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ARF Build Review-Xtreme Composite 2.6m Edge 540
Distributed by BVM Props Review by "Rockin' Rick" Part 3
I made a template from a piece of plywood to mark out where to drill the landing gear for installation. Ensure that you leave a small gap in between the two landing gear halves when marking to compensate for out of square cut off from the factory. Drill the gear first with 1/8" bit and work your way up incrementally to 5mm. Secure the gear in place using the supplied bolts and washers. Install the wheels, wheel pants or axels at this time. I used Dubro 4 1/2" wheels for mine as 5" wheels are much too tall to fit in the wheel pants correctly. However, some trimming must be done to the wheel pants for proper clearance of the wheels from side to side. Cut out the engine mounting template that is in the supplied manual and tape it to the front of the firewall. This is for a DA100 engine. Ensure that it is aligned correctly and drill the holes for the engine mounting bolts. I found the supplied bolts a little too short for my liking, so I went to the hardware store an procured bolts that were about 20mm longer. I used stand offs equaling 1 1/2 inches, which worked out great for the DA100 engine. This gave me about 5/32 clearance between the cowling and the spinner backplate. Say, how did you like the engine mounting procedure in the supplied manual? What a laugh that was for me!
Trial mount the engine and install the throttle servo at this time. Don't locktite the engine mounting bolts yet. Placement of the servo is up to you, but I found the shown installation to be the easiest for me. I used a Hitec 645MG for the throttle servo. Trial mount the cowling using painters tape to hold it in place
When you are satisfied with proper clearance between the cowling and the spinner backplate, remove the cowling and prepare to install the bolts and blind nuts inside the fuse that will secure the cowling. I removed the engine to make it easier to handle the model while installing the bolts and blind nuts. Cut out a 9 pieces of 1/8" plywood to make the backers for the blind nuts. I don't like the idea of gluing the blind nuts to to fuse alone without something to back them up. Mix up a small amount of epoxy and glue the underside of the blind nuts to the plywood pieces you've prepared. When dried, layout the bolt placement on the cowling that is taped all the way around on the fuse using the diagram in the supplied manual. Bolt spacing is up to you. Drill the holes through the cowling and fuse, then sand the area where each blind nut will be installed inside the fuse with a piece of 100 grit sandpaper. This will help the glue to adhere to the fuselage. Place a small amount of epoxy on the plywooded blind nuts one at a time. Using the cowling bolts, draw up each blind nut to the inside of the fuse. Place some 2 cycle oil or Vaseline on the bolts to prevent them from binding to the epoxy on blind nuts during this assembly. I added a little more epoxy around each blind nut after the initial installation for a more secure mounting.
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