Tseres

My wif left me home alone for a while so I decided to mount the landing gear. It is the firs thing I like to do on a build since it keeps the plane from rolling around.

I opened up the landing gear bag and I noticed right away that there were 4 nuts missing to mount the wheel pants with. THere also wasn't any flat washers to put between the gear and the head of the bolt or the nut. They may be in the other bag but I haven't opened it up yet cause I don't want things rolling all over the place. I got some washers that I had and used them. The thing to know about flat washers is that they are not all flat. The ones I have are the ones with a crown on one side.When you are using it on Fiberglass or Carbon Fiber. You need the put the crown up side towards the glass. That way the edge of the washer don't cut into the softer material and work its way through from vibration. That is what I did.
I had some paint inside of the axel hole in the C/F landing gear. Took an 8mm drill bit, cleaned it out and everything fit fine. need a 13mm and a 12mm wrench to tighten the axle. I really like this landing gear so far. It has a real nice shape to it. Looks sturdy and it's light.