Greg Covey

I'm approaching the point where I can check the CG so I marked settings of 7.25" and 8.25" on the wing bottom.

The main landing gear mounted very well without any issues. The holes were pre-drilled in the fuselage and T-nuts already mounted in the former. I only needed to cut off the excess axle length with a Dremel tool.

The steerable nose gear installation was not as easy. The hole for the gear wire was not marked on the fuselage so I installed the plastic piece inside the fuselage first since the T-nuts were already installed. I used a long rod with a sharpened end to press through the gear wire holes on the plastic piece to create an aligned hole from the inside to the outside. The hole was then opened with a 11/64" drill bit.

All the holes in the plastic piece also needed to be opened. I used a 1/8" bit for the screw holes and a 11/64" bit for the gear wire. The smaller nose wheel hole was also opened with an 11/64" bit. Once installed, it allowed me to finally sit the Predator UCAV on its own wheels.