mechanics support, and that the mechanics
mounts are flush with the fuselage seam. Mark
the position of the mounts, take out the
mechanics and glue on the mounts with
UHU Por. Make sure that the fuselage fits snug
over the mechanics.
If necessary the canopy mount has to be
shortened somewhat. However by doing so,
proceed extremely carefully (sometimes
the mechanics could come loose during flight, if
it is not mounted tightly to the fuselage).
Install the landing gear next. It is possible to
retract and to lower the landing gear via an
additional servo. This feature requires a
fifth channel on the receiver as well as on the
transmitter. Therefore a Piccoboard Plus is
required also.
axles into the outer hole of the landing gear
legs.
Attention:
Before gluing roughen up the axles with
sandpaper. Slide
one of the large silicone rings onto the long
axle.
CA glue one leg to the short and the other to
the long landing gear axle, as shown.
Glue the two quick links with CA glue to the
connecting rod
(length 120 mm = 4.7 in.). Widen the outer hole
on one of the
two bell cranks to a diameter of 1.5 mm
th
(1/16 in.)
Cut out the right
and left mechanics
mount as shown,
and
CA glue the rubber
grommets in each
location. Now put
the mounts on the
canopy mount of
the mechanics and
place the
mechanics on the
main frame. Align
the mechanics in
such a way that the
two shortened
carbon fiber struts
rest on the
First drill out all
wheel hubs to a
diameter of 1.5 mm
th
(1/16 in.) and
CA glue the wheel
half shells together.
Now press one
each of the
15 mm long wheel
Attention:
Before gluing make sure that the landing gear
legs
are aligned parallel to each other (do not forget
to roughen the
surface!).
Attention:
You can align the legs by placing the fuselage
on an level
plate and supporting the left and right wheel
axles with two
objects e.g. two batteries of equal height.
Depending whether you decide for retracts or a
fixed landing
gear, and the type of servo used, there are
several options
available now. If a servo is installed, you need
to get it into
center position first. If your transmitter switch
channel does not
have a center position, you may temporarily
plug the servo into
the pitch channel on your receiver in order to
center it.
Version with retracts and LEXORS Micro 100
Shorten one of the two axle bracket to a length
of approx. 14 mm (9/16 in.) and CA glue it, as
shown, to the servo flange (roughen up glue
areas first). Glue the second axle bracket
Push now the main
landing gear axle
at the left side
through
the fuselage and
attach the widened
bell crank on the
inside (do not glue
it on yet!).
Continue sliding
the axle through
the right hole.
Centre the axle
and secure it with a
secondsilicone
ring. Now glue on
the second landing
gear leg.
th
under the servo,
and make sure
that both bracket
holes are aligned.
Now push the
axle into the
brackets.