FMS 1400mm T-28 V4 has arrived at Motion RC

[Ron1950]

you are correct Daryl on the tape lol... the decals that were on the t28 peeled the red paint off like it was never there...then the trip to lowes for paint match and u got it ready for decals.....thanks

[Ron1950]

I need a nose gear retract but only shows a main in parts..is all three e retracts the same motor mech etc or is there a nose retract that's different?

[OV10]

Hello Ron1950,
The nose retract is different from the mains. Why Motion is not selling just the nose retract versus the 'Front Landing Gear System'
http://www.motionrc.com/fms-1400mm-t...g-gear-system/ which includes the retract, strut and wheel is probably something they should resolve.
Best regards,

[Ron1950]

thanks OV10 didn't evern see that one

flew a few times today tried to put gear up at full speed and seems the outer door didn't want to close all the way....nose gear was intermentent opening and closeing landed all right after cycling it a few times then it quit all together....

[radioflite]

What a great place hobbysquawk.com is quikly growing to be my favorite place to hang out .
Anoth cool bird to add to the wish list .

[Tom]

Hello Ron1950,
The nose retract is different from the mains. Why Motion is not selling just the nose retract versus the 'Front Landing Gear System'
http://www.motionrc.com/fms-1400mm-t...g-gear-system/ which includes the retract, strut and wheel is probably something they should resolve.
Best regards,

Honestly, I'm with you. I've asked FMS for this many times over the years (for the old V3) and they always reply "the landing gear cannot be separated from the retract". I tell them nobody wants to buy an entire front landing gear strut with tire when all they need is a retract. Also, I don't want to buy a retract if I simply bent my front strut. To be honest, it was a massive victory to get them to sell the front separately from the rears and the main retracts separate from the main struts. They only wanted to sell an entire "landing gear system" which was the main struts, nose gear, and three retracts fully assembled. Imagine buying all this if you only needed one retract. We managed to talk them out of that a couple years ago but that was as far as we could ever get.

[Ron1950]

this all sounds just like the way hobby king sells spare parts for the durafly t28 guess I got to order a new nose gear tomorrow...hmm wonder what the warenty period is on fms planes lol

[Ron1950]

thanks to mrc for the great customer service.......

[Ron1950]

anyone had this problem with a V4? look at pic number two in thread 44 main is stuck part way open...the long door went inside the wheel door and jam the gear part open....I have to bend the long door before each flight outwards so it will not jam the gear.....

[wrongroad]

G'day Ron,
I have not yet seen a V4 but the doors on the V2 & V3 did sometimes require some adjustment to prevent the overlap situation.
If the set up is the same, the wire holding the oleo door needs to be adjusted until the overlap is right. It is a near miss but it is easy to do.
If it is the same, the wire will have like a U in the middle. You need to either gently squeeze it or widen it to suit.
It only takes a few cycles to get it right.
Hope this helps you out here.
Regards and respect
Daryl

Ron, I just checked out the wire and it has an esse bend not a U [Mustang has the U].
Same principle however. Bend or straighten as required.:D

[Ron1950]

thanks Daryl ill do that...hows the new job going anyway?

[starcop]

Couldn't resist......
Read the comments under the pics

Grossman56

Very cool, I dig the energy put into your photos. Keep up the good work! Matt

[Grossman56]

Thanks Matt!

Grossman56

[wrongroad]

G'day Ron,
The new job is great and I was solo on the irrigation system today for the first time and no smoke came out of any computer or solenoid so all was good that way!:D And I met the targets set.
There are seven irrigation systems on the property and my section has over four hundred thousand Raspberry plants in nine blocks. Each block is worth six million dollars. A stuff up is costly:p.
All in all I am having a good time at work.
I wonder what I will spend the pay rise on......I know........my baby boy Johnathans' new FMS V4 Trojan. Dad will just have to maiden it and take two hundred flights to trim it out for him;).
That's my story and I'm sticking to it!!!!!!!
Regards and respect
Daryl

[Ron1950]

got 3 fun flights in today and tried to see what kind of times I get with a 4000ma battery using only half throttle most of the time.....looks like a 7 min flight is not out of the question...but I love to make it go fast lol

[wrongroad]

G'day Ron,
I have found that my V2 and V3 T-28's are much more 'fuel efficient' then any other FMS model in my hanger.
I have recorded flight times of eight minutes at mixed flying on 3000 mAh batteries and still landing with 3.80 per cell.
This is out of focus so to speak with what looks like a portly fuselage and stubby wings. Most people would think that the Mustangs would get better flight times but I do not find that to be the case at all.
I have done eight minutes with a P-51 but it hurt the battery a bit. I was being MR nice guy and letting other pilots land until I simply had to say 'my turn.'
I now have plenty of 3600 batteries so I will be interested in the difference if any, in the flight time and remaining voltage.
But not for a couple of weeks as I concentrate on the Mustangs until June. [Going to an all electrickery show in early June and the Mustangs are going to rested after this show]

Regards and respect
Daryl

[Ron1950]

darn main gear fell out of the wing on landing....looks as if young girl that put it together had a bad day as only 6 or 7 beads of foam were holding it in....

[Ron1950]

just for anyones info...had a steering servo go bad on my v4(not fms fault I did it lol) anyway, its a metal gear 9g servo...doesent show one on the spare parts list just a plastic gear one....17g is slightly too big to fit in the hole in nose gear bay...so far so good with the plastic gear 9g servo but have ordered several new 9g metal gears jobs just in case....btw iam not stupid or whatever I just didn't bother to take old one out before I ordered new one and the guy at motion didn't know which servo it was,,,,

[Butternuts]

Can someone that has the FMS 1400mm T28 V4 please post a clear picture of the front nose gear housing with the gear extended? I had to order a replacement housing, and did not take notice to what connects to what to open the doors when the gear go down. Also, working with motion rc on the issue now, but just an FYI gear housing box is listed as a V3 / V4 replacement, is a pretty poor V4 replacement. The cut out for the steering servo hole is offset about an inch off from where it should be.....so I was told you either have to cut a new hole in for the servo or use another longer push rod to make up the difference. Also, there is no raised molded plastic that the retracts screw into (they are looking into this).

[Ron1950]

wow that's pretty screwed up....just checked the new nose gear box I bought last week....same as yours...cutout for servo is bad location and no raised pilers for retract....looks like a call to motion Monday...ill take a pic of the geat tomorrow if no one else puts one up till then