Raptor 30/50 v2 assembly
manual
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The landing gear set is designed to be installed with the
struts angled forward. Some people however install it backwards
so that it will sit without tipping backwards when the blades are
folded back. While this helps for that, it does cause the canopy
clip not to fit well, the protective antenna tube guides to be on
the wrong side, and it looks a little funny.
Another thing before you begin assembly of this section... the
base plate is not important. It was put on the v2's mainly
because of customer demand. On the v1's the front forks would
break often so some companies started making a base plate to
strengthen this area. Well on the v2's they beefed up the front
forks to prevent them from failing in a crash but because there
was already demand for a base plate they included that too. I do
not think it is needed at all and do not use the one that came
with my R50v2. I do not like it because it makes removing the
engine difficult. I have had a few crashes with my R50v2 and have
never damaged the front forks.
Start by bolting the base plate (6), front and back struts (2) to the frameset using four (1) screws. Next slide each skid (4) into the struts. Adjust the skids so that there is 30mm from the back of the skid to the back of the rear strut then secure them with set screws (2). Don't used loctite, you are going into plastic. Later as the bottom of the struts wear down from landing on pavement then check out the tips on <this page>. Next apply a small amount of epoxy to the four skid end caps (5) and push them in place.

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