Landing Gear Controversity
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| The landing gear of a Hawk, especially when it is required to look right, is not an easy project at all. The wing is quite thin where it mounts, and when it retracts, it swings forward, while pointed slightly backwards when extended. Also the there is a quite noticeable trailing link which, with scale size wheels, only would work if two different kinds of springs were used. The strut must be almost fully compressed when the plane sits on the ground, but must lengthen a lot when the strut retracts, to fit the wheel well. |
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A well working scale gear is very complex, and we trusted Jettech Germany to have the right gear for us. In order to save quite some cost, we have developed a set of Sport struts, which are far less complex and expensive in manufacturing, but work well, too. These still are not simple engineering… A lot of brain power went into them. With the result, that they can be swapped with the scale struts if you later decide to upgrade. |
| The nose gear retracts forward. It has to retract almost 115 degree so that the wheel disappears completely, which means, the strut almost hits the front edge of the canopy frame. Yes, the room for the nose gear in the fuselage is at least as tight as for the main gear in the wings. Therefore the steering servo is mounted right to the strut. We keep the nose gear door as a single door, but scale freaks can split it and hinge it on both sides. Which then would require an additional air cylinder. |
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A separate pneumatic completion pack has been prepared so that all required equipment to install and operate the gear safely and as intended by the designer is available to you. This completion pack again is not cheap, but it has all required cylinders, valves, air lines, quick disconnectors and reservoirs included as a plug and play solution. We highly recommend its use for trouble free installation and operation. We always take a lot of time and great pride in selecting the best and still cost efficient equipment. |
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