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Guys,
Are you sick of chocolate landing gear? Snapping skids and generally
Purchasing many sets of landing gear?
Well try my new fix, the landing gear is sprung so it will not break anywhere near as easily! And to add to that, I think it looks much smarter...
Started by Delarado on
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by 9 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at rcheliaddict):
Mcpx - landing gear quick fix
with the only difference been gear? Snapping skids and generally
Purchasing many sets of landing gear?
Well I tried wilo's76 new fix from here , the....
My idea and posted it as your own ?.
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Posted 11-06-11 06:21 PM IP There is a commercial currently airing on tv that shows a plane with faulty landing gear being saved by a pickup truck. The pickup truck is speeding along with the plane and is able to successfully save the plane. I was wondering...
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If you fly foamies for either freestyle, 3D, or pattern, landing gear has always been a challenge. These landing gear work great on planes in the 4-7 oz range.
I have never liked skids on my depron planes, so with this thread, I'd like to demonstrate ...
Started by aerolite on
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by 4 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at rcgroups):
Great post! I would have never thought about making landing gear like this.
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I have a Sig Kadet LT-40 that I have converted to a taildragger. The landing gear in the front needs to be taller, but it is the largest size I would want to put on this plane and the wheels are as large as I want to go. What are some things I can do ...
Started by roverroberts on
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by 12 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at rcgroups):
ENJOY...then try and after market....
Those should have given your self extra clearance if you used the stock landing gear and wheel size.
Bend the landing gear inward more, or glue a block to the bottom of the plane as a booster...
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I had a rather unsettling experience today on a Mad Dog flight from DFW to BWI....Firstly, the flight was over 2 hours late because the aircraft scheduled for that flight never left Oak City due to a mechanical...had to wait on a replacement plane. AA...
Started by garyst16 on
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by 5 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at milepoint):
A flight many years ago SFO-JFK where there was a question whether the landing gear came down on approach to BWI, the BB starting calling out altitude and when the landing gear was deployed, the BB siren went off and the synthetic....
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Well,I'm back to the landing gear/emergency gear extension system.I took the MK1 for a spin yesterday (I never flown mk1 before,only 2a) and put her on jacks to do some tests.Here is what I've found:
Emergency gear extension doesn't work.It extends the...
Started by Levkovvvv on
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by 8 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at shockwaveproductions):
Scott.
But it won't worked until i fully locked the 2 of them Spitfire beta forum .
FinnJ Rock one gear was at fully locked position...
"Rock to lock" does not seem to have any impact on the landing gear.
To more than appr.
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The Bf 109 aka ME-109 landing gear myth research thread. For decades I can recall reading that a third of all Bf 109s were lost due to landing and takeoff accidents. The design of the landing gear is frequently mentioned as a contributing cause. More ...
Started by Lighthunmust on
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by 10 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at ww2aircraft):
landing accidents most often was the result
of running out of fuel, or mechanical was ....
landing accidents most often the landing gear.
No way no how 30% loss for t/o or landings due too the landing gear.
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After several requests, I officially announced late this afternoon my offering reinforcing kits for the Helicycle landing gear. The orders are already coming in. So, I am telling all the ones that have placed their orders, that I will take as many orders...
Started by StanFoster on
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by 5 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at rotaryforum):
My cables stopped....
These are where my rear landing gear is nestled inside a U bracket coming off my longeron frame rail landing.
I drilled a 5/32 hole at the angle of the cable .
A hole as possible through the landing gear.
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Hey all,
We are thinking of designing a kit of the Grumman FF1 or F3F. Ideally it will have retractable Landing gear. Research hasn't yielded specific information on how this LG worked. Here is a video of some general geometry... (video no longer available...
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stickandtissue):
Good with a gear or crank arm....
Showing the upper A arm and upper gear of colorful options in this series plus the same gear design was used in the Duck and the F4F Wildcat.
Retraction started.
Fully extended.
You get location too.
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I was hoping the Paraplane experts or any other knowledgeable folks might have some input on this question-
On my Paraplane, both of the long square aluminum tubes that are part of the main landing gear are slightly bent as though from hard landings. ...
Started by Alex WD-1 on
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by 5 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at ppcflyingforums):
We only had that issue anything,....
I'm guessing they really have been a press, I wouldn't try to jerry rig anything, just flip it over & learn to land.
Of the main landing gear are slightly bent as though from hard landings.
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