User Manual

❏ 8. Snip off the short end of the wire at the swage. Slip the loop over one of the ball link balls on the steering arm.Tighten the loop until it is small enough to remain secure on the ball, yet may still be pried off. Squeeze the swage with pliers. Connect the other cable to the other ball link ball the same way. ❏ R9. Mark the bent aluminum tail gear door brackets “R” and “L” as shown in the photo. (The dashed lines in the photo note the bends in the brackets which will help identify the right one from the left one.)
❏ R10. Mark, then drill two 3/32" [2.4mm] holes
through the right side of the tail gear for mounting the right bracket. The metal is hard, so be patient while drilling. Use a metal punch if you have one to dimple the hole locations first.
❏ R11. Mount the right bracket with two 2-56 x 3/8"
[9.5mm] screws, a drop of threadlocker and 2-56 nuts.
❏ R12. Mount the left bracket the same way. ❏ R13. Connect 40" [1m] of red air line to the aft fitting
on the tail gear air cylinder and 40" [1m] of purple air line to the forward fitting on the air cylinder.There is not
enough air line leftover from the main gear, so additional line will have to be purchased separately (Robart #169 Pressure Tubing).
❏ 14. Place the tail gear retract in the fuselage while
simultaneously guiding the pull/pull cable through the gray plastic guide tubes and guiding the air lines up through the fuselage.
❏ 15. Drill four 3/32" [2.4mm] holes through the rails
for mounting the tail gear. If your drill bit is not long enough to reach the rail nearest the top of the fuselage, use medium CA to temporarily glue a 3/32" [2.4mm] drill bit in a 1/8" [3.2mm] brass tube. After drilling the holes, the drill can be removed from the tube by heating.
❏ 16. Mount the tail gear with four #4 x 1/2"
[13mm] screws.
❏ R17. Glue the hardwood “L” block directly to the
aluminum frame of the retract. Glue the 1/16" x 3/8"
"L" BLOCK
RETRACT
FRAME
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