Fms t-28 v4 nose gear

[dfmccloskey2u]

Great flying airplane. Great looking, too. However, the collapsing nose gear takes all the fun out of flying the thing. Despite flying from a smooth petro-mat runway, the nose gear collapses on nearly every landiing. So far. I've been able to disassemble and reset the mechanism, but it's a tedious and unrewarding effort given the inevitability of the next failure. The gear doors are no longer serviceable, so they're trashed after only half a dozen flights. I don't even chance retracting the gear out of concern for their reliability. All said and done, I'm sorry that I bought this plane.

[Dewey H Lee]

Go to the last post in the official announcement of the fms t28 and that might help you out
by Akumazeto. :Ligthbulb:.

[AkumaZeto]

Yup use a fms004 retract up there. Never had a issue since.

[xviper]

I have a friend who has this plane. I think it was an earlier version (V2 maybe?) and his stock front retract is garbage. I would have thought that by V4, FMS would have something better in there. He has not flown his plane in over 2 years because he's sick of dealing with the nose gear.
Can you elaborate on what the "004" retract is? Is this one of the mains? What plane does it come out of?

[AkumaZeto]

I believe I used the main from the mustang. I posted a video before it's on my YouTube channel

[AkumaZeto]

https://youtu.be/xHCtMfJ_LGc

You need to drill the trunnion out all the way so the steering shaft can work. Ditch the plastic gear closing system and I just bent a paper clip to serv as the same thing but it allowed room for the beefy retract. Never had a issue since. I do have the steel side plates and steel trunnion from small cnc.

[AkumaZeto]

It was about a hundred dollars worth of stuff but I have never had a issue since. I have over 260 flights on it since the mod according to my flight log.

[wrongroad]

G'day gang,
I have also put the 003 retract in the nose.
When I went to drill the trunnion, the top of the blind hole was paper thin and I actually pushed the drill bit through by hand! I also filed the top of the hole flat to let the E clip on the nose leg to sit flat.
I made some brackets to allow the fitment of the 003 mech. All up, it took about two hours but I think I can do my other T-28 in about forty five minutes.
I have not been able to test fly her yet due to some bad weather and surgery on my hands but it will happen soon.
Regards and respect
Daryl

[AkumaZeto]

Its a good upgrade if you replace the butter soft trunnion. Otherwise on a hard landing the trunnion will jump the jack screw.