I'll have to wait 'til I get home to check further but wondering about using a setup like the FW P-38 where there is an offset at the retract instead of a straight connecting pin that offsets the gear offset bringing it back to center. Brad
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Originally posted by F106DeltaDart View PostThe P-40 gear would still require a move of the retract, since it is currently set up for the offset TL strut. A straight, scale, non-offset strut requires the move inboard.
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Originally posted by downwindleg View Post
O.K. I'm back home now and looking at the retracts. I'm holding the nose gear strut, which has an oleo and an offset like the mains and aside from the fact that it is too long to use for the mains it looks like it would line up just fine. I'm not sure what the problem would be with that type of strut. Please advise, Brad
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Originally posted by RCjetdude View Post
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Originally posted by dkalwishky View Post
Those look fantastic! How did you get the wire from the strobe to the fuselage?
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Originally posted by downwindleg View Post
O.K. I'm back home now and looking at the retracts. I'm holding the nose gear strut, which has an oleo and an offset like the mains and aside from the fact that it is too long to use for the mains it looks like it would line up just fine. I'm not sure what the problem would be with that type of strut. Please advise, Brad
I have them on the FL P-38 and they(stock spring) are at the limit of their weight capacity with this airframe.
P-40B AUW - 2500g
P-38 AUW - 3150g
A-10 AUW - 5406gWarbird Charlie
HSD Skyraider FlightLine OV-10 FMS 1400: P-40B, P-51, F4U, F6F, T-28, P-40E, Pitts, 1700 F4U & F7F, FOX glider Freewing A-6, T-33, P-51 Dynam ME-262, Waco TF Giant P-47; ESM F7F-3 LX PBJ-1 EFL CZ T-28, C-150, 1500 P-51 & FW-190
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Originally posted by OV10 View Post
The stock spring in the P-40B strut would have to be beef'd up considerably because of the weight of this A-10.
I have them on the FL P-38 and they(stock spring) are at the limit of their weight capacity with this airframe.
P-40B AUW - 2500g
P-38 AUW - 3150g
A-10 AUW - 5406g
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Originally posted by downwindleg View Post
Yeah, I only mentioned the P-40 gear as an example of a style or type of gear strut. Lacking some other solution, I would be far more tempted to modify/shorten a couple of A-10 nose gear struts in place of the trailing links. I'm hoping Steve or T.I. or some other cool innovator comes up with a strut from another Freewing plane that would work and not require repositioning the retract unit itself. Brad
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Originally posted by RCjetdude View Post
GREEN - https://www.readymaderc.com/store/in...roducts_id=996
RED - https://www.readymaderc.com/store/in...roducts_id=997Warbird Charlie
HSD Skyraider FlightLine OV-10 FMS 1400: P-40B, P-51, F4U, F6F, T-28, P-40E, Pitts, 1700 F4U & F7F, FOX glider Freewing A-6, T-33, P-51 Dynam ME-262, Waco TF Giant P-47; ESM F7F-3 LX PBJ-1 EFL CZ T-28, C-150, 1500 P-51 & FW-190
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I have used the white version of those on the top of my Mig and the ones that they call XL which have a colored LED and a white strobe on the wingtips. For the A-10 I actually used these but what you found would work to.
https://www.readymaderc.com/store/in...oducts_id=5144
which can be programmed for different flashes.
Just make sure you get the right color realizing that they do flash. The XL's have a colored light that stays on all the time with a white strobe which I have on my Stinger 90, Mig-21 and F-86. I really like how they look.
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Originally posted by RCjetdude View PostI have used the white version of those on the top of my Mig and the ones that they call XL which have a colored LED and a white strobe on the wingtips. For the A-10 I actually used these but what you found would work to.
https://www.readymaderc.com/store/in...oducts_id=5144
which can be programmed for different flashes.
Just make sure you get the right color realizing that they do flash. The XL's have a colored light that stays on all the time with a white strobe which I have on my Stinger 90, Mig-21 and F-86. I really like how they look.
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Originally posted by Nucastle View Post
Have a question for you, the item you linked to is about 7/8" in diameter.....how did you get that to fit behind the wingtip lense. Dont have the wing in front of me right now, but seems like that is awful large to fit in.
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Originally posted by Ronniehinesh View PostI changed out my nose wheel with a JP hobbys 65mm nose wheel and changed the maines to 73mm JP hobbys with breaks. They are a little heavy but I think it's worth the weight to get the extra straight and more scale look.
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