Trainer 40 Instructions
Fitting the undercarriage legs and wing retaining dowels
13. Identify the undercarriage components as shown in the photograph.
These include: three wheels, six wheel retaining collets, a nose leg, nose
leg steering arm, two main undercarriage legs, two main undercarriage
clamps and four clamp retaining screws.
13.1 Undercarriage hardware
14. On the underside of fuselage, locate the slot for the main undercarriage, cutting through and removing the covering material.
Insert the two undercarriage legs into the holes in the mounting blocks and secure the legs with the two undercarriage clamps and
four retaining screws.
14.1 Cutting away the covering over the
main undercarriage slot
14.2 Inserting the main undercarriage legs
14.3 Completed main
undercarriage fixing
15. Connect the nose leg steering arm to the lower wire pushrod in the front of the fuselage and engage it into the slot of the nose
leg moulding. Pass the nose leg through the nose leg moulding and into the steering arm. Note that the groove in the leg should
face the front of the model and will engage with the screw in the steering arm. Tighten the screw of the steering arm onto
the nose leg.
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15.1 Nose leg steering arm located into
nose leg moulding
15.2 Fitting the nose leg to the nose
leg moulding
15.3 Tightening the steering arm screw
16. Fit a wheel collet to each of the
three undercarriage legs in a position
just outside the bend of the axles. Add
the wheels and retain them with three
further collets ensuring the wheels can
rotate freely. Securely tighten the
collet screws.
16.1 Fitting the inboard collets 16.2 Fitting the wheels and securing
with the outboard collets
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