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Now let's fit the landing gear, this is
the fixed landing gear as
supplied with spring suspension although
we will be fitting
the optional retracting landing gear.
As supplied this is constructed from
turned aluminium parts,
steel piano wire and
secured with these grub screws that I am
pointing at.
Disappointingly these grub screws should
be tightened down against
flats, but were not so we are going to
disassemble,
file flats and then reassemble the
landing gear
using thread locking solution.
Let's mark where the plywood
reinforcement is
inside the wing
and mark where we need to drill the
holes
before reaching for the drill
wicking thin CA glue into the holes
to stiffen up the wood.
Once the glue is set we can screw the
landing gear
into position now here i'm using some
soap
to lubricate the screws, and this makes
the job miles
easier.
For access to some of these screws you
will need to retract the landing gear
And once it's all correctly fitted the
action
is very satisfying and very scale like.
Just watch this...
How nice is that ?
Now i've gathered the throttle and
landing gear cables together
into this 25 pin connector, and I did say
there was going to be a lot of wiring on
this project.
Of course the instructions mention
nothing about
any wiring - come on VQ Models !
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we've seen the first few shortcomings
with this kit
but nothing nothing we can't easily
solve together.
Just before i go until next time shall
we have one more look at the landing
gear.
See you next time