2. Front landing gear
Initially, screw the front landing gear unit (5) onto the motor frame with
the 3 x 12mm screws (incl. washers).
Then hook in the nose landing gear steerage lever (6) in accordance
with the image at the end of the crimped wire (7) and push the wire into
the Bowden cable sleeve. As with the tail unit, the steerage wire of the
nose gear must also run absolutely smoothly in the Bowden cable sleeve.
For this reason, bend the wire slightly in the rudder servo section (8).
Important:
If the nose landing gear unit is hard to move, the model is difficult to
control on the ground, which results in unnecessarily high energy
consumption caused by the rudder servo.
If necessary, attach the end of the Bowden cable sleeve with a small
piece of wood (9) on the fuselage.
If the adjustment works smoothly, push the nose gear (10) into the bearing
block (5).
In order to establish the precise height of the nose gear, place the model
on an even table and push the nose gear so that the front and rear ends
of the elevator have the same distance (A) to the table.
Then align the nose gear adjustment lever so that the same wheel swing
can be achieved to the right and the left. The wheel axis must then stand
exactly in a 90° angle to the direction of flight/travel. With a 1.5mm Allen
key the grub screws are then tightened on the nose landing gear lever
(11) and on the servo lever (see image 17, position 12).
Due to the defined steerage points and the differently long
levels, the nose wheel appears to only deflect slightly. In
practice however, this deflection is by all means sufficient
and allows fine corrections when lifting off the ground.
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Figure 17
A = A
A
A
Figure 18