10-02-2013, 07:46 PM
For others that have this model ...
The nose gear retract has been giving me and others on RCGroups good reason to get good and mad - the problem being that once you open one and fiddle with it, it's never the same as it tends to jam somewhere between fully extended and fully retracted. It's a bit of a shame, because in every other respect this model is absolutely outstanding.
As mentioned in previous posts, I replaced the trunnion in mine with a metal one because the plastic one lost its axles when Junior didn't realise that this plane doesn't float down to the ground like the PZ Trojan. Anyway, a couple of retract units later, I decided to dig deep and get an E-flite unit to fix this problem for once and for all ... well, it wasn't as easy as that. When the E-flite retract arrived it turned out to be completely different in shape and form to the stock unit. If I end up using it, it will require loads of cutting, dremeling, digging and swearing. The jury is still out on that one.
In the mean time, I got a complete stock replacement unit (with plastic trunnion) from HK and installed that in a 10-minute job last night - I just wanted to fly it again. Only two flights on it today, but those and the multiple ground-tests I've also done have been perfect. I'll leave it at that for a while and see how things turn out.
The nose gear retract has been giving me and others on RCGroups good reason to get good and mad - the problem being that once you open one and fiddle with it, it's never the same as it tends to jam somewhere between fully extended and fully retracted. It's a bit of a shame, because in every other respect this model is absolutely outstanding.
As mentioned in previous posts, I replaced the trunnion in mine with a metal one because the plastic one lost its axles when Junior didn't realise that this plane doesn't float down to the ground like the PZ Trojan. Anyway, a couple of retract units later, I decided to dig deep and get an E-flite unit to fix this problem for once and for all ... well, it wasn't as easy as that. When the E-flite retract arrived it turned out to be completely different in shape and form to the stock unit. If I end up using it, it will require loads of cutting, dremeling, digging and swearing. The jury is still out on that one.
In the mean time, I got a complete stock replacement unit (with plastic trunnion) from HK and installed that in a 10-minute job last night - I just wanted to fly it again. Only two flights on it today, but those and the multiple ground-tests I've also done have been perfect. I'll leave it at that for a while and see how things turn out.
Steve Murray