall. Hold the brackets against the firewall face and mark
the hole locations.
15