Owner manual

❏ 5. The same as was done for the main landing gear,
reinforce the inside of the bottom sheeting with 3/32" plywood (not supplied) or leftover balsa. Cut an opening in the bottom of the fuselage to accommodate the nose gear. Proceed slowly to get a nice-looking cutout, but make sure you leave enough room all the way around so the gear will never “hang up.” MOUNT THE ENGINE
❏ 1. Glue together the three die-cut 1/8" [3.2mm]
plywood formers F1T. After the glue dries drill 7/32"
[5.6mm] holes through the two punchmarks for the top engine mount blind nuts. Install the blind nuts, then permanently glue them in with thin or medium CA.
❏ 2. Test fit, then glue in F1T into position.
❏ 3.Temporarily bolt the engine mount to the firewall
with four 8-32 x 1-1/4" [32mm] socket head cap screws, #8 lock washers and flat washers, but don’t tighten the bolts all the way. Adjust the engine mount to fit your engine, then tighten the bolts.
❏ 4. Use small C-clamps to hold the engine on the
mount so the backplate of the spinner will be 6-1/8" [155mm] from the firewall.
❏ 5. Use a Great Planes Dead Center™ Engine
Mount Hole Locator (GPMR8130) or another method to mark the engine mounting hole locations on the engine mount.
❏ 6. Remove the engine and drill #29 holes at the
marks. Use an 8-32 tap to cut threads into the holes. Bolt the mount to the firewall, but don’t tighten the bolts yet. Mount the engine to the mount with four 8- 32 x 1" [25mm] socket head cap screws and #8 lock washers. Suggestion: Use a drill press to drill the
holes in the engine mount if you have access to one.
❏ 7. Center the engine mount vertically on the
engine mount bolts, then tighten the bolts the rest of the way.
CONNECT THE NOSE STEERING AND THROTTLE
❏ 1. If installing retracts, cut two 4-1/2" [115mm] pieces
from the 12" [300mm] white, plastic guide tube. Roughen the outside of the tubes with coarse sandpaper so glue will adhere, then glue them into the holes previously drilled in the firewall and former F2.
Refer to this photo for the following three steps.
❏ 2. Mount the throttle and nose wheel steering
servo as shown. If installing retracts, also mount the air valve servo and the air control valve with the 1/8" [3.2mm] plywood air control valve mount.
❏ 3. If installing retracts, connect the nose wheel
steering cables/lines to the servo arm as shown. A Sullivan #521 Kevlar Pull-pull control cable set (SULQ3121) was selected because the Kevlar lines are strong, easy to work with and the swivel connectors are preferred. Rather than using the crimp tubes, knots were tied in the lines and secured with a small drop of thin CA.
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