One thing I forgot to mention, I used a JR servo programmer to adjust the overall servo throw from 120 Degrees to 150 degrees. Thanks for watching!! Tom
Fantastic! I just spent a good 40 hours getting my Robart Wildcat gear working well. I think your servo conversion solves all the inherent problems with the gear.
Reallu nice job Simple and effective. Tried to find a VIDEO of the Retract system on the Full Scale Wild Cat but no luck but some showed the wheels retracting but not the Mechanism. I remember reading it was Hand Cranked by the Pilot and took about 32 turns to achieve full up or down. Thanks again for the Video. Love the Finished Plane.
Yes, I remember that it was hand cranked up and down by the pilot but I didn't remember that it was required 32 turns fully up and down. This means that the poor pilot had to cranked like crazy meanwhile he had to land or take off. He must had an oversized arm, lol...
I saw your video and your solution to the binding issue seemed great. Later I was thinking how robust the blocks that you took out were. The first landing will rip the servo arms off as they will take the direct landing load. I hope I'm wrong but if that is true I hope you haven't build yet.
Ryan, SUPER IDEA. I LIKE IT. However, the one possible issue I see with this arrangement is that your servo outputs are subjected to not only the weight of the aircraft, but the shock of every landing. Your thoughts?
man this is awesome !! i wondered if one could use retract servos to get them up and down this is the only thing that is holding me back on the wild cat is retracts
Is it possible for the building of this system to be shown in full. I have the plans for a Curtis's SBC 3 Helldiver and would like to build the retracts to fit
